NHTSA Complaint #10915434 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

ON OCTOBER 10, 2016, I WAS DRIVING ON AN ACCESS ROAD NEXT TO A HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR LOST MOTIVE POWER. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH AND I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PULL OVER FROM THE LANE I WAS IN. MY DASHBOARD KEPT FLASHING "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" AND ALSO TO "PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RE-START." FOR TEN MINUTES, I ATTEMPTED TO RE-START THE VEHICLE AND BEGIN DRIVING AGAIN. EACH TIME I WOULD TRY TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD RACKET SOUND FROM SHIFTING AND I HAD TO PUT THE CAR BACK IN PARK. FINALLY, ON THE SIXTH ATTEMPT, I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE WITHOUT THE SOUND AND I IMMEDIATELY DROVE MY CAR HOME. I AM DISHEARTENED AS THIS WAS A PURCHASE OF A USED VEHICLE ONLY A FEW DAYS PRIOR, ON OCTOBER 8, 2016, THAT HAD ONLY 30,000 MILES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY CAR IS ALREADY AT MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, AND NOT MUCH REASSURANCE WITH REGARDS TO THE ASSOCIATED RECALL, AS PARTS ARE NOT READY YET. THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE A FAMILY VEHICLE, BUT IF IT STOPS WHILE DRIVING, IT WILL RENDER MY FAMILY COMPLETELY UNSAFE. THE S55 RECALL CONCERNS A POORLY DESIGNED WIRING HARNESS, THAT CAUSES THE COMPUTER TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 16V529 RECALL DATE: AUGUST 22, 2016 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: S55