The vehicle from the time we purchased it from the dealer has had a transmission shifting problem. The problem shifting happens between 1st and 2nd gear and also when you go to stop. Recently while driving the transmission seemed to slip and the vehicle was not engaged causing us to pull over to the side of the road. The engine was revving but the transmission was no longer engaged. Vehicle was turned off and restarted which we then put the car in drive and moved onto the roadway again. I have brought the vehicle to the dealer for this twice before. On the first visit the dealership said to just drive it and it will smooth out. On the second visit the dealership gave us the first software update which was done in April of this year, but it only lasted around a month or two. The problem is back again and I have made another appointment to bring it in on Thursday, July 3rd for another software update.

- Palm Coast, FL, USA

When quickly accelerating from a complete stop (such as pressing the gas pedal all the way down), my 2014 Jeep Cherokee(3.2L w/ active drive I) significantly shakes from left-to-right similar to where a wheel would be out of balance. This seems to affect performance as well, where the vehicle lags to pick up speed right away, which is concerning when needing to quickly cross expressway intersections.

- Rochester, MN, USA

Bought a 14/Jeep/Cherokee sport fwd and started having problems with it a week and a half to two weeks after getting it. On 5/30/14--heard clicking sound from transmission area of vehicle between 30 to 45 mph. Also, it would shift hard while accelerating and when down shifting to stop. Happened aprox 20-30 times before taking it to service shop. Tech told us the transmission was leaking, had no oil. Replaced whole transmission they had the car for a week. Received vehicle back on 6/7/14. You should know I bought this vehicle on 5/14/14 and it had less than 1500 miles. Thought I was buying a good vehicle, guess I was wrong, again!!! 6/21/14--had my car back for only a week, started hearing a grinding sound in the front end, thought it was my brakes or rotors. While I was driving home from work on 6/21/14 at 1:00 am, I heard a loud bang, then a clanking sound; car stalled, pressed on gas pedal would not go, coasted into an empty parking lot. Put the vehicle in park and it turned off, let sit for 10-15 minutes. My mom came and picked me up, I started car for her and when I put the vehicle in drive, would not move and only heard clanking and a bang sound. Left car in parking lot until morning then had it towed to dealerships service dept to be checked out. Of course this happened on a Sunday so will not know anything until Monday. Not happy with this car. Going back to where I bought it and going to ask them to take it back and to refund me everything I put into it thus far. Not happy!! :-(

- Pensacola, FL, USA

5/8/14 - transmission stopped working while driving to work. Error messages appeared on the dashboard as the accelerator lost all power causing me to force the vehicle off the road. Multiple more error messages appeared to service the transmission. Rpms had been running high for a few weeks. Gears were not shifting properly. Vehicle taken to dealership. It was kept for over 2 weeks for repairs. I was told everything was fixed. 6/9/14 - same exact scenario occurred again. This time, the car brought itself to a halt. I was able to get off the road in time. When trying to shift from park to drive you could feel the car shutter. Rpms remained extremely high. Car was taken back to the dealership for additional inspection repairs. No updates.

- Atlanta, GA, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that while traveling various speeds, the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The contact also stated that the vehicle jerked erratically while shifting. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign number 14V293000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 150.

- Vancover, WA, USA

This car has been looked at by Chrysler group llc for steering/transmission issues 4 times since March 22,2014. There has been two software updates that have not corrected the problem. There is a safety issue driving the vehicle that needs to be addressed before someone gets really hurt or killed.

- Hoboken, NJ, USA

Transmission failed to shift while placing vehicle in reverse to park it. After few attempts including shutting the engine off vehicle made a loud sound an abrupt movement to the rear.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

Was driving on a 2 lane highway and the Jeep lost power, I pulled over to the shoulder and when I reached a complete stop the Jeep shutoff. I could not get it the restart. After waiting 10 minutes I finally got the Jeep restarted. When it started it released a huge cloud of white smoke from the exhaust pipes. This is the 4th time this has happened.

