2014 JEEP CHEROKEE Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE COMPUTER SOFTWARE WAS RESET BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500.

ON TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015 12:12PM ON INTERSTATE 91-S AT 65MPH IN THE MIDDLE TRAVEL LANE, I WAS SURROUNDED BY MULTIPLE TRACTOR-TRAILERS. MY DASHBOARD SUDDENLY LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. I IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED TO GET TO SAFETY. THE CAR'S SPEED DROPPED DRAMATICALLY WITHOUT WARNING, EVEN WHEN I APPLIED THE GAS. AT LEAST TWO TRACTOR-TRAILERS JUST MISSED HITTING ME. I NARROWLY MANAGED TO GET TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ON FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015, EXECUTIVE JEEP REASSURED ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND SAFE TO DRIVE. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN ABOUT IT BEING SAFE; THE SERVICE ADVISOR RE-ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS. ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2015, JUST 7 DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE FAILED ME, I WAS EN ROUTE TO WORK ON 91-N I WAS TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE LANE SURROUNDED BY MULTIPLE VEHICLES. AGAIN, THE DASHBOARD LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. I WAS ALMOST HIT...

I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW, AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT STARTING RANDOMLY, LOCKING, AND UNLOCKING RANDOMLY, ALARM GOING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT, (YES, MY NEIGHBORS HATE ME) AND NOW MY STEREO GOES IN AND OUT..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE UPSHIFTED WITHOUT BEING PROMPTED AND THEN RETURNED TO ORIGINAL SHIFT WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE MANUFACTURER RECALL, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

TRANMISSION JERK OFTEN, ENGINE SOMETHING ABOUT TO SHUT OFF, I WAS AT MCDONALD DRIVE THUR, AND THE TRANMISSION JERK ALOT , AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIMES THAT HAPPPEN. WENT TO DEALER 5 TIMES AND INFORM THEM OFF THE PROBLEM, THEY LOOK AT IT AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN FIND. IT BECAUSE THEY NOT DRIVING IT EVERYDAY. THIS WAS THE WORST PURCHASE I EVER DID. I WANTED A ACURA BUT WIFE LIKE THE STYLE OF THE CAR. I REGRET GETTING THIS CAR. IF I CAN REPLACE IT I WOULD DEFINITLY DO IT TODAY. WORST CAR EVER 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. OR AT LESS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE.

WHILE IN DRIVE ENGINE SHUTS OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AS A VIOLENT JERK FROM TRANSMISSION OCCURS ( LUCKILY AT SLOWER SPEEDS) DISPLAY SAYS "SHIFT TO P TO SELECT DESIRED GEAR" GOTO PARK AND RESTART IS SPINNING STARTER SOLENOID SEVERAL RETRIES AND ITS LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED, TOOK TO DEALER AND REOCCURRED ENROUTE DEALER ASKED IF "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT " CAME ON I SAID NO, HE CLAIMS THATS IMPOSSIBLE, THEN SHOWED HIM THE PICTURE I TOOK OF DASH, SAME THING 2 DAYS IN A ROW VERY DANGEROUS IMO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND IT RESUMED TO NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

WAS DRIVING IN VERY BUSY TOWN, LUCKILY TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT, JEEP HAD LOST ALL POWER, AND WAS SHOWING ENGINE LIGHT, ETC LIGHT FLASHING, AND TRACTION CONTROL WAS SHUT OFF. GOT THE JEEP RUNNING AGAIN ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, AUTO ZONE WAS NEXT DOOR BUT THEY COULD NOT READ THE CODES. HAD TO DRIVE AN HOUR TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT SO MANY MILES TO RESET EVERYTHING, THEN SENT BACK ON MY WAY. THE NEXT DAY I WAS PUTTING THE REQUIRED MILES ON IT, IT LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY WITH YOUNG CHILD, GOT IT TO START AGAIN AND MADE IT BACK TO PARK IT THE REST OF THE DAY. NEXT MORNING DROVE 1/4 MILE DOWN ROAD AND IT HAD LOST ALL POWER AGAIN. CALLED DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW I...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE BATTERY AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MODULE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,946...UPDATED 02/01/16 *BF *JS

THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHEN I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY AND THE CAR LOCKED. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, THE BREAKS LOCKED, AND MULTIPLE DIFFERENT MALFUNCTION LIGHTS CAME ON INCLUDING THE ENGINE LIGHT AND MY CAR SAYING TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON, AND NO LIGHTS WERE ON SO I DROVE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. AS I WAS TRYING TO GET INTO A PARKING LOT IN 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC, THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN THEN LOCKED UP AGAIN. I ENDED UP HAVING TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION OWNING THE CAR FOR LESS THAN A MONTH. SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS HAD RANDOM MOMENTS OF ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN AND WHEN I HAVE REPORTED IT TO JEEP ARLINGTON THEY WOULD SAY NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. SINCE THEN, MY CAR HAS HAD 3 OTHER SEPARATE...

THE DAY AFTER WE BOUGHT THE JEEP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ,TOOK BACK TO DEALER THEY RESET SYSTEM. I TOOK IN COUPLE MONTHS HAVING THE JEEP FOR SHIFTING HARD , STALLING AND NOT MUCH POWER UP HILLS. THEY OFTEN TOLD ME WHEN TAKING IT TO DEALER THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE MY PROBLEM. AFTER TAKING IN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES ON 5/08/2015 THEY FINALLY REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION , IT HAD DIED ON ME AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WOULDNT SHIFT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. WHEN GOT MY JEEP BACK STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AND AIRCONDITIONER WAS'NT WORKING PROPERLY. SO AS OF NOW MY JEEP BACK AT THE DEALER FOR ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN,STALLING,NO POWER, SHIFTING HARD AND DEAD GAS PEDAL AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER TODAY AND HE SAYS THEY CAN'T FIX IT IF SHOWS NO CODE OR HE CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM....

ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AT 5:30 AM DRIVING 55MPH MY 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAIL HAWK SUDDENLY JUST SHUT OFF THE WHOLE CAR. IT RESTATED 45 MINUTES LATER AND I DROVE IT TO MINOT AUTOMOTIVE CENTER. THE ERROR MESSAGES THAT CAME ON THE DASH WERE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION< SERVICE EMERGANCY BREAK,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" MINOT AUTOMOTIVE WROTE ON THEIR DIAGNOSTIC PAPER THAT CODE U0402 "IMPLAUSIBLE DATA RECIEVED FROM TCM" AND CODE P0975- SHIFT CONTROL SOLENOID B CIRCUIT CONTROL PERFORMANCE ERRORS WERE STORED. DEALER UPDATED THE TCM AND PCM SOFTWARE TO VERSION FOR TSBS 18-031-14 REV A AND 21-043-15 THEY CLEARED THE CODES THE RETURNED. ON SEPTEMBER 23 THE JEEP JUST DIED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIWAY AT 65 MPH, IT RESTARTED AN HOUR LATER AND AGAIN TOOK TO DEALER WHO PROMPLY SAID IT WOULD BE 4 WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. CALLED JEEP/CHYSLER SERVICE # AND ASSIGNED CASE #27877752 AND TOLD SOMEONE...

WHEN STARTING OUT FROM 1-2, AND 2-3 GEARS, ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS.. 1, JERKY AND HARD SHIFTING OR 2, DOES NOT GET GAS TO THE ENGINE UNTIL I FLOOR IT THEN IT JERKS VERY HARD. EVERY TIME I TOOK IT IN, I ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT IT. THEY CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM BUT A TRANSMISSION UPDATE DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. STILL HAPPENING AT 11,000 MILES. JERKS MY NECK, AND WORRIED ABOUT GETTING REAR ENDED.

