NHTSA Complaint #10894806 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

PURCHASED THE 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE AND INITIALLY HAD TROUBLE WITH THE ZF 9-SPEED. ISSUES INVOLVED JERKY RIDES IN THE LOW GEARS. ISSUES WERE SO BAD THAT AT TIMES THE CAR WOULD TAKE 5-10 SECONDS TO SWITCH GEARS AND I WOULD BE STUCK IN NEUTRAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, ALMOST CAUSING SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. I HAVE NOW TAKEN MY CAR TO TWO DEALERSHIPS OVER THE PAST 2+ YEARS ROUGHLY 7 TIMES AND THEYVE PERFOMED SYSTEM UPDATES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP. THEY HAVE YET TO HELP AND MOST RECENTLY I WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER NEAR ACCIDENT. I HAVE CALLED THE FIAT CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER TO PUT A CASE TOGETHER. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH MY PURCHASE AND HOPE THAT THEY CAN FIX THESE ISSUES. A MORE CONCERNING ISSUE WAS AFTER TWO WEEKS OF PURCHASE. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING ROUGHLY 70 MPH, AND A WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH SCREEN AND THEY ALL THE SCREENS WENT BLACK AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I WAS FORCED TO MOVE FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE FAR RIGHT AND LET THE CAR COME TO A STOP. I CONTACTED THE JEEP DEALERSHIP, SINCE IT HAD ONLY BEEN 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, AND THEY TOLD THEY DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG AND TO JUST TURN OFF THE CAR AND WAIT 5 MINUTES AND THEN TRY AGAIN. AFTER DOING THIS I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM FOR A REASON TO WHY IT HAPPENED. THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE AN ANSWER AND SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. 2 YEARS WENT BY AND THIS HADNT HAPPENED AGAIN, UNTIL THIS JANUARY. I WAS AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY AND LOST CONTROL OF ACCELERATING AND ALMOST WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY PERFORMED SOFTWARE UPDATES. HASNT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT LAST TIME IT TOOK 2 YEARS.