2014 JEEP CHEROKEE Engine Problems

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN GIVING LOTS OF TROUBLE SINCE I PURCHASED IT. IT DECIDES TO SHUTDOWN BY ITSELF WHEN IT WANTS TO. IT HAS PUT ME IN SEVERAL SCARY SITUATIONS. USELLY I AM ON THE HWY IN THE LEFT LANE AND IT DECIDES TO SHUT DOWN. GIVING ME ONLY ABOUT 45 SECONDS TO GET OVER. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ALONG WITH TRACTION, BATTERY, TRANSMISSION, ENGINE THE CAR DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR 3 COMPUTER UPDATES.IN ADDITION..... THE SECOND TO THE LAST TIME THEY PUT IN A BRAKE SWITCH. NOW THEY HAVE MY CAR. PUTTING IN SOME KIND OF TCM BOX. THE CAR ALSO HESITATES. BLINKER GOES ON BY ITSELF DECIDES TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN ETC. I DO NOT BELIEVE MY CAR WILL BE FIXED. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE EARLY DECEMBER I HAVE A LEMON. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS...

PROBLEM: DRIVING DOWN I79 CLUNK SOUND "D" ON SHIFTER STARTS BLINKING SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE APPEARS SERVICE PARKING BRAKE APPEARS MIL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ESC INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON *PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE TURNED CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON REPEATED 4 TIMES DROVE TO A SAFE LOCATION CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS CAR HAS HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. I AM NOW SCARED OF THIS CAR. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND DISAPPOINTING FOR A NEW $34,000 VEHICLE WITH 15,601 MILES ON IT. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED AND WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WAS DEC. 14, 2014. *TR

WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WILL OCCASIONALLY NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE DISPLAY AND SHIFT CONTROL INDICATES THAT THE CAR IS IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WHEN I RELEASE THE BRAKE AND APPLY THE GAS, THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE EVERY 10-15 TIMES THE CAR IS SHIFTED FROM PARK. THE MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS PARKED UPHILL. I SHIFTED THE CAR INTO DRIVE, BUT WHEN I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CAR DID NOT MOVE FORWARD BUT INSTEAD STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. I HAD TO MOVE THE SHIFTER INTO PARK, AND AGAIN INTO DRIVE BEFORE THE GEAR WOULD ENGAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AFTER BEING STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. WHEN I APPLY THE GAS, THE CAR WILL HESITATE FOR 1-2 SECONDS BEFORE ENGAGING AND MOVING FORWARD. I AM CONCERNED...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR STARTED DECELERATING RAPIDLY, THE "PARK" ICON CAME ON AND THE MESSAGE CENTER SAID "UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS WHILE IN PARK, CHECK TRANSMISSION" AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE CAR WAS STILL UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS, I COULD FEEL THE CAR TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS BUT COULDN'T. ENGINE LIGHT AND UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS/CHECK TRANSMISSION MESSAGE STILL APPEARING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR A SECOND TIME AND WAITED A MINUTE OR TWO AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. AT THAT POINT, I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS AND ACCELERATE AGAIN, HOWEVER, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. *TR

CAR MAKES A WHISTLING VERY LOUD WHISTLING NOISE UPON STARTUP AND CONTINUES FOR UP TO 5 MINUTES, EVENING LAST WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE, WAS TOLD THE FIRST TIMES THAT IT WAS THE BEARINGS? (THEY WERE REPLACED). NOISE STILL OCCURRING, TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE PULLEYS, NOISE STILL HEARD. NEXT, I WAS TOLD THE WATER PUMP WAS CAUSING THE NOISE, IT WAS REPLACED BUT NOISE STILL OCCURRING. NOW, I AM TOLD THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR AND THEY WILL REPLACE THAT PART. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE NOISE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL HAVE A MAJOR AFFECT ON THE ENGINE LATER ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NO REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 5,400.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTING RUNNING A CHECK SYSTEM CYCLE, IE. TRANSMISSION SERVICE NEEDED, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE NEED SERVICE, BATTERY NEEDED TO BE CHECKED, MIL WAS ON, ETC. (I HAVE VIDEO OF ONE OCCURRENCE) AND I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO ACCELERATE THE CAR EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED AND I COULD NOT DISENGAGE IT. AFTER THE CAR SLOWED DOWN I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE THE CAR. THE MIL WAS NOW ON STEADILY. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES NOW. *TR

JUST ENTERING THE HIGHWAY DOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 70 MPH WITH MY NEWBORN CHILD ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED / SHOOK/ AND HALTED WHILE TRYING TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHER WAY. THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT I HAD TO SOMEHOW FIND A WAY TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH AN INFANT IN THE CAR WHILE MY CAR WAS STALLING OUT. *TR

2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON OCTOBER 7, 2014 AS SHE PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE MANAGED TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHE LET THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN RE-STARTED IT. SHE BEAN TO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BUCK AND LOST POWER. SHE PULLED OVER FOR A SECOND TIME AND LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE, ATTEMPTED TO RE-START IT WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT SHE COULDN'T GO OVER 25 MPH. SHE DROVE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALED A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. ONE MONTH LATER, AS SHE WAS PULLING OUT ONTO THE MAIN ROAD, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AGAIN. SHE MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. A DIAGNOSTICS TEST REVEALED THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF, DUE TO LOW...

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SAME ISSUE 4 TIMES. THE INFORMATION REFLECTED INDICATES THE FIRST TIME THAT WE BROUGHT THE CARE IN. INITIALLY WE TOOK THE CARE IN BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING ROUGHLY AND WOULD SOMETIMES DELAY BEFORE ENGAGING GEAR WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR. AFTER VEHICLE REPROGRAMMED AND RETURNED TO CUSTOMER IT WAS BEING DRIVEN ON FREEWAY AT NORMAL SPEEDS WHEN THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON, TOLD DRIVER TO PULL OVER AND THE VEHICLE LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE COASTED TO SIDE OF FREEWAY AND WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHO ATTEMPTED TO FIX VEHICLE. VEHICLE RETURNED TO CUSTOMER, A SHORT TIME LATER VEHICLE HAD SAME ISSUE ON FREEWAY. AGAIN TOWED TO DEALER WHO AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR VEHICLE AND REPLACED TRANSMISSION. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AGAIN VEHICLE EXHIBITED SAME EXACT BEHAVIOR. WAS TOWED TO DEALER AWAITING RESOLUTION OF ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM REPRESENTS...

MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK FOR THE LAST DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND GOT 2 BLOCKS FROM THE HOUSE BEFORE CALLING FOR HELP. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD. IT WAS RAINY BOTH THE DAY BEFORE AND THAT MORNING ALSO. SHE SAID THERE WAS A MESSAGE THAT CAME UP SAYING SHIFT INTO PARK AND START THE CAR. SHE COULDN'T GET IT TO START AGAIN. I MET HER AND AFTER TRYING, GOT THE CAR GOING BUT NOTICED THAT I DIDN'T FEEL ANY RESPONSE OR HEAR ANY ENGINE REVVING WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL DOWN. IT ALSO SEEMED TO START FAIRLY ROUGH. SHE TOOK MY VEHICLE TO WORK. I CHECKED THE VEHICLE LATER AND IT STARTED OK. THE BATTERY VOLTAGE WAS THE NORMAL 12.6V AND 14.7V WHEN RUNNING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE. THE NEXT DAY AS THE...

ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING, I WAS DRIVING ON A THREE-LANE HIGHWAY, GOING ROUGHLY 73 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY, AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN MY CURRENT SPEED 'CONSISTENT WITH TRAFFIC FLOW 'MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENABLE ME TO ACCELERATE. DURING MY INABILITY TO ACCELERATE, MY VEHICLES ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SURGED, ILLUMINATING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, AND CABIN LIGHTS. AS A RESULT, IN ORDER TO REMAIN UNINJURED, I CROSSED THREE LANES OF MODERATELY CONGESTED TRAFFIC, AND TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-7 MINS. UPON STARTING MY CAR, I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE; HOWEVER, BOTH LIGHTS WERE LIT ON MY DASHBOARD. AFTER DRIVING 130 PLUS MILES, I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM'THEY CONDUCTED TESTS; RESULTING IN A COMPUTER GLITCH. THE DEALERSHIP ADDRESSED THIS BY CLEARING THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THIS ANSWER WAS VERY UNSATISFACTORY TO ME AS I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND...