WAS DRIVING HOME AND CHECK TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR LIGHTS CAME ON. WE PULLED OVER STOPPED CAR AND TURNED ON AND COULD DRIVE HOME. NEXT DAY WITH KIDS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, CAR JUST COASTED AND ALL LIGHTS WENT ON, KIDS WERE SCARED AND ALMOST HIT BY A TRUCK AS WE PULLED OVER TO CURVE. RESTARTED CAR AND COULD DRIVE HOME BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS JERKY. NEXT MORNING TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY FOUND ALL THE FAULTS I REPORTED. THEY SAID COMMUNICATION PROBLEM AND CLEANED ALL LEADS AND SAID IF HAPPEND AGAIN THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT CHRYSTLER DIRECT. NEXT MORNING, LIGHTS CAME BACK ON CHECK TRANSMISSION AND PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE, ALMOST SLAMMED ME INTO A WALL CHANGING GEARS. DEALER CONFIRMED PROBLEM IN TRANSMISSION AND ORDERED A NEW ONE UNDER GUARANTEE. I AM WITHOUT A CAR FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS AND DEALER SAID IF I HAD GOTTEN THE EXTENDED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE IT WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED IN ORDER TO RESET THE SYSTEM WHICH RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 15V461000 (EQUIPMENT). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A VERY STRONG ODOR OF MOLD EMITTED OUT OF THE AIR VENTS WHICH INCREASED WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

WITH OUR 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE 4CYL. WE WERE CLOSE TO A HORRIBLE COLLISION. WE WERE MERGING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN THE SUV LOST POWER WHEN ACCELERATING AND THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED. WE WERE NEARLY SIDESWIPED BY A SEMI!!!!! WHEN GIVING THE SUV GAS, IT DOWNSHIFTED TO ACCELERATE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DISENGAGED AND THE SUV FELT LIKE IT HALTED FORWARD SLOWING DOWN TO 15MPH. IT SEEMED AS IF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WERE NOT COMMUNICATING CORRECTLY. IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS SOFTLY PRESSED THE SUV WOULD ACCELERATE, HOWEVER, IF THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN FURTHER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS JUST GONE! THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE CAR WAS POWER CYCLED OFF. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I AM SO SCARED TO DRIVE THIS SUV NOW. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND HAVE A SAFETY UPDATE SOON!!!!

VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED ON A STRAIGHT AND LEVEL ROAD AT 45 MPH WHEN THE DASHBOARD ELECTRICAL AND RADIO SYSTEM WENT DARK, AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT THE SAME TIME. IN ABOUT TWO SECONDS, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITHOUT ANY MOVEMENT BY THE DRIVER. SHE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL SO THAT SHE COULD CONTROL THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING. WHEN THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ON ITS OWN, THE NORMAL HOUSEKEEPING FUNCTIONS OCCURRED ON THE DASH, THE RADIO CAME BACK ON, AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK. TWO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH THAT WERE NOT NORMAL. ONE WAS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT CAME ON CONTINUOUS, AND THE SQUIGILY TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON UNTIL SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE SHE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN SHE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE TRACTION LIGHT DID...

IN THE WAKE OF RECEIVING MY CAR BACK AFTER TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT (DUE TO THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING), I TURNED IT ON THE OTHER DAY AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE GEAR SHIFTER CONSOLE LITE UP AND STAYED LITE. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO JEEP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THROWING A CODE, SOME KIND OF LOST CONNECTION ERROR BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHY OR HOW TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT ISNT DOING IT ANY MORE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2 MONTHS THAT MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TO FIX AN ISSUE WHICH JEEP CLAIMS IS AN ODDITY TO MY VEHICLE AND NOT A KNOWN ISSUE.

ON 2 OCCASIONS,-JUNE AND AUGUST 2015, PARKED VEHICLE ON FIRST FLOOR OF AN ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX AND FOUND ENGINE RUNNING UPON RETURN (FIRST TIME IT RAN FOR 4 HOURS/ SECOND TIME FOR 2 HOURS UNATTENDED).

