NHTSA Complaint #10919730 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

SAFETY RECALL LISTED BELOW. NOTIFIED 2 MONTHS AGO. THIS CAN CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING! I AM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY/DEATH TO MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE. VIN: [XXX] YEAR: 2014 MAKE: JEEP MODEL: CHEROKEE LIMITED FWD NUMBER OF OPEN RECALLS: 1 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: OPENS NEW WINDOW TAKES AWAY FROM VIN LOOKUP SECTION> 16V529 RECALL DATE: AUGUST 22, 2016 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: S55 SUMMARY: THE TRANSAXLE WIRE HARNESS ON YOUR VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH INSUFFICIENT WIRE TERMINAL CRIMP(S). THIS MAY CAUSE AN INTERMITTENT HIGH ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE IN THE TRANSAXLE WIRE HARNESS CIRCUIT(S). A HIGH RESISTANCE CIRCUIT(S) IN THIS WIRING HARNESS WILL CAUSE THE ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM TO SET A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC). WHEN THE DTC IS SET, THE SYSTEM DEFAULTS THE TRANSAXLE TO NEUTRAL AND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES A LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. SAFETY RISK: THE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. REMEDY: THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) MUST BE REPROGRAMMED WITH NEW SOFTWARE. THE NEW SOFTWARE STRATEGY WILL ELIMINATE THE TRANSAXLE SHIFT-TO-NEUTRAL CONDITION FOR THIS ISSUE, PLACE THE TRANSAXLE IN A FIXED GEAR LIMP MODE AND ILLUMINATE THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) IF A HIGH RESISTANCE CIRCUIT IS DETECTED IN THE TRANSAXLE WIRE HARNESS. RECALL STATUS: RECALL INCOMPLETE. REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR