10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
9 / 23
Injuries / Deaths:
6 / 0
Average Mileage:
25,260 miles

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problem #423

Jun 152023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
While driven the vehicle, the head of the driver front seat opened and broke where you can see the broken plastic support in the interior. After a month the head of the seat of the passenger were broke in the same way. They were open and broke and expose the interior of the head seat noticed the plastic pin support broken.,06

- Toa Baja, PR, USA

problem #422

Jul 232023

Grand Cherokee

  • 176,000 miles
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle suddenly shifted into neutral and lost motive power. The contact received Police assistance when the vehicle failed to immediately restart. The contact was then able to pull the vehicle to the shoulder of the roadway. The transmission and check engine warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to determine the cause of the failure due to a lack of power. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V332000 (Electrical System, Vehicle Speed Control) for which the VIN was included. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 176,000.

- Rock Hill, SC, USA

problem #421

Jul 042023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
The left bank intake camshaft and roller rockers have failed. It has cause the check engine light to come on and go off reading a misfire in cylinder 2. After costly repairs to coil packs and plugs, Chrysler is now going to replace with a cost of $1,900. This is the same issue in the 2013 Jeep that Chrysler extended the warranty on and won-??t do it now on this year model.

- Colbert , GA, USA

problem #420

Jul 072023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
Started the car and heard a high pitched whining coming from engine compartment. Reversed the vehicle about 20-25 feet and smelled burning rubber and then smoke started coming from the engine compartment. Turned off the vehicle and opened the hood, and saw that smoke was coming from the alternator. The alternator continued to smoke for approximately 15-20 minutes. We had the vehicle towed to a mechanic as it was completely inoperable at this point, and we had to have the alternator and battery replaced, as well as a wiring harness. The replaced alternator was shown to us by the mechanic and it was black and melted in spots. This seems related to NHTSA Safety Recall T36/NHTSA 17V-435, but NHTSA site is showing no open recalls for the vehicle and Chrysler insists the vehicle is not under any recalls.

- Austin, TX, USA

problem #419

Jun 302023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
My 2014 jeep cheroke limited stopped working without any prior warning. I was driving on the highway with my company children. I was going at a speed of 65 miles per hour, when it began to fail in a life, first I noticed the air conditioning stopped working, then I slowed down and stopped accelerating, I noticed that the speed changes suddenly began to change from Drive ( D) to neutral (N), and I got a picture on the dash saying I needed to check my transmission. So what I wanted was to get off the road because I was afraid that my three children were with me and I was afraid that something bad would happen, but the bad thing is that I couldn't stop, because there wasn't enough and safe space where I could stop the truck. and many cars came behind me. So I went about a half mile and was able to get off the road. It was when my truck stopped hard and put itself in Neutral (N) and didn't want to go any further. The air conditioning did not want to work either. When I got off and checked it, I noticed that my truck had oil in the back. So all I thought of was calling my husband and he went to the place where we were to pick us up. The weirdest thing that happened to me was that I never had any warning on the dash before until it started to go bad that day. My husband had checked the truck out because I was going out of state. He always did the corresponding checkups and oil changes because that is the truck that we used for my children and I. The next day we returned for the truck and took it in a trailer to the mechanic to find out what had happened and he said that the transmission did not work, that that happens in these 2014 trucks. My question is what can I do? I want to fix my truck because it's the one I take my kids to school in but I'm afraid it's going to break down again. I began to investigate further and saw that I am not the only one to whom this has happened. Even a co-worker of my husband's went through the same situation as me.

- Wichita, KS, USA

problem #418

Jun 062023

Grand Cherokee

  • 99,000 miles
The contact owned a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering assist. Additionally, while the transmission was shifted into neutral (N), the vehicle stalled, causing the contact to crash into a tree. The contact sustained injuries, and medical attention was received. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was deemed totaled by the insurance company. Additionally, the contact stated that when he turned off the AC, the vehicle would shut off. The contact stated that while the transmission was shifted into drive (D) it inadvertently shifted into neutral (N). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 99,000.

