NHTSA Complaint #11152533 — 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE FLAT TOWING THE JEEP BEHIND OUR RV THE FRONT END WOBBLED EXCESSIVELY AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN WE SLOWED TO ALMOST A STOP. BOTH INSTANCES HAPPENED WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF STARTING TO TRAVEL IN THE MORNING AND HAPPENED IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES WHERE THE PAVEMENT WAS ROUGH. WE HAD HEARD OF THIS ISSUE SO WE HAD THE DEALER INSTALL THE MOPAR STERRING HARNESS WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM BUT ITS CLEAR IT DID NOT DO SO. AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT WE TOOK THE CAR TO A JEEP DEALER WHO SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE CAR BATTERY AND REPLACED IT. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WAS THE REAL CAUSE SINCE THE BATTERY WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. THE DEALER ALSO SHOWED US A NOTICE RECOMMENDING HAVE A CHARGER INSTALLED IF TOWING THE CAR MORE THAN 3 HOURS. (AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR OUR EXPERIENCES SINCE BOTH OF THEM OCCURED WITHIN THE FIRST HALF HOUR).