- Delaware, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that the air conditioning unit failed to work properly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician stated that the refrigerant needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, additional failures occurred. The instrument panel failed, the vehicle stalled without warning and the vehicle failed to shift into reverse. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was not available.

- Littleton, CO, USA

I purchased a new 2014 Jeep Cherokee on Nov 11. Car has a very noticeable wobble between 10-15 mph when accelerating from a dead stop. Wobble can be minimal or intense enough to make your legs shake. I've taken it to the dealer five times. The first three times I was told they could not replicate the claim even when a service worker felt the wobble. The fourth time the assistant manager was able to feel the wobble. They finally put it on the rack and could 'not find anything wrong' and said it was safe to drive. I was told to bring it back when the check engine light came on (it never has). The car now will now hesitate to accelerate when driving down side roads and even on the interstate. Now when the car wobbles it feels like it could literally slide off the frame. On occasion the car will feel like it is jumping up the hill. I feel that this car is no longer safe to drive. I also had an incident when driving down the highway at 55 mph the car stopped accelerating and actually slowed down 10-15 mph. Was trying to pull off the road when the car suddenly shifted very hard and began accelerating again. I was told that this was 'impossible' from the service department. I'm also having a major issue with the service department not giving me paperwork!!

- Clarksburg, WV, USA

Four wheel drive selection system was totally inoperative. Nine speed automatic transmission does not shift into 9th gear automatically. In manual shift mode 9th gear is selected and tach does not drop to indicate higher gear ratio. Software was updated but still same problem - #rrt14-040 - was flashed twice but no difference. Code reader shows same problem even when update was completed.

- Northlake, TX, USA

Vehicle does not shift properly when going up hill at approx. 35-40 mph. RPM will easily reach 6000. Letting off of the accelerator does not prompt shift either.

- Lashmeet, WV, USA

Vehicle has shimmy in right front wheel when pulling out from a complete stop or turning right at a low rate of speed, I.e. 2nd gear, 10-20 mph.

- Lashmeet, WV, USA

Very noticeable wobble in the front (possibly the right side) of the Jeep when starting from a dead stop and/or turning right from a dead stop. Had front axles replaced (on less than 2000 miles on a $33,000 vehicle!!) at dealership and on the drive home from picking up the vehicle, the wobble happened when I left a gas station - from a dead stop and turning right. This seems to happen after I've driven it for awhile and the vehicle is warmed up. I'm nervous this will become a safety issue and I've seen many other posts from people having this same issue. I am not happy about a wobble in a brand new vehicle and won't just "deal with it." I am concerned that this is a deeper issue than the axles and I will be left stranded on the highway someday.

- Aurora, MN, USA

2014 Jeep Cherokee limited V-6 4X4. Purchased new. Vehicle wobbles in 2nd gear. Most notable on fast acceleration. It has continued to do so since purchase. Chrysler dealers notified, but have not suggested a fix.

- Easton, MD, USA

Since a computer update to my 9 speed transmission, the vehicle has a significant wobble in the front wheels - left to right - when the automatic transmission shift between 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears. It feels as if the power transfer is confused and fighting between sending power to the front left and right wheels. It is significant enough that it is felt in the steering wheel, feet, legs and seat of the driver and the passenger feels the wobble also in the floor and seat. I do have a fear of the electronics and computer controls since this is a defect which can cause a computer malfunction while driving the vehicle. It is an important safety concern for both the vehicle occupants and other drivers around the vehicle.

