2019 Jeep Cherokee

RADIO AUGUST 2018 DROVE FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. STOPPED FOR DINNER. STARTED THE CHEROKEE NO RADIO. WITH OUT THE RADIO NOTHING WORKS ( NO AC/HEAT, NAVIGATION, PHONE ETC. ). BOUGHT THE 2019 CHEROKEE IN MAY 2018. JULY OF 2018 THE RADIO WAS REPLACED ( REFURBISHED RADIO / NOT A NEW RADIO } VOLUME PROBLEM. SO THIS IS THE SECOND RADIO IN THIS VEHICLE ( NOT HAPPY WITH A REFURBISHED RADIO IN A NEW VEHICLE THAT IS JUST MONTHS OLD ) , DEALER/CHRYSLER KEEPS DOING SYSTEMS UPDATES THAT DON'T WORK. AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK THE RADIO WILL NOT TURN ON AND WHEN THE RADIO DOESN'T TURN ON I CANNOT OPERATE ANY OF THE INTERNAL SYSTEMS BECAUSE THE SCREEN IS BLANK.

FREQUENT DRIVER DISTRACTION - INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM WEATHER ALERTS FROM SIRUSXM TRAVEL LINK APPLICATION. SIRUSXM APPLICATION 'TRAVEL LINK' IS ENABLED AND THERE IS NO USER OR SYSTEM ABILITY TO CONFIGURE OR DISABLE FROM FCA UCONNECT RADIO/UNITS IN ALL 2019 FCA VEHICLES (WITH NAVIGATION) INCLUDING OUR RECENTLY LEASED JEEP CHEROKEE. FREQUENT AND SOMETIMES NUMEROUS WEATHER AND TRAVEL ALERTS DISPLAY ON RADIO SCREEN, COVERING THE ENTIRE SCREEN, AND DO NOT DISAPPEAR. THE ALERT BLOCKS THE SCREEN, INCLUDING NAVIGATION, AND MUST BE MANUALLY DISMISSED TAKING FOCUS OFF THE ROAD. THE ALERTS ARE NOT JUST LOCAL ALERTS BUT RATHER COVER A 100 MILE RADIUS WHICH IS ALSO NOT CONFIGURABLE. THIS CONTRIBUTES TO THE NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF ALERTS AND FREQUENCY BY SIMPLY DRIVING A FEW MILES. FCA SUPPORT INCLUDING THE LOCAL DEALER HAVE CONFIRMED THERE IS NO ABILITY TO CONFIGURE THE ALERTS OR DISABLE THE ALERTS. THEY SUGGESTED CONTACTING SIRUSXM WHICH PROVIDES THE SIRUSXM TRAVEL LINK SERVICE. SIRUSXM IS UNWILLING TO HELP (REMOVE OR CONFIGURE TRAVEL LINK) AND IS ONLY WILLING TO REMOVE ALL TRIAL SIRUSXM SERVICES INCLUDING THE RADIO. THEY SUGGESTED WE CONTACT THE DEALER. OTHER OEM'S THAT OFFER TRAVELLINK SERVICE ALLOW FOR USERS TO CONFIGURE THE SERVICE OR DISABLE IF NEEDED. FCA CUSTOMER SERVICE DID MENTION THIS ISSUE HAS RESULTED IN MANY COMPLAINTS BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A SOFTWARE UPDATE AVAILABLE. I BELIEVE FCA AND SIRUSXM BELIEVE THIS IS AN INCONVENIENCE ONLY. THIS IS NOT JUST AN INCONVENIENCE. DRIVERS MUST MANUALLY DISMISS EVERY ALERT. MY SON IS A FAIRLY NEW DRIVER AND THIS IS VERY CONCERNING.

I LEANED MY 2019 JEEP CHEROKEE BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2018. A WEEK AFTER LEASING IT I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A STOP SIGN AND IT BEEPED AT ME AND ALL THE POWER SHUT OFF IN THE JEEP. I TRIED TO HIT THE START BUTTON NOTHING. I PUT IT IN PARK AFTER FIGHTING WITH IT TO GO INTO PARK AND TRIED THE START BUTTON AGAIN. NOTHING. SO I WAITED 2 MINUTES AND TRIED AGAIN IT TURNED BACK ON AND WAS FINE FOR THE REST OF THE DRIVE. JANUARY 24 2019 I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING GARAGE AT WORK AND AFTER 4 MINUTES OF IT BEING ON IT SHUT OFF MID DRIVING. SAME THING HAPPENED IT BEEPED AND ALL POWER SHUT OFF. I PUT IT IN PARK AND HIT THE START BUTTON. NOTHING. WAITING 2 MINUTES TRIED AGAIN TURNED ON MADE IT ALL THE WAY HOME. ALSO WHEN I TURN EITHER WAY IT BEEPS AS OF A DOOR IS OPEN. NO DOOR IS OPEN CHECK REPEATEDLY. WHEN I GO OVER A SPEED BUMP IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS GRINDING IN THE BACK END I HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND START AGAIN AFTER THE BUMP OR THE JEEP WILL NOT MOVE. THE RADIO WILL RANDOMLY MAKE A VERY LOUD STATIC NOISE THAT IS EAR PIERCING FOR A SECOND THE IT WILL BE FINE OR IT WILL RESTART THE RADIO IT'S DIFFERENT EVERYTIME IT HAPPENS.

1/23/19 8:10 AM FRONT GLASS PANEL OF PANORAMIC SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THERE WAS NO ROCK OR OBJECT THAT HIT MY VEHICLE, JUST AN EXPLOSION TYPE NOISE. I PULLED OFF THE FREE AND FOUND NO OBJECTS IN THE SUNROOF WELL. I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER WHO FELT ANROCK CAUSED THIS AND COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT HELP ME AND SAID HE'D NEVER HEARD OF THAT. THEY DID NOT EVEN LOG MY VISIT TO THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER WHO SAID THEY WILL DO ANYTHING SINCE THE SERVICE TECH AT DEALER LOOKED AT AND SAW NO DEFECT TO THE FRAME. FORTUNATELY, I HAD MY INTERIOR PORTION OF THE SUNROOF CLOSED AND MAINTAINED CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRI OR OTHER PRIOR INCIDENT AND JUST EXPLODED. I AM REPORTING THIS AS OTHERS MAY BE REFUSED BY THE DEALER AS I WAS AND IT NOT BE INVESTIGATED OR IGNORED.

WHEN A PHONE CALL COMES IN, THE RING VOLUME IS EXTREMELY HIGH. IT IS HEART STOPPING, IT MAKES YOU JUMP, YOU ARE DISTRACTED IN TRAFFIC TRYING TO QUICKLY TURN IT DOWN BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK TO ANSWER IT. I'VE READ HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS FROM OTHER JEEP OWNERS ON-LINE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY JEEPCARE THAT THE CAR IS "OPERATING AS DESIGNED" AND THEY CAN'T ADJUST THE DEFAULT VOLUME DOWN FROM THE VOLUME LEVEL OF 15. IT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE HUGE DISTRACTION IT CAUSES ON THAT FIRST RING WHEN DRIVING. JEEP DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE AT ALL.

1. ON 3 OCCASIONS (MOST RECENTLY 12-2-18) DURING BRAKING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGES ITSELF AND THE ENGINE CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGES THE STARTER. UNABLE TO PUT VEHICLE IN PARK TURN OFF THE STARTER AND AFTER ABOUT 30-60 SECONDS ABLE TO PUT INTO PARK AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. ON 12-2-18 I WAS SLOWING FOR A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO PUT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON WHEN I COULDN'T GET THE STARTER TO DISENGAGE AND PUT INTO PARK TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE MUST BE PULLED UP. 2. THE BRAKES OFTEN SOUND LIKE THEY ARE RUBBING (NEEDING BRAKE PADS). 3. THE RADIO WILL RANDOMLY CHANGE FROM FM TO SIRIUS AND UNABLE TO TURN OFF/ON OR RETURN TO THE RADIO MENU. 4. THE RADIO VOLUME MOST OF TIME MUST BE AT 15 OR HIGHER TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO AND WILL RANDOMLY JUMP TO FULL VOLUME WHILE DRIVING. 5. THE ANDROID AUTO THAT I USE FOR NAVIGATION AND TELEPHONE WILL RANDOMLY SCROLL THROUGH THE TELEPHONE CONTACTS AND BEGIN CALLING. I HAVE TO UNPLUG THE PHONE TO STOP THIS.