- Buffalo, NY, USA

problem #417

May 282022

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
March, 2022 - Replaced battery, vehicle died and wouldn't turn on. May, 2022 - Washing vehicle, electrical dash clusters, where gas and speed gauge is, and music screen in the center, horn, and start button started going haywire. We were still able to drive home, however, while driving all electrical went black. We were not able to tell the speed we were going, use blinkers or hazard lights. Once we got home, the start engine button wouldn't turn off the engine, was flickering on and off. We ended up pulling a fuse that turned off the engine. May, 2022 - A mechanic diagnosed BCM has severe corrosion inside circuitry. June, 2022 - took to Dodge to get replaced. October, 2022 - BCM was replaced. February, 2023 - Check engine code to replace thermostat. Thermostat was replaced. February, 2023 - washed jeep, back wiper blade started going off while vehicle was turned off. Later that night while driving, dash clusters, music screen, lights, wiper blades, blinkers, started going haywire. We got home, turned the vehicle off, and it wouldn't turn back on. Then, got it towed to Dodge Dealership to check BCM. February, 2023 - May, 2023 - Dodge Dealership diagnosed that the front windshield had a leak and the battery needed to be replaced, wasn't holding charge. Had them replace a new battery in May. Technician also stated that he could tell there was water intrusion in the connector to the BCM. May 17, 2023 - took the vehicle to Windshield place to get repaired, they poured water on the windshield and wasn't able to find the leak. The vehicle died at the shop Then, had the original mechanic run another diagnostic on the vehicle and conclusions that there was a water leak in the front windshield, causing the 59 Pin Electrical connector to corrode. The parts for the connector are $10,000

- Amarillo, TX, USA

problem #416

Apr 112023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
I have to keep replacing my engine oil housing filter. I do believe I was sold a faulty engine from Carvana after I was told it was inspected thoroughly. The car isn't even at 70,000 and I've had more repairs on it than I could imagine. The engine light keeps coming on and if I have to replace the entire engine that will be up to 10,000.

- Far Rockaway, NY, USA

problem #415

Feb 272023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
My car shifted to neutral and while I was driving

- Raleigh, NC, USA

problem #414

Feb 182023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
Car wont start when button pushed and everything in the jeep has been fixed and it still wont work Leaks oil non stop. Work needing to be done: New transmission to stop leak New Fuel Injection pump to start car (has not) New Shifter New Battery New Dashboard as the screen would flicker Car barely has 100k miles on it. Makes no sense

- Ny, NY, USA

problem #413

Jan 012023

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
It keeps saying service gear shifter

- Raleigh, NC, USA

problem #412

Oct 042022

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
While driving vehicle it doesn't matter if it is highway speeds or street speeds, transmission shifts into neutral and makes car stall. Almost got into at least 4 accidents because of the issue, glad drivers behind me were paying attention and quickly avoid the accident. I have to wait at least ten minutes before car will start again, during those ten minutes car will try to start but without luck. No check engine light, been to at least 5 different shops and no one can say what is wrong because check engine light is not on. And issue happens randomly and technicians Haven't been able to replicate issue. It is a safety hazard. I know jeep Cherokee have a recall for something similar. But it doesn't apply to mine since mine is a Grand Cherokee. Model before mine 2011 to 2013 have a recall for a similar issue but it doesn't apply to mine because mine is a 2014.

- White Settlement , TX, USA

problem #411

Dec 292022

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
Fuel pump relay has failed. It is internal and soldered onto the tipm board under the fuse block. This is a well known issue and a cheap fix on 2011 - 2013 models of jeep grand cherokees. The fix was to wire in an external bypass relay. My only option at this point is to replace the tipm board which is quite expensive, hundreds of dollars, for a $8 failed relay....terrible design. Thankfully I wasnt traveling 70 mph on the expressway when the failure occurred, (stall/lose power). Please extend this recall thru the 2015 models

- Howell, MI, USA

problem #410

Dec 012020

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
The electrical system in the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee on occasion will not turn on correctly when started, the car operates, just a black screen. The radio and most importantly the rear view camera will not activate. It does return after 2-10 minutes after running (meaning turns itself on) & it also turn on the heat to 75. ( this happens in my car 15% -20% of the time on starting, rest of the time it works) The main problem is the rear view camera will not turn on when you just started the car, (when you need it) The Radio, Navigation, Rear camera, climate control all don-??t work. So one that is used to using camera to reverse can't and it is dangerous, it is just a black screen.

