NHTSA Complaint #11496281 — 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE

* The component or module that operates the emergency parking brake. I'd say the Jeep garage threw out the old one upon the repairs. I do have a pic of the unit that was bad. *The parking brake was locking in while it was parked and could not move it. Then when I did get it moving it was always scary. I do know that it could have locked in at any time and cause me to crash. During some of this time I had been driving my young granddaughters in it before knowing what was happening. We could have all been killed is my opinion. * My own mechanic had my vehicle for 2 weeks trying to find the problem. The parking brake module is down inside the spare wheel cover under the tire and there are air vents in there also. So water was running into the well and corroded the module. The vents have a covering that was also bad thus letting in water. Mechanic confirmed that was the problem. Then Jeep was taken to a local Jeep service center and they also confirmed that the water had corroded the module thus causing it to malfunction. They had my car for about 3 weeks because one they had to let the tire well area get totally dried out then wait for parts. And no messages, no warnings in the car of this. The part that bothers me the most is I have reported it to Jeep and they were no help. I feel I should get some reimbursement. I had to pay in total almost $2000 for these repairs. And this was a car bought off a GM lot was a trade in. They were called also and say to me well we dont know if anything is wrong like that......I get that but no help. I had just bought the vehicle Dec 30th drove for a few months then this happened. A 20k vehicle and 2 months later major repair. Just feel I should get some financial help.....and more importantly I have read others having this exact issue and almost crashed ...should be looked into hard.