I PURCHASED MY BRAND NEW 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH 30 MILES. AFTER ABOUT 1500 MILES IT BEGAN SHIFTING VERY HARD IN LOW GEARS JERKING , IT RED LINES EXTREMELY HARD TO WHERE IT WILL JOLT THE JEEP AND WHEN I COME TO A STOP IT WOULD BEGIN RAISE RPMS AND ACCELERATE. IT WOULD SCARE ME SENSELESS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THAT'S HOW IT PERFORMS AND MADE ME LEAVE. 400 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY BLEW OUT GOING 50 IN LA TRAFFIC. IT WAS ON BACK ORDER FOR A MONTH. SINCE THEN I HAVE TAKEN IT IN 8 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM A FEW TIMES THEY HAVE UPDATED THE TCM NOW THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS NO CODES AND THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE IT, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. THE JEEP WILL NOT KNOW WHAT GEAR TO SHIFT AND LEAVE ME STRANDED IN INTERSECTIONS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AT 55 MPH AND TOWING AN RV, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INCREASED TO THE HOT LEVEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TEMPERATURE STARTED TO GO DOWN AFTER REACHING THE PEAK OF THE HILL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN UP AN INCLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.

AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE, WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AT NW HILLS JEEP IN TORRINGTON, CT. ON MAY 11. 2015. FRIDAY, JULY 17 I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR. WITH NO NOTICE, THE CAR STOPPED DEAD IN THE ROAD AND PUT ITSELF INTO PARK. I COULD NOT START OR MOVE THE CAR IN ANY WAY, THE MECHANIC WHO TOWED IT HAD TO GO UNDER THE GEAR LEVER AND OVER RIDE THE PARK BUTTON. I WAS ON A QUIET COUNTRY ROAD. IF I HAD BEEN MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY, IT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT. AT 25 MPH, I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE.

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND THEN SHUT DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON MY HAZARDS AND FEARED FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY BECAUSE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER TRYING FOR 10 MINUTES THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO GET SAFELY OFF THE HIGHWAY. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO THE NEARBY DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT AND NO INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE STATING SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THEY GAVE ME THE OKAY TO DRIVE THE CAR. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME I WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY STALLED AND SHUT DOWN. IT TOOK 15 MINUTES TO START BACK UP AGAIN THIS TIME. KNOWING THE DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T BELIEVE ME. I HAD SOMEONE FILM IT HAPPENING AGAIN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,881.

THE VEHICLE LUNGES AFTER YOU STOP AS IF IT IS DOWN SHIFTING. SOMETIMES IT BANGS AND JUMPS SUDDENLY WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO HAVE NOT DOWN SHIFTED AND IS IN TOO HIGH A GEAR CAUSING THE ENGINE TO PAUSE BEFORE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTING AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATING WHICH SOMETIMES IT TO ABRUPT AND YOU HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM HITTING TRAFFIC. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPROGRAMS OF THE TRANSMISSION WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION. THE LAST CAUSED THE CAR TO SUDDENLY LUNGE AND JUMP OUT INTO TRAFFIC WHILE SITTING AT A STOP WITH THE BRAKE ON AND NO GAS APPLIED. WE COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT... THE MOTOR HAS STARTED LEAKING OIL FROM THE OIL FILTER AND COOLER ASSEMBLY ON TOP OF THE 3.2 LITER V6. IT APPEARS IT HAS A BAD GASKET OR SEAL OR IT MAY BE CRACKED. I SEE SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DIESEL AT ABOUT 60 MPH ON AN EXPRESSWAY WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WITHIN SECONDS THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 30 MPH. THE AUTHORIZED JEEP DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS NOT REGENERATING AUTOMATICALLY THEREBY CAUSING THESE ISSUES. THEY OFFERED ME A FREE SOFTWARE UPGRADE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. A YEAR LATER AND THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 14 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. ONE UPGRADE AFTER ANOTHER YET THE CAR WILL STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS CAR WILL BECOME LIMP. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF BEING ON A HIGHWAY AND GOING 30 MPH BECAUSE THE CAR WILL NOT REGENERATE AUTOMATICALLY. JEEP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE REGENERATION ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND THE PARKING BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,600.