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE, TRAFFIC WAS STOP AND GO. TRAFFIC SLOWED DOWN, ONCE TRAFFIC STARTED MOVING AGAIN I STEPPED ON THE GAS BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, IT WOULD NOT RESPOND AT ALL. I LOOKED AT THE DASH BOARD AND A SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. I ALSO HAD A (P)! LIGHT ON BUT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT ON. I TRIED TURNING THE CAR OFF AND TURNING IT BACK ON AND THE CAR JERKED VERY STRONGLY BECAUSE I WAS IN TRAFFIC I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD HIT ME BUT IT WAS MY CAR THAT HAD SHAKEN VERY VIOLENTLY. I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL IT ROLL JUST A BIT AND THEN WOULD NOT MOVE THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. CHP HAD TO TOW ME OFF THE FREEWAY. AFTER A DAY AT THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD...

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING TO A STOP.. LUCKILY THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE DID NOT ROLL , IT STARTED SLOWING AS IF BRAKING., I WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE REAR ENDED, THERE WAS NO FOR WARNING AND PROBABLY NO BRAKE LIGHTS. I FEEL THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND WANT TO KNOW WHY IT JUST SHUT DOWN AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, IT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF THE TRAFFIC HADN'T BEEN SO LIGHT. ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET INDICATE THE LAUNCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS DELAYED BY TRANSMISSION FAULTS. I BELIEVE IT WAS PUT INTO PRODUCTION FAULTY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME IT HAPPENED. MY PREVIOUS ODI # 16038484. WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THE CAR JUST STOPPED AND THE CAR SCREEN HAS A MESSAGE TO SHIFT THE GEAR. I DID THAT AND THE CAR SHAKES/JITTER. THE PARKING ATTENDANT HELPED ME TO PUSH THE CAR ON THE SIDE.

AGAIN, I JUST GOT BACK THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP AT AROUND 4PM (12/3). THE WORK ORDER SAYS THAT THEY HAVE CHANGED/REPLACED THE ADAPTION PART OF THE CAR TO RE-LEARN TO DRIVE. SO, I DROVE IT HOME. AROUND 510PM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIN THE CAR STOPPED AGAIN. LUCKILY AGAIN, THAT IM NOT IN THE FREEWAY.THE SAME THING, THE CAR STOPPED AND THE DASHBOARD GAVE ME A MESSAGE TO SHIFT GEAR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE/JITTER. I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK AND THEY TOWED IT AGAIN TO THE GLENDALE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THAT IT HAPPEN, WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM RISKING MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL IN ORDER TO COAST, THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE. WHILE DRIVING, WHEN I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND BEGIN TO BRAKE, MY CAR WILL ACCELERATE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON OCT 30, 2014. IT WAS A MINIMAL OCCURRENCE AND WOULD COME AND GO, BUT NOW IT OCCURS EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. THIS DAILY ISSUE WHERE MY VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHEN IT SHOULD NOT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE APPROXIMATELY MID-LATE NOVEMBER 2014. *JS

SORRY I'M NOT SURE WHY IT DOES THIS... WHEN I'M DRIVING SOMETIMES AND I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN.. FOR SOME REASON MY CAR ON IT OWN.. SPEEDS UP.. I WATCH THE RPM AND THERE IS A BIG JUMP IN REV.. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS.. I ACTUALLY LURCH FORWARD. I'M SCARED THAT ONE DAY IT'S GOING TO HIT A PERSON OR GO THROUGH THE WALL OF MY GARAGE! THE SECOND THING IS MY LIGHT SWITCH I AM NOT SURE WHY BUT TWICE IT'S PUSHED INTO MY DASH BOARD .. .THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS STUCK AT DUSK .. COULDN'T DRIVE.. MY NORMAL DEALERSHIP IN NORTH SEATTLE CALLED THE DWAYNE LANE IN EVERETT AND THEY TOLD MY DEALERSHIP THAT THEY WON'T DO WARRANTY WORK.. SO MY DEALERSHIP HAD TO SEND OUT A GUY FROM SERVICE AND DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO EVERETT TO...

SECOND INCIDENT FOR THIS CAR. FIRST INCIDENT WAS 10.18.14. I WAS PARKING CAR AT A RESTAURANT. WHILE EDGING NEAR ENDING POINT OF PARKING SPACE, PARK SENSE SUDDENLY DISABLED AND WOULD NOT ENABLE. IMMEDIATELY THEREFORE, A SERIES OF ICONS APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD IN THIS ORDER: 1) RED LIGHTENING BOLT FOR THE ETC, 2) FRONT END COLLISION LIGHT LIKE I HAD A WRECK, 3) ENGINE LIGHT, 4) TRACTION LIGHT. THE POWER STEERING APPEARED VERY STIFF. CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. DROVE CAR OUT OF PARKING SPACE AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE; IT MOVED AT A VERY SLOW PACE LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN MOLASSES OR QUICK SAND. PLACED CAR IN PARK AND TURNED OFF IGNITION. WHILE SHIFTING FROM D TO P, THE SHIFT WAS SO VIOLENT IT SHOOK THE ENTIRE CAR AND I COULD HEAR GRINDING. LET CAR REST FOR 60-90 SECONDS. TURNED CAR BACK ON AND ONLY THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED...