- Madison, WI, USA

On or about March 10 2014 while driving my new Cherokee at about 2000 miles I felt a wobble when taking off from a complete stop, seemed to be front right side of vehicle shimmy and then stop.as days went on I noticed it more and more. Several weeks ago I did an internet search for my vehicle having a wobbling issue and found the Jeep Cherokee forum with a handful of others with similar issues with there 2014 Cherokee also, this made me very worried that there is a serious problem.the vehicle wobbles side to side most of the time while at about 1700 RPM in 2nd gear and then seems to stop when the trans engages into 3rd.speed varies from about 10 to 15 mph.dealer could not replicate the problem, wobble is light at times or can be very noticeable as to make your legs shimmy side to side, wobble sometimes goes away only to start to shimmy again hours later.I currently have 3300 miles. I have informed my dealers tech rep that I am concerned about the vehicle going out of control or malfunctioning due to the wobble, the dealer tech rep stated that as far as that could tell it is safe.it is still shaking now most of the time and wanted to report this issue to you asap thank you

- Plainfield, NJ, USA

Since the purchase of my new 2014 Jeep Cherokee the transmission has shifted rough when in stop and go traffic, getting stuck in the lower gear and then finally slamming into the next higher gear causing the car to jump forward - extremely dangerous when in close traffic! it only happens when in stop and go traffic up to 15-20 mph and it seems like it will not shift no matter how much I accelerate then it releases suddenly. On the highway in the higher gears it seems to slip only occasionally. The rear seat belts also have consistently "locked up" removing all slack until you have to pull over and stop the vehicle, turn it off, unbuckle the belt let it all the way back in and then reattach it. Yesterday 4/28/14 it did this again to my granddaughter, when we found a place to pull over it would not let us unbuckle the lap piece or give her any slack in the shoulder strap to get out of it, I was forced to pull into a recycling center and borrowed a knife from one of the workers to "cut" the belt in half so it would release her. Both rear seat belts do this on even roads with no sort of incline or bumps! I will be carrying a pocket knife from now on, what if we were in a accident or needed to exit the vehicle quickly??!! dealership said they would order new belts and have them installed, I have an appointment to take it in tomorrow for them to diagnose the transmission problem & seat belt problem. I will follow up with the remedy or lack thereof. The current mileage is now at 8700 miles.

- Adams Run, SC, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that while waiting at a traffic signal, the check engine warning lamp illuminated as the vehicle started to jerk violently. The contact mentioned that the vehicle shifted into neutral independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the power control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, who then replaced the cam phaser, valve body casting, sensor casting and the coil return. The remedy failed to repair the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 14,500 and the current mileage was 14,954.

- Detroit, MI, USA

I purchased a 2014 Jeep Cherokee ltd. In 10/2013 for my daughter to learn to drive (with learner's permit) and to drive when she gets her license soon. I was driving the car in March on I-10 in heavy traffic time when SUV made a whining noise, gears stalled for several seconds, RPM's dropped. SUV continued to do this at a variety of speeds with increasing frequency. The car has less than 7000 miles, so I brought SUV to selling dealer's service department and was told they could find nothing wrong. They guessed and updated software, then closed the service order. After leaving dealership, SUV performed 5 intermittent and similar episodes on the way to destination that was about 7 miles away. I returned SUV to the same service department the next day and reported the incident to chrylser and Jeep customer care (jcc). Jcc contacted the dealer. A decision was made to remove the entire transmission to be sent to Jeep engineers to dissect and determine cause of the problem. A new transmission exact to the old, only with 'updates' was placed in the SUV. Since these series of events have occurred, I have discovered that the Jeep Cherokee had 4 holds on releasing the SUV due to the issues with 9 gear Fiat transmission. I was also told by the dealer that ours was the 2nd such case seen in their service department with the same problem. Ultimately, jcc offered more warranty and the ability to skip one payment of which I did not accept. The only acceptable offer would have been for the engineers to tell me that the SUV is safe for their own new teen driver or to take the SUV back, to no avail. Jcc sent the case to the 'case analyst' team, but ultimately closed the case as resolved. I have serious concerns about my daughter driving the SUV once she obtains her license. I also have concerns about her younger brothers riding in an SUV that may perform unsafely and unpredictably.

- Prairieville, LA, USA