NHTSA Complaint #11233299 — 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE

IN MOTION. PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE, ANY SPEED, ESPECIALLY CRUISE CONTROL ON. SPEED SET AT [EX) 25 MPH, TRAVELING DECLINE JEEP DOWNSHIFTS FROM 6TH. GEAR TO 3RD. GEAR. RPM JUMPS TO 4200 FROM 1500 RPM. ENGINE STARTS RACING AS TURBO KICKS IN. TRANSMISSION UP SHIFTS TO HIGHER GEARS. RPM STAYS HIGH, VEHICLE DOUBLES ITS SPEED. OCCURS ANY SPEED. ANY HILL. ON INTERSTATE WITH GRADES. NO MATTER WHAT ROADWAY OR SURFACE. DID THIS THE FIRST DAY WE BOUGHT IT. MY WIFE DIDN'T TELL ME IT CONTINUED. I FOUND STILL OCCURRED WHEN I TOOK FOR 3000 MILE SERVICE. SHE SAID SHE JUST AVOIDED CRUISE CONTROL. IT WILL DO THIS ON A GRADE ALSO IF CRUISE IS OFF. LONGER GRADES. AT THE 3000 MILE SERVICE I INFORMED DEALER DUTCH MILLER AND CALLED FCA JEEP I REGISTERED A CASE #.THAT DAY IN JUNE. DEALERSHIP DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH JEEP, OR VISA VERSA. JEEP COULDN'T REACH US FOR PHONES WERE OUT FOR 3 WEEKS DUE TO STORMS. JEEP SUSPENDED. I CALLED JEEP CSM LAST WEEK. THEY WANTED ANOTHER TECH REVIEW. THE JUNE SERVICE REVIEW INCLUDED TAKING A BRAND NEW IDENTICAL JEEP LIMITED 2.0 TURBO AND SIMULATE. IT WAS WORSE THAN OURS. IT ACTUALLY RED LINED RPM ON GRADE OF RT 119 AT OAKWOOD INTERSTATE 64 ACCESS DEALERSHIP AGREED A PROBLEM. NO KNOWN REPAIR. COMPUTER SOFTWARE OR ENGINEERING UPDATE REQUIRED BY JEEP. DEALER DID NOT REPORT TO JEEP CSM ON FIRST SERVICE CALL. DUE TO LENGTH OF TIME, WE NEEDED TO REPEAT. TOOK IN AGAIN 07/18/2019. SERVICE WRITER JUST TYPED PART OBSERVATION OF FIRST VISIT. I CONTACTED JEEP TO BE SURE THEY WERE AWARE. JEEP CASE MGR. CONTACTED BILLY AT DEAR WHO KNEW NOTHING OF ISSUE AND STATED HE THOUGHT IT DID WHAT THE OTHER JEEPS DID. CASE MGR. TOLD ME I COULD TAKE TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR A DIFFERENT CASE MGR. I EMPHASIZED THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. MICHAEL DIDN'T WANT TO BE CONCERNED WITH ISSUE, IT IS DANGEROUS, AND I WAS REPORTING. SVC. MGR.SAID HE HAD SPOKEN TO MICHAEL,IN THE HOUR I HAVE VIDEO.