AT A HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEED, WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED AND THE CAR IS ALLOWED TO DECELERATE ITSELF WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE, AT CERTAIN DOWNSHIFTS THE CAR WILL EXPERIENCE A JUMP IN ENGINE RPM OF 1000 AND THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD AND ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN GOING AROUND CURVES OR IF THERE WERE ICE ON THE ROAD OR THE CAR WERE HYDROPLANING. CHRYSLER JEEP HAS NOT RELEASED A FIX OR A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AND IT IS BEING SAID THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO DO THIS. I BELIEVE IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS UNLESS FIXED. *TR

ON THE ABOVE DATE WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK MY WIFE CALLED ME AND INFORMED THAT HER VEHICLE HAD LOST POWER DURING OPERATION ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. UPON FURTHER EXPLANATION SHE INFORMED ME WHILE ACCELERATING TO THE PROPER SPEED FOR THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH THE VEHICLE HAD LOST POWER AND THE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE THEN PULLED OFF THE BUSY ROAD TO A SAFE A SPOT AND PROCEEDED TO CONTACT OUR INSURANCE AND THE LOCAL JEEP/CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP, AS WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WARRANTY. ONCE I ARRIVED TO MY WIFE'S LOCATION WE WAITED FOR THE TOW TRUCK AND UPON HIS ARRIVAL HE ASKED IF THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN, AT THIS TIME I TURNED ON THE VEHICLE AND PLACED IT IN DRIVE, THE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP ALL AWHILE BEING FOLLOWED BY THE TOW TRUCK...

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MY WIFE WHO WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 1825HRS. SHE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN TO ME THAT HER VEHICLE WAS "ACTING" UP AGAIN WITH ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LAST TIME (FIRST INCIDENT HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED UNDER SAME INFORMATION). SHE LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHERE THE SPEED POSTED IS 65MPH. WHEN THIS HAPPENED SHE PULLED OFF TO SHOULDER AND TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS WITH HER IPHONE TO KEEP FOR OUR RECORDS AND TO WHAT HER DASH WAS DISPLAYING. SHE STOPPED WHILE ON THE SHOULDER AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. AFTER SOME TIME SHE TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE WHEN SHE NOTICED THE VEHICLE "JERKED" AND MADE A LOUD CLUNKY NOISE. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT. THE FIRST INCIDENT DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO...

THE CAR IS ONLY 5 MONTHS OLD. HAS A ZF 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND 3.2L 46 24V -VVT ENGINE. I WAS DRIVING ON A TOLLWAY IN MODERATE TRAFFIC AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 60-65 MPH. WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN OR CHANGING SPEED, THE DISPLAY ON THE DASH LISTED "SERVICE TRANSMISSION". ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE WAS LOST AND CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT, P! WERE ALL DISPLAYED. HAD TO FIND A WAY TO THE SHOULDER AND STOP CAR. TURNED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED IT. "CHECK TRANSMISSION " WAS DISPLAYED. PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS STARTING IN 2ND OR 3RD GEAR. WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. COULD GET UP TO 35 MPH WITH THE TACH AT 2000 RPM. WOULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL. GOT HOME AND LET CAR SIT FOR A FEW HOURS. STARTED CAR AFTER...

