NHTSA Complaint #11256829 — 2016 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

IN 2019 JEEP ROLLED OUT AN APPROVED EMISSIONS MODIFICATION (AEM) PROGRAM AS PART OF A EMISSIONS COMPLIANCE SETTLEMENT WITH REGULATORY AUTHORITIES. THIS SOFTWARE FLASH/RE-PROGRAM HAS MADE AN OTHERWISE SAFE CAR UNSAFE. AT LOW ENGINE TEMPERATURES (COLD START) THE VEHICLE HAS VERY LITTLE POWER TO ACCELERATE THROUGH INTERSECTIONS, MAKE LEFT TURNS, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY IF SOMEONE IS APPROACHING FROM A HIGH RATE OF SPEED FROM BEHIND AT A STOPLIGHT. JEEP HAS ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ISSUE AND HAVE NOTED THEY ARE WORKING ON A FIX, BUT HAVE NOT OFFERED ACCOMMODATIONS TO ENSURE ONE HAS A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE WHEN THEY SPEND MONTHS DEVELOPING A FIX. IT IS A HAZARD, HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR-MISS SITUATIONS, AND THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO ENSURING THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFETY.