What 1,344 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. The contact stated that while in a parking space and reversing, the vehicle was then shifted into drive and the high gear message was displayed. The vehicle accelerated unintendedly and the brake pedal failed to bring the vehicle to a stop. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a 2015 Chrysler Town and Country where it came to a stop. No warning lights illuminated. There were no reported injuries, fire or air bag deployment. A police report was filed. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to her residence. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 71,535.

NHTSA ODI 11637412

Car accelerated without warning propelling me across a curb, street, then a second curb. The SUV was stopped upon impact at a concrete building. Fortunately there was no injury to others but the accident caused the car to be totalled by my insurance company. There were no warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure. The airbags did not deploy upon impact,

NHTSA ODI 11533293

Cruise Control, O2 SENSOR, Fuel/Propulsion System , BATTERY, If your check engine light is not on when you take it to the service department they say its hard to detect serves needs. Come back when it comes on again. Trouble while driving when using cruise congtrol it excellerate15miles beyond speed set very scary while driving next 30 minutes smell smoke next flames and smoke coming from underneath hood, open door flames and smoke can into jeep. Causing me to hit my head tryng to watch the fire and get out the truck and getting the two kids out the back the we ran then the exploded. The 911 button inside did not work! Now we can't sleep!

NHTSA ODI 11498208

While in Starbucks drive through, my vehicle suddenly accelerated and hit the vehicle in front of me.

NHTSA ODI 11447468

IT WAS FREEZING OUTSIDE, BUT NOT ICY ON THE ROAD. WELL LIT. I WAS NOT IN A RUSH. CAR WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE UP UNTIL THEN. I WAS GOING ~10 PMH DOWN THE INSIDE PARKING GARAGE DRIVEWAY. HAD TO PULL TO THE RIGHT DUE TO CAR COMING UP PARTIALLY ON MY SIDE. SCRATCHED THE SIDE WALL. ONCE THAT HAPPENED, THE CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. BRAKES DIDN'T REACT. ONLY WAY TO STOP THE CAR BEFORE RUNNING INTO OTHER CARS OR EVEN PEOPLE WAS STEERING THE CAR INTO THE WALL FRONT ON. THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED, THE WALL BROKE DOWN. THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF, THE BRAKE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM DIDN'T KICK IN. FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS HURT, BUT COULD HAVE EASILY HAPPENED. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. I WAS NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND DON'T HAVE A SEIZURE DISORDER. WITNESSED EVERY SINGLE SECOND FULLY AWAKE AND AWARE.

NHTSA ODI 11399605

ARRIVED HOME 10:15PM DRY ROADS AND WEATHER. BACKING JEEP INTO DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO FULL THROTTLE BACK TO HIT THE GARAGE STRUCTURE AND DOOR. SHIFTED TWO DRIVE TO MOVE OUT INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO FULL THROTTLE FORWARD, ACROSS THE STREET, THROUGH THE SWALE INTO A VACANT LOT AND HIT THE AVISTA POWER TRANSFORMER BOX KNOCKING ITS OFF THE BASE AND PULLING THE 7,000 VOLT POWER CABLES OUT. JEEP THEN STOPPED AND I BACKED IT BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND STOPPED. AVISTA CREW ARRIVED AND SAFED THE TRANSFORMER. RESULTING DAMAGE WAS $3,007 TO HOUSE AND GARAGE DOOR, $16,275 DAMAGE TO FRONT/BACK/UNDERCARRIAGE ON JEEP AND ABOUT $4,880 TO REPLACE THE AVISTA TRANSFORMER. CAR RENTAL NOW 60 DAYS AT $42.00 PER DAY. ESTIMATED TOTAL IS NOW $26,682.

NHTSA ODI 11307366

I WAS EASING OUR 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTO A PARKING SPOT AT A TRAIL HEAD PARKING LOT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I FULLY ENGAGED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT FULL THROTTLE OVER THE TOP OF A 2.5 FT BY 2.5 FT CEMENT BLOCK PARKING BARRIER. IT DRAGGED THE CEMENT BLOCK ABOUT 20-25 FT. I CONTINUED TO PRESS THE BRAKE AND AFTER ABOUT 40 FT, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. IT WAS TERRIFYING NOT TO BE IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE IS YET TO BE DETERMINED, BUT EVEN IF IT IS REPAIRED, THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IT AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE TOTALED AND NOT RESOLD TO ANYONE ELSE. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL JEEP OWNER FOR OVER 20 YEARS, BUT I AM NOT SURE I WOULD PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND REALIZE THAT THIS IS A RARE BUT REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FOR 20+ YEARS.

NHTSA ODI 11292317

WHILE DRIVING DONW A MAIN ROAD THE GAS PEDAL SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO MOVE FORWARD BUT IT WAS STILL RUNNING. I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF. TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON TO SEE IF THE GAS PEDAL WOULD RE-ENGAGE, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE 100FT AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I THEN "ROLLED" INTO AN EMPTY LOT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. I POPPED THE HOOD BUT DID NOT OPEN IT AND CALLED 911. WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH 911, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD UNDER THE HOOD, SPARKS WERE SEEN AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE.*DT*JB

NHTSA ODI 11279118

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEMS WAS INOPERABLE. UPON STOPPING AND RELEASING THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD ACCELERATING SUDDENLY TO 20 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN PLACE IN REVERSE THE VEHICLE AND RELEASING THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE LUNGES AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON, AFTER LUNGING, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 30 TO 40 MPH AFTER THE INITIAL LUNGE. I HAVE HAD TWO INCIDENTS THAT HAVE DAMAGED MY CAR. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE MAKING IT UNSAFE TO OPERATE.

NHTSA ODI 11259008

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC I WAS STOPPED WITH MY FOOT IN THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING INTO HIGH RPMS THE CAR STATED SURGING AND THE BRAKES WOULDN'T STOP THE CAR. I REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. *JS

NHTSA ODI 11220926

VEHICLE OFTEN DOES NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR. EVENTUALLY WHEN IT CATCHES GEAR, THE VEHICLE LUNGES CONSIDERABLY IN GEAR FORCING THE CAR TO JERK FORWARD. IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN WHEN GOING SLOW IN TRAFFIC OR GOING UP AND DOWN HILLS. VERY UNSTABLE IN THESE SITUATIONS. IN ONE SPECIFIC SITUATION IN TRAFFIC, CAR DID NOT CATCH GEAR AND THEN WHEN IT ENGAGED, JERKED FORWARD INTO CAR IN FRONT OF ME.

NHTSA ODI 10883006

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. AFTER SWITCHING TO THE PARK POSITION AND EXITING WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DROVE FORWARD AND STRUCK A SECOND VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURED RIGHT ARM. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM RANDOMLY ACTIVATED AND CAUSED THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO ABRUPTLY STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

NHTSA ODI 10825079

THIRD TIME OF INCIDENT. WHILE PARALLEL PARKING, AND SHIFTING FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE, WHILE FOOT IS STILL ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE REVS AND LURCHES FORWARD. 1ST 2 TIMES INVOLVED PARKING ON SNOW/ICE. TODAY, WITH A DRY STREET AND SNEAKERS, VEHICLE BEGAN TO REV. I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO PARK TO AVOID LURCHING FORWARD BUT FAILED TO DO SO IN TIME. WHEN VEHICLE REVS, I HOLD ONTO STEERING WHEEL AND PRESS BRAKE WITH ALL MY STRENGTH BUT UNABLE TO PREVENT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10706564