WHEN DECELERATING FOR A SPEED ZONE, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED FROM 5TH TO 4TH, THE RPMS WENT UP APPROXIMATELY 1000 AND THE CAR ACCELERATED. THE 'UNINTENDED' ACCELERATION CHARACTERISTIC IS ALSO EVIDENT ON DOWNHILL DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THIS OCCURS OR A FREQUENT BASIS AND WAS EVIDENT PRIOR TO, AND AFTER, A TRANSMISSION/TCM REPLACEMENT. MY WIFE NO LONGER FEELS SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND HAS GONE BACK TO USING HER SUBARU FOR COMMUTING. THERE ARE OBVIOUS ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION CONTROL FIRMWARE/HARDWARE WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

AT FREEWAY SPEED OF 65, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY HAD NO POWER, WENT INTO NEUTRAL, AND "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" WARNING CAME ON. UPON TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER, THE ENGINE WOULD SIMPLY REV RPMS BUT PROVIDED NO POWER, EVEN AFTER TRYING TO SHIFT BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE. AFTER GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON, AT WHICH TIME THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS STILL ON, BUT THE VEHICLE WORKED AGAIN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY BUT PROVIDED NO EXPLANATION OF WHY IT SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER ON THE FREEWAY AND COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A WRECK WHEN TRYING TO GET OVER SEVERAL LANES ON A BUSY FREEWAY. *TR

WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE PARKSENSE FEATURE DISABLED ON ITS OWN. IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, THE RED LIGHTNING BOLT INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH, WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, GLOW PLUGS, SWIRL MOTOR FAILURE (LOW PRESSURE IN RAIL OR FUEL RAIL PRESSURE MALFUNCTION) AND ALSO SPEED SENSORS. THE VEHICLE THEN REVVED UP ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ACCELERATION WHILE MY FOOT WAS POSITIONED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT, THE WORD "TRANSMISSION" APPEARED ON THE DASH, THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THEN THE COLLISION INDICATOR AS IF A CAR CRASH HAD OCCURRED, WHICH IT HAD NOT. FINALLY, THE POWER STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF. DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS PURCHASED FROM AND THEY SAID THE CODES WERE UNKNOWN LIKE HIEROGLYPHICS. LEFT VEHICLE THERE. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THERE WERE 3 SOFTWARE UPGRADES THAT WERE NEEDED ON THE VEHICLE,...

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, BETWEEN 13-20 MPH JUST BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO THE NEXT GEAR THE WHOLE VEHICLE SHIMMIES OR WOBBLES FOR A FEW SECONDS. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME, WHETHER UNDER HARD OR SOFT ACCELERATION. IT IS ALSO MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN TURNING RIGHT. THE PASSENGER IS EVEN ABLE TO FEEL THE SHIMMY, SO IT DOES NOT ONLY TRANSFER THROUGH THE PEDALS OR STEERING WHEEL. AXLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, SOFTWARE HAS BEEN UPDATED, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME THERE IS NO KNOWN FIX FOR THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND ENGINE WAS DEAD WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. IT IS THE THIRD TIME WITHIN A MONTH, ONE WEEK AFTER THE SECOND TIME REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

CAR STALLED 6X WITH MY 4 AND 5 YEAR OLDS IN THE VEHICLE. SMOKE BILLOWS OUT OF BACK OF CAR. IGNITION COIL, SPARK PLUGS, FILTER AND OIL REPLACED. 9/2/14 CAR SHIFTING INCORRECTLY. COMPUTER SYSTEM RESET DUE TO TRANSMISSION ISSUES. CUSTOMER TOLD TO BRING BACK AFTER DRIVES 500 MILES FOR OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. 9/29/14 OIL CONSUMPTION TEST FAILED. PVC INTAKE VALVE REPLACED. DEALER TO DRIVE CAR 250 MILES AND TEST OIL CONSUMPTION AGAIN. AS OF 10/3, NO RESOLUTION. CUSTOMER HAS REQUESTED REPLACEMENT FROM MANUFACTURER. NOT APPROVED AS OF YET. *TR

DRIVING AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOP ACCELERATE, ALL LIGHTS CAME ON DASH, READ SERVICE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND STARTED, THE ENGINE IDLED UP AND DOWN AND CAUSED THE RPMS TO INCREASE AND DECREASE. DURING THE FAILURE, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SENSORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,200.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (68 MPH) AND SLOWING DOWN, THE GEARS ON THE 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE DOWNSHIFTED, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN SPEED, DESPITE PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO THE BRAKES. THIS OCCURS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHEN BRAKING CHANGE GEARS FROM 4TH TO 5TH GEAR. THE SHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR IS FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A 500+ RPM INCREASE IN THE ENGINE. IF HEAVY, CONSISTENT PRESSURE IS NOT APPLIED TO THE BRAKE, THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE 1-2 MPH. IF HEAVY, CONSISTENT PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE, THE CAR SHIFTS VIOLENTLY AND THE CAR "LURCHES" FORWARD DUE TO THE INCREASE IN RPM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY DOING 60MPH. I MERGED INTO LEFT LANE AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO SPEED LIMIT. REACHED 65MPH AND TRANSMISSION STALLED AND THREW MY VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER TO TURN OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AS WELL AS MESSAGE TO CHECK TRANSMISSION. AFTER RETURNING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ON 9/22/14 WITH MILEAGE AT 1195. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,100.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,800. UPDATED 2/9/15*CN