2015 JEEP CHEROKEE - TRANSMISSION ISSUES. STARTED WITH A JUMP AND CRASHING SOUND ON ACCELERATION FROM STOP, THEN STARTED SLIPPING AND NON ENGAGEMENT DURING DRIVING. I TOOK IT IN AND HAD 3 SYSTEM UPDATES DONE, AND 2 WEEKS LATER (JUNE 12TH, 2015) I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED ALL TOGETHER, NOT RESPONSIVE, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WENT ON, AND THE SYSTEM COMPUTER SAID SERVICE TRANSMISSION. I WAS ALMOST KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE CAR JUST STOPPED. ...UPDATED 07/30/15 *BF UPDATED 9/24/15 *JS

ON 12/19/14 WHILE DRIVING, MY VEH STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BEFORE, DURING/AFTER ITS FAILURE. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. AFTER INSPECTION, I WAS TOLD THAT THE ENGINE OF MY NEW JEEP WAS BURNING OIL. THE JEEP RECENTLY HAD BEEN IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE & RTD WITH THE MULTI POINT INSPECTION PAPERWORK INDICATING EVERYTHING WAS OK. HERB CHAMBERS, ALTHOUGH DIAGNOSISING THE JEEP TO BE "BURNING OIL" INSISTED, AT THE DIRECTION OF CHRYSLER PROTOCOL, THAT I DRIVE IT 5,000 MILES AND RETURN IT FOR FURTHER INSPECT. ONLY AFTER MY HUSBAND GOT INVOLVED DID THEY KEEP THE CAR, DRIVE IT, AND EVENTUALLY INSTALL A NEW ENGINE. ON 5/6/2015 THE JEEP LOST POWER DESCENDING A HILL. THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED HOME & DRIVEN TO HERB CHAMBER. AFTER INSPT THE JEEP NOW NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. ACCORDING TO JEEP, THE TRANSMISSION HAS...

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 50MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT A SERIES OF MESSAGES: "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" "SERVICE PARKING BRAKE" "4WD NOT AVAILABLE".PUT GEAR INTO DRIVE" I WAS ON A RAMP MERGING TO ANOTHER FREEWAY WITH VERY LITTLE ROOM ON THE SIDE I SHIFTED THE CAR FROM DRIVE TO PARK, DASH MESSAGE SAID TO SHIFT BACK INTO PARK, AND THEN INTO DRIVE. WHEN I SHIFTED BACK INTO DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION MADE A VERY LOUD BANG (LIKE SOMEBODY HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE WITH A MALLET) THE ENGINE INDICATOR WAS FLASHING AND THE ERROR MESSAGES WERE COMING UP ON THE SCREEN. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAD THIS ISSUE. LAST TIME I HAD TO SHUT THE JEEP OFF AND WAIT ABOUT 30MIN FOR THE COMPUTER TO RESET BEFORE I COULD START IT AND SHIFT INTO GEAR. LAST TIME THE DEALER REPLACED THE...

2014 JEEP CHEROKEE .ON THRUWAY PASSED TRACTOR TRAILER AND MOVED INTO RIGHT LANE DIGITAL READS 0. MESSAGE DISPLAY SOMETHING ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT WHILE IN MOTION. SHIFTER 'D" STILL LIT RED. PULLED OVER TO A STOP. HAD TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART. JUNE 2 ON THRUWAY IN LEFT LANE. DIGITAL READS 0. SAME MESSAGE AS ABOVE PLUS '4WD IS UNAVAILABLE' SHIFTER 'D" IS STILL LIT AND 4WD IS IN "AUTO". JUST 2 HOURS AGO PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY. DIGITAL READS 0. SAME TWO MESSAGES . NOW SHIFTER "D" IS FLASHING 4WD LIT IN "AUTO". FIRST 2 TIMES THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. NO CODES THEY SAY AND CAN'T DUPLICATE WHEN THEY DRIVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK.CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT THEY SAY TOMORROW. CAR HAS NEEDED 5/6 UPDATES SINCE I BROUGHT IT HOME MARCH 2014.ONE OF THE UPDATES WAS AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT. SOMETHING CALLED A...

THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT FROM THIRD GEAR UNLESS THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC DURING CITY DRIVING THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS UNRESPONSIVE AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. ALSO THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE HARSH SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AND FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR EVEN AFTER ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED.

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS (5 TOTAL) WITH MY 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED HARD SHIFTING INTO LOWER GEARS. THE VEHICLE JERKS AND BUCKS RANDOMLY AND HAS NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HAVE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. THE VEHICLE FEATURES THE ZF-DESIGNED NINE-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT HAS KNOWN ISSUES WITH ROUGH SHIFTING. THE RECALL UPDATE WAS PERFORMED IN EARLY MAY YET THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY PULLS FORWARD, NORMALLY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, AND IS COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE. CHRYSLER HAS A TOTAL OF 5 WORK ORDERS IN THEIR SYSTEM AND IS ASKING ME FOR A 6TH TIME TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS. EACH "REPAIR" TRIP RESULTS IN A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO THE TRANSMISSION THAT BAN AIDS THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN WE ARE RIGHT BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED AND AM REQUESTING THAT THE VEHICLE BE BOUGHT BACK BY CHRYSLER AND I BE REIMBURSED FOR ALL...

ON 3 OCCASIONS NOW, MY JEEP CHEROKEE HAS SHUT DOWN/STALLED AS I WAS DRIVING. IT HAPPENED AS I WAS ACCELERATING BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH. ALL THE GAGES DROPPED AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. IT LASTED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS ONLY AND THEN EVERYTHING CAME BACK UP. ON THESE OCCASIONS, I STARTED TO TRY TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT DID NOT HAVE TO. I'VE SEEN SIMILAR POSTS. I HAVE THE VEHICLE SCHEDULED FOR WORK NEXT WEEK, BUT THE DEALERSHIP SEEMS DISINTERESTED ALREADY. I HAVE 3 OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE VEHICLE AS WELL. THREE OTHER ISSUES: 1. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND OR 2ND AND 3RD. IT IS SPORADIC AND DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN. 2. A REAR SHOCK HAS LOST ALL OF IT'S FLUID. I'VE SEEN POSTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. 3. THE AIRBAG RECALL. SO DISAPPOINTING.

SUDDEN LUNGES FROM UNEXPECTED DOWNSHIFTS, A LACK OF KICKDOWN UPON ATTEMPTED ACCELLERATION, FRONT-AXLE VIBRATION (SHAKING) IN LOW SPEED IN LOW GEARS AND COMPLETE FAILURE TO SHIFT INTO 9TH GEAR. THE DEALER FINALLY GOT IT TO SHIFT INTO 9TH GEAR AT 92MPH BUT IT STILL DID NOT STAY IN GEAR. IT ALSO HAS A HABIT OF HOLDING IN 7TH GEAR AT SPEEDS UP TO 80MPH IN LEVEL TRAVEL ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE AND OTHER HIGH SPEED LEVEL ROADWAYS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE LUNGES AND VIBRATION ARE AN ESPECIALLY NERVE WRACKING DAILY EXPERIENCE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

2014 JEEP CHEROKEE WRANGLER 2.4L 4WD. VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN COMPLETELY DURING DRIVING OPERATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED OFF AND ON SINCE LAST FALL (2014). HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DURING COMMUTE, INCLUDING WHEN ENGINE IS FIRST WARMING UP AND WHEN VEHICLE HAS TRAVELLED FOR SOME DISTANCE. SOME DAYS IT DOES NOT OCCUR AT ALL. ENGINE TEMPERATURE SEEMS TO HAVE NO RELATION TO INCIDENTS. SPEED HAS NO RELATION AS IT HAS OCCURRED AT 5MPH UP TO 65MPH. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE HAS NO RELATIONSHIP AS THE TEMP HAS VARIED FROM 0 TO 80 DEGREES F. TOOK TO CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SHOP ON 12/30/14 - CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP SHOP DID NOT FIND CAUSE BUT DID UPDATE BCM BASED ON TSB. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. 5/20/15 - 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE BACK IN SHOP FOR SAME ISSUE.

