NHTSA Complaint #11097646 — 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE

MULTIPLE SPORADIC FLASHING LOSS OF TRACTION LIGHT ON DRY ROADS AND ROLLING STARTS. 5/10/18 4872M VEHICLE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET 35MPH "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE" FLASHED ON DISPLAY 5/12/18 5004M MAKING LEFT TURN FROM STOP ON YIELD GREEN VERY SLIGHT DECLINE, CITY STREET, DEPRESSED GAS PEDAL TO MAKE TURN, CAR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR FLASHING TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL OR PARK AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE. CAR ROLLED INTO INTERSECTION. I FLIPPED OVER TO TIPTRONIC W/O RESPONSE, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND BACK W/O RESPONSE, KIDS IN BACKSEAT WHILE CAR IS STALLED PERPENDICULAR TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TURNED HAZARDS ON, SHIFTED TO PARK AND BACK, NO RESPONSE, ROLLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AT THIS POINT. PUT CAR BACK IN PARK, COUNTED TO FIVE, SHIFTED BACK TO DRIVE, AND CAR RESPONDED. 5/12/18 5084M FIANC DRIVING, CITY STREET 45MPH. MAKING LEFT TURN ACROSS 3 ONCOMING LANES FROM STOP, CAR AGAIN SLIPPED FROM GEAR AND FLASHED MESSAGE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL OR PARK AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE. FIANC SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND BACK INTO DRIVE W/O RESPONSE. I TURNED ON HAZARDS, HE SHIFTS CAR INTO PARK AND COUNTED A FEW SECONDS BEFORE PUTTING IT PARK IN DRIVE AND PULLING OFF THE ROAD. DEALERSHIP CLOSED. 5/14/18 DROPPED CAR OFF AT JEEP 5/22/18 VM FROM JEEP, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS 5/23/18 JEEP CALLED, COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, FILED A REPORT W/CHRYSLER, TESTED GROUNDING, AND CONCLUDED IT WAS A "FLUKE IN THE SYSTEM". ASKED ME TO PICK UP THE CAR DESPITE NOT MAKING REPAIR. "IF YOU HAVE ISSUES BRING IT BACK".