THIS EXACT SCENARIO HAPPENED 4 TIMES BETWEEN 6/5/14-9/16/14. -- I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ON THE WAY TO WORK. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR MADE A CHIME SOUND (AS IF A DOOR WAS OPENED) AND MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN, AS IF I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS. MY DASH HAD MANY LIGHTS COME ON (PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE SENSOR LIGHTS) AND IT SAID "SERVICE PARK BREAK" AND "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL. I CAN ASSURE YOU MY PARK BREAK WAS NOT ON! I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SINCE PRESSING ON THE GAS WAS NOT HELPING ME MOVE FORWARD. MY CAR NEVER ACTUALLY SHUT OFF ON IT'S OWN, IT JUST LOST POWER, AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, LET IT SIT A MINUTE AND STARTED IT UP AGAIN. THE SAME LIGHTS WERE ON...

SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED WITH THE OTHER POSTS, ON SATURDAY MY CAR STALLED WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. DISABLED, THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. FOLLOWING THE ADVICE OF SOME HELPFUL GENTLEMEN, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME. ON SUNDAY, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST REPORTEDLY STATED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN A SUBSEQUENT CALL IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE AS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I PICKED THE REPAIRED CAR UP AS DIRECTED AND THEN THE CAR STALLED. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED AS THE CAR WAS DISABLED WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS. I MANAGED TO COAST THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT BY USING THE ADVICE OF THE GENTLEMEN AND THEN CALLED THE DEALER, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE CAR ABRUPTLY STALLED. THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT START FOR ME TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE. I WAS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOBBLED DURING ACCELERATION, AS IF THE ENGINE WERE UNSTABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED AND THE TIRE PRESSURE NEEDED TO BE CHECKED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 250. UPDATED 10/22/2014*LJ UPDATED 4/2/2015 *JS

WHEN STARTING FROM A COLD START THE ENGINE AND/OR TRANSMISSION JERKS MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE FIRST MINUTE DURING DRIVING. AFTER THE FIRST STOP, THE CAR SETTLES DOWN AND DOES NOT SEEM TO DO IT AGAIN. *TR

ON OCCAISION WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR SEEMS TO BE IN LIMBO, NOT ACCELERATING AND LOSING SPEED SLIGHTLY. *TR

FRONT END AXLE BOOT LEAK AND SUBSEQUENT SHAKE/VIBRATION IN FRONT END ON ACCELERATION AND RIGHT TURNS MOSTLY. WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" UPON DRIVING DURING LOW SPEEDS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION WITH CHECK ENGINE AND SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHTS COMING ON. NO GOOD COMPUTER HISTORY STORED IN ENGINE COMPUTER TO DETERMINE PROBLEM EVEN HAPPENED. SHAKE HAS CONTINUED EVEN WITH REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT AXLES. LIMP MODE AND WARNING LIGHTS HAVEN'T HAPPENED SINCE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS AND TRANSMISSION COMPUTER WERE REPLACED . HAS BEEN SERVICED BY TWO LOCAL DEALERSHIPS FOR OVER A MONTH AND HAVE HAD CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER/JEEP CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT ISSUES SINCE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. ENGAGED IN LEMON LAW ACTION BECAUSE PURCHASE DEALER HAS STATED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THAT THE SHAKE IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 2014 MODEL OF JEEP CHEROKEE, "ALL OF THEM HAVE IT ON THEIR LOT" SO THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. I JUST...

WHEN YOU STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR FROM 0MPH THE CAR STUTTERS AND SHAKES FOR A FEW MPH UNTIL YOU GET TO ABOUT 15-20MPH AND THEN IT DRIVES LIKE NORMAL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH TOWN. WE WERE TURNING LEFT ON A BUSY CITY STREET WHEN MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO CREEP THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. WE WERE NEARLY T-BONED ON THE SIDE WHERE MY 4 YR OLD CHILD WAS SEATED. THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR BECAME INOPERABLE! IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP HAD TO COMPLETELY REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THEY OUTRIGHT LIED AND DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. IN CONJUNCTION, THEY COULD AND DID NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION AND IF IT WAS ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT FAILED. TO TOP IT OFF MY CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME WITH SEVERAL NEW SCRATCHES, AN EXTRA PART LEFT UNDER THE HOOD, AND A BROKEN HOOD LATCH. I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME ON A...

