NHTSA Complaint #11245054 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

AFTER FUELING, THE JEEP WILL START SURGING, THE IDLING BECOMES ERRATIC AND THEN IT WILL STALL OUT WITH THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON, SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT COMES ON, THE D ON THE IP FLASHES AND WHEN PLACING GEAR SELECTOR FROM D TO P, THE JEEP MAKES A LOUD CLUNK WHICH CAN BE FELT THRU THE FLOOR. SHIFTING INTO ANY OTHER GEAR DOES THE SAME. THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING NEW. WE NEVER TOP OFF THE FUEL TANK AND TAKE CARE TO FILL UP IF TANK SHOWS 1/4 FULL. IT'S BEEN TO THE DEALER, AT LEAST TWICE, TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION "FLASHED" BUT THE PROBLEM KEEPS RECURRING. EACH TIME THE DEALER (GREENVILLE CHRYSLER, GREENVILLE, TX) TRIES TO CHARGE US A DIAGNOSTIC FEE WHICH WE ADAMANTLY REJECT AFTER THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY THE SAME. JUST 4 DAYS AGO, MY WIFE WAS TURNING LEFT AT A LIGHT FROM A STOP, AFTER FUELING, AND IT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND DRIVE BUT SHE COULD HEAR THE LOUD CLUNK WHEN PUTTING IT IN D. SHE IMMEDIATELY CAME HOME AND PARKED IT AND I CONFIRMED THE CEL, SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT, PARKING LIGHT, FLASHING D ON THE IP AND I SWITCHED FROM P TO D AND R AND IT CLUNKED EACH TIME. I UNPLUGGED THE BATTERY TO SEE IF IT WOULD CLEAR ANY CODES AND "RESET" AND LET IT SIT OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING IT STARTED UP FINE WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE IP. WE TOOK IT THIS AFTERNOON TO PICK UP OUR SON FROM SCHOOL AND IT DID THE SAME THING WITH ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS, CLUNKING WHEN SHIFTING GEAR AND WE LIMPED IT HOME. I'VE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND WILL RECONNECT IN THE MORNING AND TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP.*DT*JB*DT CONSUMER STATED IN SHORT, AFTER FILLING UP WITH FUEL, THE JEEP STUTTERS AND/OR SHUTS OFF. FOR ME, THIS HAPPENED IN PARKING LOTS OR SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN A PUBLIC ROAD. HOWEVER, MY WIFE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS ON THE ROAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.THE JEEP WILL RUN FINE FOR ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS AND THEN STARTS TO ACT UP AGAIN. *JB