2016 Jeep Cherokee UNKNOWN OR OTHER

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND I HEARD AN AUDIBLE ALERT WHILE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION" LIT ON THE DISPLAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED INTO THE RIGHT LANE TO GET OFF THE NEXT EXIT, AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING LIGHTLY. AS I WAS ON THE EXIT RAMP, MY GAS PEDAL WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. SEEMS LIKE IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. I GLIDED TO A STOP AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS. THERE WAS A TECH SERVICE BULLETIN "TO REPROGRAM TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE WITH UPDATED SOFTWARE". I FEEL THIS IS A VERY BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL, NOT JUST A TECH SERVICE BULLETIN. THE DEALER WAS EXCELLENT IN HANDLING THIS SITUATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS PROBLEM TURN INTO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE TROUBLE CODE THEY FOUND IS "P088700 TRANSMISSION CONTROL CIRCUIT". THANK YOU.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR ON A CITY STREET, I START SLOWING DOWN AT A STOP SIGN AND AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR THE POWER IN MY CAR TURNS COMPLETELY OFF ENGINE TURNS OFF, LIGHTS TURN OFF, INSIDE LIGHTS TURN OFF, I LET THE CAR ROLL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PUT THE CAR ON PARK THEN TURN THE IGNITION TO SEE IF THEY'LL TURN ON. THE CAR DOES TURN BACK ON SO I CONTINUE ON MY WAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS EVERY TIME IT HAS HAPPENED THE CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN MOTION THE LIGHTS FLICKER AND THEN IT SHUTS OFF.

TRUNK RANDOMLY OPENS. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS BACKING INTO THE GARAGE WHEN THE TRUNK OPENED ,CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY JEEP AND GARAGE.

MY 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE HAS A 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHEN DRIVING IN TOWN AT A SLOW SPEED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERATICALLY AND PAUSES DURING THE SPEED SHIFT TRYING TO EVALUATE WHICH GEAR IT NEEDS TO BE IN. SO EXTREME THAT I WAS ALMOST HIT TRYING TO AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE CUSTOMER ASSIST, THE NSDC AND THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. CHRYSLER JUST KEEPS STATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION "WORKS AS DESIGNED". I HAVE EVEN HAD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT A LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP THAT IT IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLES ARE ALWAYS COMING IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO THIS. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED AN "UPGRADE" TO THE SYSTEM WHICH THEY THINK WILL IMPROVE THE SHIFTING, BUT IT HAS NOT WORKED. I NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY AND INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. IT IS AN ISSUE AND UNFORTUNATELY THE PREVIOUS HOMEOWNERS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH JUST TRADED THEM IN AND NEVER COMPLAINED. PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. JUST BECAUSE CHRYSLER SAYS IT IS "PERFORMING AS DESIGNED" DOES NOT MEAN IT IS PERFORMING SAFELY.

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DRIVING 40MPH JUST ENTERING THE MASSPIKE RAMP IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON AREA WITH MY SUNROOF OPENED, WHEN A LOAD EXPLOSION OCCURRED. I LOOKED ALL AROUND THE VEHICLE SAW SOME GLASS, LOOKED UP AND SUNROOF COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NOTHING WAS PROJECTED AT CAR. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN OCT. '16 AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE ROOF. FIRST IT RATTLED THEY CHANGED THE FRAME, NOW GLASS SHATTERED AND THE DEALER IS CHARGING MY INSURANCE TO FIX.POORLY MADE CAR. ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH REAR SEATS RATTLING. IT WAS A 50 DEGREE DAY IN BOSTON.

ORDERED A WINDSHIELD BACK ON 12/20. IT STILL ISN'T IN!! I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY FACTOR AND I HAVE 2 CASE NUMBERS WITH JEEP AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE A WINDSHIELD. EVERY TIME THEY SAY IT'S DUE TO BE IN, THE DATE CHANGES. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR AND IT IS CRACKED ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

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ON OCT. 21, 2016, WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN PARKED BEHIND ME ALSO BACKED UP. OUR TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED - BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, AT A SLOW SPEED (PROBABLY 2-3 MPH). VERY MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED - THE REFLECTOR ON MY REAR BUMPER WAS BROKEN. I AM SURPRISED THAT MY SAFETY WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT ACTIVATE TO ALERT ME TO THE IMPENDING COLLISION. THIS SYSTEM VERY RELIABLY ACTIVATES IF I'M BACKING UP AND CROSS TRAFFIC IS NEAR, OR IF I'M APPROACHING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE PARALLEL PARKING. I'M WONDERING IF THIS SYSTEM HAS A "BLIND SPOT" THAT PREVENTED IT FROM WORKING IN THE CASE OF YESTERDAY'S COLLISION.

