2014 JEEP CHEROKEE Engine Problems

AFTER 2 DAYS OWNING THIS VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND REVERSE. I ALSO GOT "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" WARNING LIGHTS AND "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE" WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WENT IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 3 DAYS. 2 MONTHS LATER I HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND THE VEHICLE WENT IN FOR SERVICE FOR 4 DAYS. 2 MONTHS LATER THE VEHICLE WENT IN FOR SERVICE FOR THE SAME THING FOR 8 DAYS. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE A 4TH TIME FOR THE SAME THING FOR 3 DAYS SO FAR. PROBLEMS RANGE FROM HESITATION AND/OR JUMPING INTO GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE, ROUGH SHIFTING AT ALL SPEEDS AND PARKING BRAKE INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGING WHEN PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE FROM PARK. *TR

SUBJECT: 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED, V-6 ENGINE/9 SPEED TRANSMISSION, PURCHASED 2/25/14. CURRENT MILEAGE: 3940 MILES. THIS SUBJECT AUTOMOBILE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS THAT APPEAR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THROTTLE CONTROL. THE PROBLEMS ARE DESCRIBED AS: 1.A SUBTLE CHATTER IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN ACCELERATING SIMILAR TO CLUTCH CHATTER. THIS OCCURS IN LOWER GEARS. THIS BEHAVIOR IS WORSE WHEN TURNING HARD LEFT/RIGHT WHEN TRANSMISSION IS UNDER AN ACCELERATION LOAD. 2.THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING (UP AND DOWN SHIFT) CAN BE DELAYED AND VERY ABRUPT. IN GOING UP A HILL, THE THROTTLE RESPONSE IS DELAYED WITH A FOLLOWING ABRUPT, HEAD JERKING DOWNSHIFT. SIMILAR ABRUPT SHIFTS WHEN UPSHIFTING 3.THROTTLE RESPONSE CAN BE ABRUPT (SURGES FORWARD) AT LIGHT THROTTLE APPLICATION. THIS IN ITSELF IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN BEHIND A CAR AT A STOP. AS THE CARS IN FRONT MOVE FORWARD, A SLIGHT THROTTLE RESPONSE CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD AND ACCELERATE FASTER THAN...

THE FIRST ISSUE AROSE AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF A DRIVEWAY. WHILE STILL IN MOTION, THE VEHICLE PRODUCED AN AUDIBLE AND VISUAL COLLISION ALERT WITH NO OBSTRUCTIONS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE STOPPED SUDDENLY, PARTIALLY IN THE ROADWAY, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND SHUT THE MOTOR OFF. IT WAS NECESSARY TO CYCLE THE VEHICLE THROUGH STOP-ACCESSORY-RUN AND BACK TO ACCESSORY BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE PLACED IN PARK. ONCE IN PARK, THE INFORMATION CENTER (EVIC) READ "BATTERY VOLTAGE LOW". AFTER RETURNING TO THE STOP POSITION THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR (MIL) REMAINED ILLUMINATED. SCROLLING TO THE BATTERY STATUS ON THE EVIC SHOWED A READING OF 13.9V, WITHIN A NORMAL RANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE AND OPERATED PROPERLY, EXCEPT FOR THE MIL FOR 24-HOURS WITH MULTIPLE STARTS AND STOPS. THE FOLLOWING DAY, UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, AGAIN AN AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARM SOUNDED AND THE VEHICLE...

WHEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP (SUCH AS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN), MY 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE(3.2L W/ ACTIVE DRIVE I) SIGNIFICANTLY SHAKES FROM LEFT-TO-RIGHT SIMILAR TO WHERE A WHEEL WOULD BE OUT OF BALANCE. THIS SEEMS TO AFFECT PERFORMANCE AS WELL, WHERE THE VEHICLE LAGS TO PICK UP SPEED RIGHT AWAY, WHICH IS CONCERNING WHEN NEEDING TO QUICKLY CROSS EXPRESSWAY INTERSECTIONS. *TR

AT 30-40MPH WITH 2RMP MY I WOULD HEAR A VERY LOUD WHISTLING NOISE. ONE DAY LATER MY CAR WOULD START KICKING BACK WHEN ON THE GO. TWO DAYS LATER, MY JEEP CHEROKEE WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. I COULD NOT PUT IT IN DRIVE, PARK OR ANY OTHER GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FEW SECONDS LATER THE ON INFORMATION BOARD SAID, "TRANSMISSION PROBLEM." I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. *JS