VEHICLE WAS HAVING SEVERE ISSUES SHIFTING GEARS. TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, LESS THAN A MILE LATER THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE THEN LOST 4WD CAPABILITY. VEHICLE SEEMED TO STALL OUT AND MAX OUT AT 20 MPH. CAR STOPPED A FEW BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE WHILE IN A TURNING LANE. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON, WAS ABLE TO BARELY MAKE IT HOME. LUCKILY, IT WAS LATE NIGHT AND NO TRAFFIC. COULD'VE CAUSE A BIG ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE SITS HERE AT THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT WILL NOT RUN. CALLING THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THEY OPEN TOMORROW TO TRY AND FIND A RESOLUTION. *TR

I WENT TO SHIFT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF THREE TIMES, ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT I MANAGED TO GET IN TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. VEHICLES TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON STATING "SERVICE TRANSMISSION START FROM PARK WITH VEHICLE AT ZERO SPEED." WHEN I HAD SHIFTED THROUGH TO DRIVE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION MADE A CLUNKING SOUND LIKE IT HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE JEEP. I DROVE IT 3 MILES TO MY HOUSE ONLY GOING 30 MPH. WHEN I GOT HOME I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT MOVE PAST NEUTRAL. I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE KEY 4-5 TIMES AND BECAUSE OF THIS THE DASH LIGHTS HAD STAYED ON. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. *TR

WHILE SLOWING/BREAKING/DECELERATING FROM ANY SPEED THAT HAS CAUSE VEHICLE TO BE IN GEAR 5+, AROUND 35-25MPH, TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT FROM 5-4 AND VEHICLE WILL SURGE. VEHICLE WILL NOT DECELERATE, TRANSMISSION REMAINS IN GEAR 4 AND RPM REMAINS 2K. EXCESSIVE PRESSURE IS REQUIRED ON BRAKE TO SLOW VEHICLE. IF BREAK IS NOT APPLIED, VEHICLE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN AND WILL MAINTAIN 25MPH FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. MEASURED DISTANCE I OBTAINED WAS 0.4 MILE BEFORE ENGINE RPM BEGAN TO DECREASE BELOW 2K AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW WITHOUT BRAKE PRESSURE. *TR

I AM A NURSE AND TRAVEL FOR A LIVING. ON MY WAY HOME FROM ASSIGNMENT IN WV. JUST OUTSIDE A BOWLING GREEN ON I65. MY CAR JERKED THEN LOST ALL POWER. ENGINE LIGHT, SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHTS ALL CAME ON. I WAS GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR. I HAD NO ACCELERATION. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, ACROSS 3 LANES OF INTERSTATE. I ATTEMPTED JEEPS EMERGENCY NUMBER BUT GOT THE UNABLE TO CONNECT VOICE MAIL, AFTER 5 MINUTES MY CAR RESTARTED. I REMAINED ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. 65 MILES LATER AND 15 MILES FROM NASHVILLE THE CAR JERKED AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE ONCE AGAIN. I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR RESTARTED. I AM NOW IN A HOTEL FOR THE THIRD NIGHT AND UNABLE TO GET HOME. I TOOK MY CAR TO JEEP THIS MORNING TO BE SERVICED. I WAS TOLD A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR INDICATOR ON THE GEAR BOX BEGAN TO BLINK AND THE SERVICE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, BUT WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SPEED REDUCED ON ITS OWN AND THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V293000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE 9-SPD AUTOMATIC WILL REV HIGH IN FIRST GEAR UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS STEADY AT 10 MPH AND SLAM HARD INTO SECOND GEAR. SHIFTING FROM SECOND GEAR TO THIRD IS ROUGH AS WELL. HAPPENS EVERY DAY UPON ENGINE START. WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN WARMED UP FROM DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES IT GOES AWAY, BUT BEGINS AGAIN UPON BEING SHUT OFF AND COOLED DOWN. THIS ROUGH SHIFTING IS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING/DESTROYING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CAUSES THE DRIVER/PASSENGERS TO "JERK AROUND" IN THEIR SEATS. *TR

FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *TR