CENTER CONSOLE IN THIS 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE LATITUDE AWD HAS DESIGN FLAWS AS EVERY TIME CAR HITS A BUMP THE CONSOLE OPENS CAUSING A DISTRACTION -- DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE LATCH THAT DID NOT WORK AND THEN THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE CONSOLE AND AS TO DATE THE CONSOLE STILL OPENS.

THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED ON JUNE 30, 2016. WE WENT ON VACATION JULY 18, 2016 IN OUR NEW VEHICLE. AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE THIS CAR WAS JUST 32 DAYS OLD. WE PULLED INTO A LOVE'S TRUCK STOP TO REFUEL THE CAR. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND I HAD BEGUN REFUELING THE CAR. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. UPON OPENING THE HOOD THERE WAS FIRE UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COMING UP BOTH SIDES. USING WATER AND A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST JEEP DEALER. CHRYSLER IS TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS CASES SITED WITH ENGINE FIRES ON JEEP VEHICLES. THEY HAVE REFUSED A DIRECTIVE FROM NHTSB TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. WITH OTHER PEOPLE ALSO REFUELING CARS RIGHT NEXT TO US, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR CATASTROPHIC EVENT. CHRYSLER, JEEP, MY FAMILY AND ALL THOSE AT THE LOVE'S TRUCK STOP WERE VERY LUCKY THAT DAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2016.

BUY A NEW JEPPCHEROKEE IN SILVER SPRING DARCARS MD. WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SMALL HILL, SUDDENLY A NOISE AND THE CAR STOPPED, CALL ASSISTANT ROAD AND SENT A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE THE CAR TO CRISWELL JEEP SERVICE, THE TECHNICAL S CRISWELL JEEP SERVICE THEY DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION, INCLUDING THE REEMPLASARIAN FOR A NEW ONE. ALL THIS HAPEND ON JULY 31, 2016 AND TODAY SEPTEMBER 9 2016 THEY STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE CAR THE CHYSLER ALREADY HAVE MY CASE

I PURCHASED A 2016 JEEP CHEROKEE WITH AN ACTIVE DRIVE II TRANSFER CASE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF FLAT TOWING IT BEHIND AN RV. ALL PRINTED AND ON-LINE BROCHURES CLEARLY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD BE FLAT TOWED. I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE UPGRADED DRIVETRAIN AND WAITED 8 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY ONLY TO BE ADVISED A FEW MONTHS LATER BY FCA THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER TOWABLE AS PURCHASED. IF THE CUSTOMER DESIRES TO TOW THE VEHICLE THEN THE CUSTOMER CAN PURCHASE A NEWLY RELEASED WIRING KIT AND PAY A DEALER TO INSTALL IT. ADDITIONALLY, THE CUSTOMER SHOULD UPGRADE THEIR RV TOW PACKAGE TO INCLUDE A MEANS FOR CHARGING THE CHEROKEE'S BATTERY WHILE BEING TOWED. CHRYSLER SAYS THAT THEY DEEM THIS REQUIRED WIRING KIT AS A 'CUSTOMER SATISFACTION' ACTION AND THAT THEREFORE, THE CUSTOMER HAS TO PAY FOR IT. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT CHRYSLER / FCA CAN GET AWAY WITH SELLING A VEHICLE AS 'TOWABLE' AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY REQUIRE THE CUSTOMER TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE? IF THE CUSTOMER CHOOSES TO NOT ADD THIS FIX THEN IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY DO NO FLAT TOW. THE CONSEQUENCE OF FLAT TOWING WITHOUT THIS FIX IS A POSSIBLE SEVERE WOBBLE WHICH CAN DAMAGE THE VEHICLE AND RV. IT COULD ALSO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL. THE RECALL CENTER SENT OUT A NOTIFICATION OF THE ISSUE TO CUSTOMERS, BUT THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERING THIS A RECALL ISSUE. INSTEAD, THEY ARE ADVISING CUSTOMERS THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE AND TO DEAL WITH IT ON THEIR OWN.