5/8/14 - TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING TO WORK. ERROR MESSAGES APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AS THE ACCELERATOR LOST ALL POWER CAUSING ME TO FORCE THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. MULTIPLE MORE ERROR MESSAGES APPEARED TO SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION. RPMS HAD BEEN RUNNING HIGH FOR A FEW WEEKS. GEARS WERE NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. IT WAS KEPT FOR OVER 2 WEEKS FOR REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FIXED. 6/9/14 - SAME EXACT SCENARIO OCCURRED AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE CAR BROUGHT ITSELF TO A HALT. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN TIME. WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE YOU COULD FEEL THE CAR SHUTTER. RPMS REMAINED EXTREMELY HIGH. CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ADDITIONAL INSPECTION REPAIRS. NO UPDATES. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. PROBLEM WENT AWAY BUT LIGHT REMAINED ON. CALLED DEALER AND WE AGREED TO DRIVE IT TO SEE IF IT ACTED UP AGAIN. LIGHT WENT OUT TWO DAYS LATER. AT 734 MILES I WAS TURNING A CORNER AND VEHICLE ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL. LATER THAT DAY TURNED ANOTHER CORNER AND VEHICLE STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TOOK ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO GET IT RESTARTED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FOUND THE ENGINE THREE QUARTS LOW ON OIL. FLUSHED ENGINE AND CHANGED OIL AND FILTER. AT 1522 MILES VEHICLE STALLED AFTER TURNING CORNER IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. HAD TO PUSH VEHICLE OFF OF BRIDGE AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. GOT IT STARTED AND TOOK STRAIGHT TO DEALER. ENGINE WAS THREE QUARTS LOW ON OIL AGAIN. ENGINE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IF...

WAS DRIVING ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY AND THE JEEP LOST POWER, I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WHEN I REACHED A COMPLETE STOP THE JEEP SHUTOFF. I COULD NOT GET IT THE RESTART. AFTER WAITING 10 MINUTES I FINALLY GOT THE JEEP RESTARTED. WHEN IT STARTED IT RELEASED A HUGE CLOUD OF WHITE SMOKE FROM THE EXHAUST PIPES. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON 295N IN LEFT LANE JUST PASSING MALL TRAFFIC WHEN ALL OF MY WARNING GAUGES STARTED TO GO OFF, OVER HEAT, OIL, CHECK ENGINE AND OTHERS. THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION THAT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOT GUN IN A BARREL, THE CAR WAS ALL THE WAY TO HOT. IT DIED AND I WAS ABLE TO DIRECT IT OVER TO THE LEFT LANE AND TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS ONLY 2 AND 1/2 MONTHS OLD WITH 2400 MILES ON IT. I CALLED FOR A TOW TO DEALER SHIP. STATE POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE FOR SAFETY. *TR

UPON ACCELERATION 5MPH, MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS. TRANSMISSION LIGHT, RED LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHT, SHIFTING HARD, WHEEL LOCKED UP, BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, CAR DIED. CAR IS 2 MONTHS OLD. DASH FLASHED RED WRITING, CAN NO SHIFT UNLESS IN P BEFORE DIED. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HURRIED TO TURN CAR OFF AND TURN BACK ON AND IT DROVE. SEEMS TO DO THIS WHEN THE CAR HAS SAT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SHIFTS HARD DOESN'T ACCELERATE WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. DATES OCCURRED SAME PROBLEM 3/30, 3/31, 4/1. CAR IS AT THE DEALER FOR REVIEW. THEY DID 3199 PCM SOFTWARE UPDATE 3/31/14. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED 4/1. *TR

A JEEP AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP CHANGED THE ENGINE OIL AND OIL FILTER FOR MY VEHICLE. ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER I TOOK MY VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY. "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" WARNING SHOWED UP FIRST, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND SOME ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONS WERE DISABLED, WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FORWARD COLLISION WARNING, THE PARKSENSE, THE LANE SENSE, AND THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL. THE ESC ACTIVATION / MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. THERE WAS LOUD RATTLING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING WHILE MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME MOVING THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER I PARKED ON A SURFACE ROAD, I FOUND NO ENGINE OIL WAS REGISTERED ON THE DIPSTICK. THE LEAKED OIL WAS SPLASHED OVER THE VEHICLE'S EXTERIOR. IN PARTICULAR, IT COVERED THE PARKING SENSORS AND THE REAR WINDOW, WHICH DISABLED THE ELECTRONIC SAFETY FEATURES...