MY BRAND NEW 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHUTTING OFF WHILE SHIFTING INTO LOWER GEARS, LEAVING MY CAR DISABLED WHILE IN MOTION. AFTER THE CAR WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, IT TAKES MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON. MOREOVER, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY JERK/LUNGE FORWARD WHILE SLOWING DOWN WITH THE BREAK. SO FAR, THIS CAR HAS BEEN INTO KENDALL JEEP IN MIAMI FOUR TIMES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. FIRST TIME, I WAS TOLD COMPUTERS WERE DOWN AND TO COME BACK. SECOND TIME, I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS SOFTWARE RELATED. THEY UPDATED MY SOFTWARE AND TOLD ME I SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO. AS I WAS LITERALLY PULLING OUT OF THE LOT, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. THIRD TIME, JEEP SALESMAN BRINGS ME MY CAR AFTER IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP. HE TOLD ME TO LEAVE THE CAR AS HE FELT THE...

FEBRUARY 20, 2015 7:02AM RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN NORFOLK, VA. COMING OUT OF THE EASTBOUND DOWNTOWN TUNNEL ENTRANCE RAMP ONTO 464 (INTERSTATE) TO CHESAPEAKE, VA, THE VEHICLE REVVED HIGH IN RED AREA ABOUT 3 TO 5 SECONDS AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. COASTED OVER TO THE SHOULDER, PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK BUT VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE RAMP. SET EMERGENCY BREAK AT THIS TIME. DEALER HAD IT UNTIL FEBRUARY 24, 2015 AND INSTALLED SOME SOFTWARE UPDATES AND STATED THAT THIS WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE. THIS WAS THE FIST TIME THIS OCCURRED. IT OCCURRED AGAIN ON MARCH 6, 2015 RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT 5:04PM ON RAMP ENTRANCE TO THE INTERSTATE 464 SAME ISSUE OCCURRED WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. I RECEIVE IT BACK FROM THE DEALER ON MARCH 24, 2015. DURING THIS TIME THERE WERE MORE SOFTWARE UPDATES AND THE STAR HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACE AND...

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE ENGINE TURNED OFF. THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC AS I WAS ONLY BLOCKS FROM THE JEEP DEALER. I WAITED APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON AND LUCKILY THE VEHICLE STARTED BUT WOULD ONLY PUTT PUTT TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THE VEHICLE TO THE WORK STATION. WHEN THEY CALLED ME TO TELL ME THEY FIXED IT THEY TOLD ME THE REASON IT STOP WAS BECAUSE IT WAS 2 QUARTS LOW OF OIL AND THAT WAS THE CAUSE. THIS WAS VERY STRANGE AS I REMINDED THEM TO LOOK AT MY SERVICE RECORD AT WHICH I HAD THE OIL SERVICE RECENTLY DONE AT THEIR FACILITY. THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO RESPOND. SUBSEQUENT I CONTACTED JEEP HEADQUARTERS (RESOLUTION DEPT.) AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER JEEP DEALER FOR...

OUR 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED 4BY4 HAS STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IT. THIS CAR IS 13 MONTHS OLD AND WE HAD TO TAKE IT IN TO OUR DEALER FOR THE SAME TIME SEVERAL TIMES. THE ENGINE KEEPS STALLING ON US WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. IN DECEMBER 2014 IT STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 65MPH. ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE CAR SIMPLY DIDN?T WANT TO DRIVE. THIS WAS EXTREMELY SCARY FOR US WHILE TRAVELLING ON A HIGHWAY WITH HIGH SPEEDS. THE CAR DROPPED IN MPH WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN I PULLED OVER AND TURNED ON/OFF TO RESET IT, IT DIDN?T WORK. THE DEALER RAN TESTS AND THEY COULDN?T COME UP WITH A PROBLEM. AGAIN THIS HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND IN APRIL WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, AGAIN THE CAR STALLED, MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND AGAIN THEY CHECKED THE...

