2019 Jeep Cherokee

A WEEK AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE I STARTED TO FEEL IT SHIFT ROUGH AND HARD. CAN LITERALLY HEAR IT SHIFT LIKE METAL ON METAL. GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. WAS TOLD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. THIS IS VERY DISHEARTENING. A BRAND NEW 2019 VEHICLE. I DID RESEARCH ON THIS CAR BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. IT SEEMS THE 2014 AND 2015 MODELS WERE THE ONES WITH THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THERE WAS NOT MUCH COMPLAINT-WISE AFTER THOSE YEARS, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A SHOT AS THE VEHICLE WAS REASONABLY PRICED AND HAD EVERYTHING I WANTED. WELL, IT SEEMS THIS 2019 IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES AS THE 2014 AND 2015 MODELS. THEY ORDERED THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY AND HAD IT INSTALLED. IT SOMEWHAT HELPED WITH HIGHER GEARS BUT IT STRUGGLES FINDING LOWER GEARS STILL AND THERE IS SEVERE HESITATION WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING. VERY HARD TO CLEAR INTERSECTIONS WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS AND IT SLAMMED INTO FIRST GEAR VERY HARD ONE TIME SLOWING DOWN AND THEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR IT SHIFT LOUDLY WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTS TO FIRST GEAR, AGAIN LIKE METAL ON METAL AS I STATED ABOVE.

DRIVING UP A HILL TO A STOP SIGN AND ONCE I REACHED THE TOP OF THE HILL AT THE STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. NO OTHER LIGHTS. WAS ABLE TO PUT IN PARK AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE RAN ROUGH RIGHT AFTER THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ONLY A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM MY HOME SO PULLED INTO MY GARAGE AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. LET IT SIT A COUPLE MINUTES. RESTARTED IT AND DROVE IT A FEW BLOCKS. EVERYTHING SEEMED OK. CALLED DEALER AND REPORTED THE ISSUE. SETUP A TIME TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY DUE TO SHIFTING ISSUES THEY DIAGNOSED ON A PRIOR APPOINTMENT. WHEN I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE BACK AFTER THEY LOOKED AT IT AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY, THEY INDICATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND UPSETTING BECAUSE I SEE THERE WAS RECALL FOR THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE OF STALLING OUT. HOWEVER, MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE PRODUCTION START AND ENDING DATE TIMEFRAME? SEEMS TO ME JEEP IS JUST TRYING TO SAVE MONEY AND GETTING AWAY WITH NOT REPAIR ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT ARE UNSAFE. THIS IS JUST WRONG.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND TRANSMISSION POWER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE STUCK IN NEUTRAL GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TETERBORO CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (469 US-46, LITTLE FERRY, NJ 07643 (201), 440-0222), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE ABS MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES SEIZED AND THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF TRANSMISSION AND ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE A CASE MANAGER WAS ASSIGNED. THE MANAGER HAD NOT CALLED THE CONTACT BACK AND THE CONTACT'S REQUEST WAS ESCALATED TO A SUPERVISOR. THE CONTACT REQUESTED THE VEHICLE BE RETURNED AND EXCHANGED. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER AND STATED THAT THE ANALYTICAL DEPARTMENT WOULD CALL THE CONTACT WITHIN 24 HOURS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 350. *TT CONSUMER STATED INCIDENT HAPPENED 3 TIMES. UPDATED 11/29/18*JB

VEHICLE IS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. ONCE AT 30MPH, AND AT 50 MPH. LUCKILY I DID NOT WRECK OR HIT SOMEONE. THIS VEHICLE ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED IF THIS IS NOT FIXED. THIS SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO A RECENT RECALL BY FCA AFFECTING OTHER 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE MODELS. THAT STATES: THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE MAY FAIL AND THE CUSTOMER WILL EXPERIENCE A NO START, A START AND IMMEDIATE STALL CONDITION, OR ENGINE STALL WHILE DRIVING.

I READY TOOK MY CAR 3 TIMES TO CHRYSLER DEALER, THE ISSUE IS WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR SHUT OFF 5 TIMES ON THE LAST 3 WEEKS, THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE FAULT SO I NEED TO KEEP DRIVING LIKE THAT, BUT WHAT ABOUT IF THIS HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY I WILL CRASH. I FEEL UNSAFE AND THE DEALER DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE FAULT AND IS NOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND I ASK WHAT ABOUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME OR MY FAMILY AND THEY RESPOND WITH CHRYSLER WILL COVER EVERYTHING.

WITHIN A 2 WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THE JEEP, WHILE DRIVING MY BRAND NEW JEEP CHEROKEE TRAIL-RATED, GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS AT A VERY LOW SPEED 3-5 MILES PH, I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. TOOK THE JEEP BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE MANUFACTURER, CHRYSLER, HAD INSTALLED A BRAND NEW TYPE OF TRANSMISSION, THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. AGAIN WITHIN 2 DAYS, I HAD TO BRING THE JEEP BACK TO THE DEALER AND THIS TIME I WAS ADVISED THAT THE TECHNICIAN VALIDATED MY CONCERNS AND PERFORMED A TRANSMISSION QUICK LEARN 5060 WC90. PART # COUNT: CLAIM TYPE W. IN ORDER WORDS MY COMPLAINT WAS VALID. ANOTHER WEEK LATER, AGAIN BROUGHT MY JEEP TO THE DEALER AND TWO DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE DEALER TELLING ME THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND THE NOISE AND FOR ME TO COME TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DRIVE MY JEEP WITH THE MANAGER IN ORDER TO REPRODUCE THE NOISE. I AM NOT MAKING UP THE NOISE BUT NOW AFTER THE VALIDATED THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS A NEW TRANSMISSION, NOW THEY CAN'T FIND THE NOISE, THERE IS MOST DEFINITELY A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THERE ARE NO RECALLS AT THIS TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM. I ANYBODY HAS A SIMILAR ISSUES, PLEASE LET EVERYBODY KNOW!!!!!!

THE TRANSMISSION TAKES FAR TOO LONG TO DOWNSHIFT WHEN CALLED UPON FOR A QUICK DROP IN GEARS. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR EVEN NORMAL CITY SPEEDS, WHEN YOU NEED TO CHANGE LANES FOR A QUICK PASS OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUSH THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE IS LEFT WAITING FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS FOR A DOWNSHIFT WITH ONLY COASTING POWER, NO ACCELERATION. THIS LAG TIME FOR A DOWNSHIFT & APPLICATION OF POWER CLEARLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT IS HARDLY SAFE OR REASONABLE.