What 2,636 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Jeep Cherokee

REFUELING SYSTEM - DURING REFUELING, SOMETHING IN THAT PROCESS CONTINUES TO CUT OFF, ACTING AS THOUGH THE TANK IS FULL. WE KNOW THIS IS NOT THE CASE AS WE DRIVE 200 MILES PER WEEK ROUND TRIP TO WORK. THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER WHICH GAS STATION WE FILL UP AT. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO OUR BROTHER-IN-LAWS VEHICLE. STILL PENDING TO BE FIXED AS HOPEFULLY, IT IS UNDER OUR WARRANTY.

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WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON RURAL 2 LANE ROAD AT 40-60 MPH SEEMS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER LETTING OFF THROTTLE AND RPM'S COME DOWN IT GOES BACK IN TO GEAR AND CAN THEN DRIVE ON. IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN A COUPLE MINUTES THEN SEEMS FINE.

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AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK, ALLOWING NOZZLE TO CLICK OFF ONLY ONCE, THE CAR RUNS FOR A MINUTE OR SO THEN STALLS, MISS FIRES, AND IS HARD TO RESTART. IT HAS DIED ON THE INTERSTATE ON A FEW OCCASIONS, MAKING IT VERY UNSAFE . THIS ALSO HAPPENS ON CITY STREETS, STALLING IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 12-15 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 YEARS.

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MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER FUELING UP MY VEHICLE MY CAR WILL START TO SHAKE AND SPUTTER AND JUST STALL. HAS HAPPENED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY AND ALMOST CAUSED A BAD WRECK. MOST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON LOCAL STREETS. DEALER KEEPS SAYING THEY CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT BUT I VIDEOTAPED THE ISSUE. ALSO WHEN FUELING UP THE VEHICLE IT GIVES A PROBLEM AND TAKES FOREVER TO FUEL UP AND SPITS GAS OUT AND BACK ON TO ME . I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR ANYMORE WITH MY FAMILY AND FCA DOESN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS AN ISSUE AND SAYS JUST FILL THE TANK UP ONLY 3/4 .. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE !!

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WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH OUR 2014 JEEP UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND LOST POWER. THE DASH INDICATED THE LOSS OF POWER BY STATING RPM'S ARE FALLING AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH FLASHED ON / OFF. FORTUNATELY OUR DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO AN EXIT RAMP AND PULL OFF SAFELY. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL IN PLACE FOR THIS PROBLEM.

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I AM EXPERIENCING A PROGRESSIVE MILD JERK WHEN ACCELERATING. I FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS SKIPPING AND OR MISSING...... TIMING IS OFF... I WILL TAKE MY CAR FOR A SERVICE NEXT WEEK.

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WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON A MAIN ROAD, MY VEHICLE ENGINE LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE ON AN INTERSECTION AND I WAS ALMOST T BONED, 6 DAYS AFTER I FINANCED IT. MY VECHILE SHIFTS REALLY HARD AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WHEN DRIVING IT. I HAVE READ THAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION AND I AM AFRAID THE TRANSMISSION WILL COMPLETELY GO OUT IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT LIKE DESCRIBED. I ALSO JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AND EVAP SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED THE VECHILES ENGINE TO SHUT OFF AND LOSE POWER STEERING AND LOCKED THE BRAKES. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF THIS ISSUE GOT FIXED. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO DRIVE THIS VECHILE ANYMORE, IT'S UNSAFE FOR ME, FOR CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AROUND ME.

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I FILLED MY GAS TANK UP, DROVE IT ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD, PULLED INTO MY PARKING SPOT, AND THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. ON THE SCREEN IS SAID 'PRESS BRAKE AND PUT INTO GEAR'. THE BREAKS WERE LOCKED AND IT WAS ALREADY IN DRIVE TO I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON. I WAS ABLE TO FINISH PULLING INTO MY PARKING SPOT AND IT SEEMED TO BE FINE. MY HUSBAND GOT INTO THE CAR AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE OKAY WITH IT AND HE DECIDED TO DRIVE IT RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH IT. ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, HE WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT, 45 MPH, AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, THE BRAKES LOCK, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND THE ENGINE CUT OFF AND THE SCREEN SAID SERVICE TRANSMISSION AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE JEEP DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE CODE WAS FOR A FUEL PUMP. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION AND WAS A BIG ISSUE WITH THESE MODELS. THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW FUEL PUMP AND EVAC SYSTEM.

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AFTER FUELING UP AND PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK; DURING IDLE, THE JEEP THEN BEGINS TO SHAKE. THE RPM NEEDLE DROPS SUDDENLY THEN JUMPS RIGHT BACK UP. NO WARNING LIGHT TURNS ON.

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MY JEEP BUCKS AND THEN STALLS OUT EVERY TIME I FILL IT UP WITH GAS. WHETHER I AM DRIVING 10 MPH OR 75 MPH. I ALMOST DIED TODAY BECAUSE MY CAR BUCKED AND THEN INSTANTLY TURNED OFF ON THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY TO WORK. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. I THEN FIND OUT THAT THIS I ACTUALLY A COMMON ISSUE AMONGST JEEPS AND HAS YET TO BE RECALLED. I AM LIVID AND TERRIFIED OF DRIVING MY CAR NOW. I NEED THIS HANDLED AND PAID FOR IMMEDIATELY . HOW CAN A CAR COMPANY WILLINGLY HAVE PEOPLE IN UNSAFE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AND NOT FIX IT ! I AM SO ANGRY AND SO SHAKEN UP .

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AT AROUND 50,000 MILES, THE CHECK VALVE ON THE FUEL TANK FILLER TUBE MALFUNCTIONED. THIS MALFUNCTION CAUSED FUEL FILL NOZZLES AT THE GAS STATION TO AUTOMATICALLY STOP AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL THE TANK. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THIS ISSUE AS A CHECK VALVE AND THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE WAS REPLACING THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK.

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THE VEHICLE'S GAS TANK HAS STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN I TRY TO FILL IT UP, IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STOPS THE PUMP AND USUALLY SHOOT GAS BACK OUT ALL OVER ME HAND AND CLOTHES. I AM ABLE TO GET VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF GAS IN THE TANK, BUT NOT WITHOUT GETTING GAS SPILLED EVERYWHERE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY/FIRE HAZARD. MY LOCAL JEEP DEALER FIRST SAID THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND LATER SAID THAT I NEEDED A NEW FUEL TANK AND THAT IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1200 PLUS. I THEN CALLED CHRYSLER TO REPORT THE PROBLEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD VOLUNTARILY FIX IT. TOO SAY THAT IT WAS AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. CHRYSLER SAID THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE, THAT IT WAS MY PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE MY GAS TANK. THEY DID NOT APPEAR TO CARE THAT GAS GETTING ALL OVER MY HANDS AND CLOTHES WAS DANGEROUS.

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AFTER REFILLING FUEL, THE CAR TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THIS PARTICULAR CAR REQUIRES THE SYSTEM TO BE PLACED IN PARK TO RESTART. DEALER LOOKED INTO THEIR SYSTEM AND DISCOVERED TSB TO REPLACE CANISTER AND FUEL PUMP.

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THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE GAS TANK "WENT BAD". UNABLE TO FUEL VEHICLE. SAID THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL JEEP CHEROKEE MODELS. RECURRING PROBLEM. LARGE COST TO REPLACE. SAFETY HAZARD WHEN FILLING AND POSSIBLE MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD WHEN DRIVING. PRESSURE ISSUES INSIDE TANK.

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9-SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION WHICH MINE HAS ROUGH, DELAYED OR SUDDEN SHIFTING OR FAILURE TO SHIFT CONDITIONS WITH GRINDING OR OTHER LOUD NOISE DURING SHIFTING ' HARSH ENGAGEMENT OF GEARS; SUDDEN OR HARSH ACCELERATION/DECELERATION; SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER; PREMATURE TRANSMISSION WEAR OR FAILURE.

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WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF PREMATURELY AS IF IT WAS FULL AFTER ON 1-2 TENTHS OF A GALLON. TO FILL UP THE TANK TOOK ABOUT 10 MINUTES BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTIONING. SOON AFTER THIS THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO DEFAULT AND SHIFT TO NEUTRAL WHICH IS A BAD THING WHEN CROSSING MULTIPLE LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SAFE I SOON LEARNED WAS A SERIOUS RISK TO OTHERS AS WELL AS MYSELF. THIS STARTED HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY AND A SOLUTION WAS NEVER FOUND. THE VEHICLE WOULD WORK FINE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF THE ONGOING ISSUE OF DEFAULTING TO NEUTRAL WHILE IN TRAFFIC WOULD OCCUR. JUST THE OTHER DAY THE DIAGNOSIS "POST WARRANTY" IDENTIFIED THAT THE VAPOR CANISTER AND FUEL PUMP WAS THE ISSUE. EARLIER I WAS TOLD THAT REPLACING THE BATTERY SOLVED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, WHICH WASN'T TO BE. REPLACING THE VAPOR CANISTER, AND FUEL PUMP COST $1292.45 AND I'VE ONLY DRIVEN MY VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO THE GARAGE.

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WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPLIGHT THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR SEEMED TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. IT RESET ITSELF ONCE WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MILES, IT DID IT AGAIN, THE SAME SCENARIO. THEN IT DID IT AN AGAIN THE THIRD TIME AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE SO WE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT IT IN PARK. IT WAS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE WERE IN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION THE THIRD TIME. IT HAS DONE IT SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET KEEP IT FROM DOING THAT AGAIN IS TO DRIVE IN MANUAL MODE.

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VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES AFTER GAS TANK IS FILLED. HAVE NARROWLY AVOIDED COLLISIONS AND WRECKS WHEN THIS OCCURS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. VEHICLE ELECTRONICS CAUSE YOU TO HAVE TO SHIFT INTO PARK AND RE-START. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

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MY VEHICLE DOESN'T START WHEN I PRESS THE START BUTTON. I HAVE TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKES AND TRY STARTING IT AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO BE A FUEL INTAKE ISSUE.

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AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR, I SUDDENLY SMELLED GASOLINE WHILE DRIVING AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS HARD TO START. TURNS OUT THE FUEL PUMP UNIT HAS A CRACK IN THE TOP WHICH IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I AM PRESENTLY AWAITING THE $650 PART AND THE CAR WILL BE REPAIRED NEXT WEEK ($190 LABOR). THE THING IS, I WAS INITIALLY TOLD BY MY REPUTABLE CAR REPAIR SHOP OWNER THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES OVER AND IS PRETTY SURE THERE IS A RECALL AGAINST IT, THUS NO INITIAL CHARGE. FOR WHATEVER THE REASON, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER REPORTED INCIDENT OF THIS SPECIFIC NATURE. NONETHELESS, THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE AND IS WHY I AM REPORTING IT (IN ADDITION TO HAVING TO SPEND $840 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM).

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I CAN'T FILL UP GAS, IF I DID, THE CAR WOULD STALL. THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING WHILE DRIVING, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. I TOOK MY CARD TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ONLY TELL ME NOT TO FILL UP THE GAS. OTHERWISE I HAVE TO PAY $1500 DOLLARS TO GET THE CAR FIXED. AND I ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS, ONLY DROVE 20,000 MILES SINCE PURCHASED

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I COULD ONLY PUT VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF GAS IN TANK AT ONE TIME OR IT WOULD OVERFLOW EVEN THOUGH IT HAD LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A TANK. I TRIED DIFFERENT STATIONS AND IT DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO FILL THE TANK. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK

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CAR ENGINE STALLED IN TURNING AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING. HAD TROUBLE RESTARTING CAR. AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS CAR POWERED BACK ON AND BROUGHT TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHICH DIAGNOSTIC CODE CAME UP FOR A LEAK IN A HOSE THAT FUELS THE ENGINE. BROUGHT CAR TO DEALSHIP AND EXPLAINED THAT OIL LEVEL WAS LOW AND NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THIS WAS 2000 MILE AWAY FROM THE RECOMMENDED 5000 MILE OIL CHANGE. CAR OIL CHANGED AND DIAGNOSTIC CODE CLEARED AND THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN 2000 MILES AWAY FROM THE 5000 MILE RECCOMEND OIL CHANGE. ISSUE IS REPETITIVE FOR ABOUT 5 TIMES IN 3 YEARS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REFUELED BEYOND THREE GALLONS. THE DEALER (LIA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM IN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,389.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REFUELED, THE ELECTRONIC EMERGENCY BRAKE ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. DURING THE FAILURE, THE "PUT INTO PARK TO SWITCH GEAR" MESSAGE DISPLAYED; HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD ONLY SHIFT TO THE PARK POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SERVICE INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER (BURK AUTO GROUP JEEP, 1565 WEST OGDEN AVE., NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EVAPORATOR CONTROL CANISTER WAS FAULTY. THE EVAPORATOR CONTROL CANISTER WAS REPLACED AND THE PURGE CONTROL WAS REPROGRAMMED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURES OCCURRED ONLY AFTER THE FUEL TANK WAS FILLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. *TT *TR

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