I HAVE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL BUT MY DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS AND CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM. PREVIOUS RECALLS HAVE ALSO GONE UNFIXED BECAUSE THE DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT , CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING . PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD , ATTEMPT RESTART , CAR STARTED ON 2ND ATTEMPT. TRANSMISSION ON VEHICLE , SHIFTS POORLY RPMS , STICK ON ACCELERATION AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC , CAR DOWNSHIFTS . COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT BY SOMEONE RUNNING INTO CAR . *TR

DRIVING 80MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN COMPUTER SHUT DOWN, LOST POWER STEERING, LOST RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE, RPM WENT TO 0, MPH WENT TO 0. NOTE ON DASH COMPUTER SAID TO SHIFT INTO DESIRED GEAR WHEN THE CAR WAS ALREADY IN DRIVE. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

ON MY WAY TO WORK ON MARCH 16TH WHEN MY SERVICE PARK BRAKE MESSAGE CAME ACROSS MY SCREEN ALONG WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND PARK BRAKE LIGHT. ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. I HAD NO POWER WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA STILL AND COASTED INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY. I PUT IT IN PARK. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT SHIFTED HARD WITH A LOUD THUD. IT LITERALLY SOUNDED LIKE THE ENGINE DROPPED OUT OF THE JEEP. I STILL DIDN'T HAVE ANY GAS POWER SO I PUT IT BACK INTO PARK WITH ANOTHER HARD SHIFT AND LOUD THUD. I TURNED THE JEEP OFF AND BACK ON. I HAD GAS POWER AND IT NO LONGER SHIFTED HARD BUT MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE THE NEXT DAY. OF COURSE THEY...

MY FAMILY AND I WERE AT AN INTERSECTION GOING SOUTH MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A BIG STREET. AS MY HUSBAND ACCELERATED, THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND, IT WOULD NOT MOVE, IT JOLTED VERY STRONG BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THERE WAS A MESSAGE FLASHING ON THE CONSOLE SOMETHING LIKE SHIFT TO P THEN TO D, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE (P)! LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT TURNED ON. AS WE WERE STUCK IN THE INTERSECTION MY HUSBAND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON BUT IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, HE PUT IT IN REVERSE AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR VERY SLOWLY OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. IS WAS A SUNDAY MORNING, WE HAD TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR TO HAVE JEEP ROADSIDE SEND A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR WAS AT A DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. JUST GOT IT BACK BUT IT STILL JERKS WHEN...

AFTER A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP SIGN, "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE SPEEDOMETER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON, CAR WAS BEEPING ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE AFTER STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL 3 TIMES. I HAD TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART THE CAR ON THE SPOT. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT A FEW MONTHS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON NOVEMBER OF 2013. SEEMS LIKE OTHER JEEP CHEROKEE OWNERS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS IF NOT MORE SERIOUS AND FATAL. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOUND ON THIS FORUM (HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2014/JEEP/CHEROKEE/POWER+TRAIN) REGARDING THE ISSUE REPORTED THAT THEIR VEHICLES LOST POWER ON THE HIGHWAY. OTHER EVEN HAD TROUBLE WITH THEIR GEARS. ALSO THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE A LITTLE MORE EVEN THE DRIVER HAD...

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE, THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE OR WILL LOSE SIGNIFICANT POWER, ESPECIALLY ON AN UPSLOPE. IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR INTO GEAR, YOU NEED TO GUN THE ENGINE, CAUSING A JERKING OF THE VEHICLE. IN ORDER TO GET UP A HILL, YOU MUST SPEED (BREAKING THE LAW) SO THAT THE ENGINE HAS ENOUGH TO GET THE TRANSMISSION IN THE PROPER GEAR. THE CAUSE IS DUE TO A SOFTWARE UPDATE BY THE DEALER THAT APPARENTLY CANNOT BE RECTIFIED, AND THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE IS SERIOUSLY IN QUESTION BY THE DRIVERS OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR