NHTSA Complaint #11301739 — 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW. SINCE ABOUT 30K I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING THAT IT IS RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING, REGARDLESS OF SPEED. NO ENGINE POWER, AND NO POWER STEERING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A FAIL SAFE DUE TO LOW OIL. I HAVE FOLLOWED THE FCA GUIDELINES AND DEALERS FOR OIL CHANGES AND CANT REALLY MAKE BETWEEN CHANGES. I HAVE DONE MULTIPLE OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS BETWEEN TWO DEALERS BC I AM TOLD IT DOESNT BURN ENOUGH FOR FCA STANDARDS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I HAVE CALLED AFTER IT DIED OUT TO ASK FOR A TOW IN AND HAVE BEEN DENIED AND TOLD IT JUST MEANS ITS TIME FOR AN OIL CHANGE. I HAVE TO HAVE AN IGNITION COIL REPLACED ON TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, REPROGRAMMING OF THE SHIFTER PCM, AND REPLACED THE PCM. IT WASNT TILL MY LATEST INCIDENT THAT I RECORDED IT AND POSTED THE VIDEO TO TWITTER THAT AN FCA REP REACHED OUT TO ME TO 'HELP'. I WAS TOLD I STILL NEED TO DO OIL TESTING BC I HAVE TO FAIL 3 IN A ROW FOR FURTHER TESTING REGARDLESS OF A HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM CONTINUING AND NOT GETTING BETTER. 1ST TEST IT WAS ONLY HALF A QUART. DIDNT EVEN MAKE IT TO THE 2ND BEFORE THE CAR SHOOK VIOLENTLY, LOST POWER, WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND I HAD TO BE TOWED IN. 1ST WAS TOLD THE MULTIAIR ACTUATOR WENT OUT AND FCA AGREED TO PAY FOR IT, AS IM AT 73K. THEN I HEAR NOTHING FROM ANYONE FOR 8 DAYS TILL I CALL THE DEALER AND IM TOLD THEY ARE WAITING ON SPARK PLUGS. 20MINS LATER THE FCA REP CALLS AND SAYS THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY FOUND, METAL SHAVINGS INSIDE, SCORCHING, A PIECE OF THE EXHAUST VALVE MISSING AND LOST INSIDE THE ENGINE. HOWEVER FCA WILL ONLY PAY FOR 1500 LEAVING THE REST OF THE BILL TO ME FOR SOMETHING THATS NOT MY FAULT AND AN ISSUE THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE. HAD THEY INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEM EARLIER REGARDLESS OF THEIR OIL BURNING RULES THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND THE VALVE WAS CRACKED. FCA SAYS THEY ARE NOT SAYING ITS MY FAULT BUT ARE HIDING BEHIND THE WARRANTY.*DT*JB