- Milford, CT, USA

problem #409

Nov 052022

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
First issue is that I had to replace the Uconnect system this year. It had been on the fritz for some time and updates could not be made to the old system. It would constantly go black. Second issue 2017-$30,000 Miles is that the Replaced steering rack and pinion and align 600 suspension and chassis 4778. Replaced the Leaking Rack and Pinion and passenger front caliper due to sticking bleeder valve 300 bakes. 11/2017 Evaporative System SEAL canister. 2018 Power Brake Booster/vacuum leak and braking issue. Replaced Radio. $1200 ish. Drove car 2/21 50,221 - 10/2022 53,000. October 2022 daughter driving car, gear slipping and engine light comes on and pulls over car not shifting at all into gear. Towed to Jeep where NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION plus at 53,000 miles!!! $15,00 plus quoted at JEEP.

- Kenmore, WA, USA

problem #408

Mar 202022

Grand Cherokee 6-cyl

  • miles
Bought this vehicle 6 months ago and and realized right after purchase it has an error within the radio system that causes backup issues. The error appears on the radio and states -??contact dealer-?? for radio service. What the vehicle does is that the backup camera becomes inoperable (black screen) and in my case the radio turns on straight heat blowing hot air from the system and turning on both defrosters, front and back. After doing some research, it appears that many 2014 Jeep owners and other years around this time period are experiencing this issue. Since the backup camera and backup sensors no longer work due to this error (it has to do with the Sierra Wireless card within the radio) it becomes a safely issue when it stops in the middle of backing up and is very scary. In Texas, having straight heat blown at you and your glass makes the windows fog or becomes unbearable at 105 degree temperatures. Dealer is aware of the issue and wants more then $1200 to replace radio. I tried to self repair by removing radio and updating software to current version but Sierra wireless car is soldiered to the motherboard of the radio and cannot be removed. I did however get the software to update after three attempts and 6 hours of updating. This did not fix the error that causes this. I believe it is due to a Sierra Wireless card failure and normally happens right after startup.

- Bulverde, TX, USA

problem #407

Oct 032022

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
Computer system on dash started flashing & going out while driving telling me to turn engine off engage in park is disabled. Would let me shift gears making loud noise in engine

- Sterling Heights , MI, USA

problem #406

Sep 082022

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
Driving 20-25 MPH, Stopped at a stop sign. Accelerated, then all instrument panel lights started flashing, then went out of gear. I let off accelerator, then re-accelerated. Got the car home, a short distance. Was not able to put SUV into park. Engaged parking brake. Hours later started car up and was able to place into Park mode. Engine light stays on now.

- Fort Wayne, IN, USA

problem #405

Jun 242021

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
I was driving my 2014 Grand Cherokee probably going 25mph the first time it happened. My Jeeps dash started blinking and popping up warning signs and then all of a sudden the Jeep comes to a fast stop and the engine completely killed. Everything locked up. My brakes, my shifter, my gas pedal everything locked, no screens were turning on and it wouldnt let me turn the Jeep back on for a couple minutes. When I turned it back on it was fine. A couple days later it did it again and again but I was going 40mph. Dropped off at the dealer told them to keep it till they found the problem. It was there 2 weeks didnt do it again. Hasnt done it since but Im still afraid its going to happen again but ill be on the highway.

- Bath, ME, USA

problem #404

Sep 022021

Grand Cherokee

  • 80,000 miles
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated when he started the vehicle, the instrument panel failed to illuminate. The contact stated on a different occasion, while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle would not accelerate as needed. The contact stated that the vehicle was jerking and air condition became inoperable. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the contact was informed that the fuse box under the hood needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was not under recall. The failure mileage 80,000.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

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