NHTSA Complaint #10724762 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

TOWING THE JEEP 4 WHEELS DOWN BEHIND MY 38' DIESEL PUSHER MOTORHOME, THE JEEP STARTED JERKING BACK AND FORTH QUITE VIOLENTLY, ENOUGH TO CAUSE A SERIOUS SHAKING IN THE REAR OF THE 30,000 LB. MOTORHOME. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE(S) TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP, CHECKED BOTH VEHICLES CAREFULLY, AND COULD FIND NO CAUSE. CONTINUED ON WITH NO SHAKING OR PROBLEM. ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED MILES FURTHER, AFTER A 90 DEGREE TURN AT LESS THAN TEN MPH, IT DID IT AGAIN. ONCE MORE I BROUGHT THE RIG TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND THEN CONTINUED WITH NO SHAKING. ON MY 5000 MILE TRIP THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TIMES. THE ONLY APPARENT COMMONALITY WAS THAT IN MOST CASES THE JEEP HAD GONE OVER A ROUGH PATCH (RAILROAD TRACK. RAISED BUMP IN ROAD, TOWED OVER A CURB) AND MOST EVENTS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS UNDER 30 MPH. I HAVE FOUND THERE ARE OTHERS OTHERS TOWING THE NEW STYLE JEEP CHEROKEE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM NOT NEW TO TOWING; I HAVE TOWED OTHER JEEPS OVER 200,000 MILES WITH NO PROBLEM. I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS A FAULT WITH THIS VEHICLE.