2017 Jeep Cherokee POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

WARNINGS START RUNNING THROUGH DASH, SERVICE AIRBAG, SERVICE PARK BREAK, SERVICE SHIFTER, SHIFTER LIGHTS ALL LIGHT UP, JEEP FALLS OUT OF GEAR. HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT TO EVEN MOVE, STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. COULD CAUSE A VERY BAD ACCIDENT IF IT OCCURS ON THE OPEN ROAD.

'SERVICE SHIFTER' MESSAGE AS WELL AS 4WD SYSTEM UNAVAILABLE' ALL LIGHTS ON SHIFTER ILLUMINATE AS WELL.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW OCT 2017. AT ABOUT 20K MILES, ON THE EXPRESSWAY GOING MAYBE 50 MPH, THE SERVICE SHIFTER LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE 1ST TIME. ALL LIGHTS ON THE SHIFTER TURNED RED (PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL & DRIVE). A FEW TIMES MY AC WOULD NOT RUN WHEN THIS LIGHT IS ON. THIS IS VERY SCARY WHEN YOU ARE ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I GOOGLED THE REVIEWS AND FOUND THAT FOR THE PAST 3/4 YEARS MAJORITY OF THE JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF WHEN YOU CUT THE ENGINE OFF AND CRANK IT BACK UP. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK IT IN FOR AN INSPECTION. AT THAT TIME THE 'SERVICE SHIFTER' LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON SO THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK NOW. NO EXPLANATION. EVERY TIME I BRING IT IN... THE LIGHT IS NOT ON! THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE!!

WHEN CAR WAS 1 YR OLD SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INCLUDING ALL GEAR SHIFT LIGHTS LIT AT SAME TIME. SHIFTER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANT. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, SAME ISSUE, ASSEMBLY REPLACED AGAIN WITH WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS A NEW PART THAT CAME OUT TO DEAL WITH PROBLEM. 2 MONTHS LATER, SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS IS HAS TO DO WITH WIRING HARNESS AND SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. ALL TIMES, THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE CAR WAS MOVING.

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. LOST ALL POWER. HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. WHEN I WENT TO RESTART THE CAR IT SAID PUT CAR IN PARK POSITION. IT WAS ALREADY IN PARK. CAR RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. *BF... *TR

2017 JEEP CHEROKEE STARTED AND PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. ALL SHIFTER LIGHTS COME ON AND DASHBOARD DISPLAYS MESSAGE "SERVICE SHIFTER" AND TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED OUT. HAVE TO SHUT DOWN AND RESTART VEHICLE TO CLEAR ERROR MESSAGE AND GET TRANSMISSION TO WORK. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. I SEE ON WEB BLOG THAT MULTIPLE OWNERS OF 2016, 2017, 2018, AND 2019 JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE SAME PROBLEM. DEALERS CLAIM EITHER NEVER SEEN BEFORE (LIES), OR PERFORM SOFTWARE UPDATE, OR REPLACE SHIFTER AND WIRING HARNESS. THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS FIX THE PROBLEM.

AT 9000 MILES THE "SERVICE SHIFTER" LIGHT CAME ON AND TOOK TO DEALER AS A MECHANIC TOLD ME DO NOT PUT IN PARK. AT 40,000 MILES IT CAME ON AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE TCM HAD A RECALL ,,AND IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN BRING BACK ABOUT 3 WEEKS LATER IT CAME ON AGAIN AND IS STILL IN SHOP. NOW I AM WORRIED AFTER A MECHANIC TOLD ME IT CAN LOCK UP THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CRASH,,, I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ANY LONKER,, AND AM WORRIED FOR MY SELF AND FAMILY.

SERVICE SHIFTER NOTICE COMES ON DISPLAY SCREEN SPORADICALLY. SOMETIMES IT IS ON INITIAL START, SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. ALL SHIFTER POSITION LIGHTS ILLUMINATE ON SHIFT INDICATOR. RESTARTING THE VEHICLE CLEARS MESSAGE.

WAS GETTING A "SERVICE SHIFTER" MESSAGE ON DASH AND BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP WHOM REPLACED THE SHIFTER MECHANISM UNDER WARRANTY ON JULY 11, 2018 AT 37,891 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WAS OUR FAULT FOR LEAVING A CUP IN THE CUP HOLDER WHICH CAN SHORT OUT THE SHIFTER MECHANISM (SEEMS LIKE A BAD DESIGN IF YOU CANNOT USE A CUP HOLDER) NOW THE PROBLEM HAS COME UP AGAIN ON DECEMBER 21, 2018 WITH 54,230 MILES, MAKING THIS COMPONENT OUT OF WARRANTY. A CUP WAS NEVER LEFT IN THE CUP HOLDER AND WAS ONLY USED WHEN SOMEONE WAS IN THE CAR. I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR A SHIFTER EVERY 6 MONTHS AS LONG AS I OWN THE VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS SYSTEM AND DUE TO THE NATURE OF IT BEING TIED TO THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CAR, IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY HIGH SAFETY CONCERN. THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED HAPPENING, IT OCCURRED FROM SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND THE CAR HAD TO BE TURNED OFF AND THEN ON TO OPERATE. THIS ISSUE BECAME WORSE AS TIME WENT ON. THIS LATEST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE BEFORE DRIVING. TURNED OFF CAR AND TURNED BACK ON AND IT DID NOT DISPLAY THE ERROR MESSAGE. I AM SURE THIS WILL OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY AS THE DAYS PASS SINCE I AM WRITING THIS AT THE TIME OF FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER WHO LEASES A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MERRICK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP (LOCATED AT 3614 SUNRISE HWY, WANTAGH, NY 11793, (516) 868-4400) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY AND THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO MERRICK DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES TWICE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBERS: [XXX] AND [XXX]. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000. *DT *JS PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS CONSUMER STATED SHIFTER WAS REPLACED TWICE & CHRYSLER WAS NOTIFIED 3RD TIME. UPDATED 12/06/18*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE GEAR SHIFTED ABRUPTLY AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK. IN ADDITION, THE "SERVICE THE SHIFTER" INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEITH CHRYSLER JEEP (5500 CAPITAL BLVD, RALEIGH, NC 27616, 919-872-5500) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN UPDATED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR BEZEL AND HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE DEALER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER PROMISED TO GET BACK WITH HER WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000.

THROTTLE BODY AND GASKETS WERE REPLACED AFTER LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE STREET. ALSO, LINKAGE WAS REPLACED DUE TO SERVICE SHIFTER WARNING. PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.