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Problems with 2017 Jeep Cherokee POWER TRAIN

On average, the 2017 Jeep Cherokee starts to “feel” problems with the POWER TRAIN and its various aspects after 33 243 miles.

Recently reported POWER TRAIN problems on 2017 Jeep Cherokee

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 jeep cherokee. the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the gear shifter warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. the contact pulled over and attempted to restart vehicle. several warning lights on the instrument panel became illuminated. the contact was unable to restart the vehicle. the contact stated that the it seemed as if the vehicle was out of fuel even though the fuel tank was full. the vehicle was towed to griffin motors company 11031 perry hwy, meadville, pa 16335 (814) 336-2161, where a diagnostic test was still pending. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not contacted nor notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 21,000. the vin was not available.

While driving i got a 'service shifter ' message and all the lights on my shifter were lit up. i pulled over turned the car off and it went away. it happend again after my oil change at the dealership. it goes away after i restart the car but seems to be a safety problem but the dealership didn't think so. no message or lights after i restart but it has happened more than once.

The service shifter warning has come on multiple times over the past year. we have taken it to the dealer and have been told they can not find anything wrong. this has happened while driving at random speeds and driving conditions. it is now happening every time the jeep is driven, sometimes before we even get to the end of the driveway.

Service shifter error showed up on display while driving on expressway. display was completely locked up and couldn't clear error. all of the shifter lights turned on. had to turn engine off and back on to reset.

Service shifter warning comes on along with all prnd lights by gear shift while driving on city street. 32k miles on vehicle

Service shifter appeared on dash display and all indicators on shifter lit up. vehicle had just been started upon leaving work. vehicle was stationary. all indicators reset after turning vehicle off and back on after drive 5 miles.

On january 18 2020 i was driving and after only a mile from home, coming to an intersection yielding to go left, my car completely without warning stalled in the middle of an intersection. i tried to re-start and took about 10 minuets get it to restart. i was driving the mile home when then i got a 'oil pressure low light'. i did an oil change that afternoon to find my car only had 2 quarts of oil remaining. my car is burning oil. i do regular oil changes. there are no leaks. i had no warning from my car that my oil was low. although the feature to turn off my car worked properly in the event oil is low, my car is burning a large amount of oil and not giving me a low oil warning before turning off my car. this could have been much worse and happened on the highway which i generally travel. these model cars need to be fixed from burning oil and drivers alerted to when their oil starts to become low, not just shut off in the middle of the road.

After roughly 38,000 miles the vehicle will occasionally display a "service shifter " warning. the error persists until the vehicle is restarted. i plan on taking the vehicle to a dealership as soon as i am able after reading other owners with this warning have had severe issues with their vehicle changing gears without the drivers input.

Transmission will not upshift and engine check light on. vehicle has 13,000 miles. second time this has happened. first time no resolution at 6500 miles. problems related to wiring harness this time according to dealer, apparent common problem but no recalls..

Message "service shifter" pops up on the instrument panel, and a series of red alert lights appear next to every gear on the automatic transmission shifter lever. this problem is rampant among 2017-2018 jeep cherokees!! the dealers are unable to fix the problem! they replace the wiring harness, they replace the shifters themselves, they reset the computers ' and the problem always returns! the website https://www.cargurus.com/cars/discussion-t68742_ds990296 alone contains the stories of over 80 jeep cherokee owners who have this ongoing problem. imagine how many jeep owners across america are suffering with this issue! jeep replaced the 2014 shifters that were recalled (the ones that killed star trek actor anton yelchin in 2016) with this new shifter - and this one is just as bad! these vehicles must be recalled!!

The vehicle has had multiple problems since my purchase date issues with the sunroof which has continued to persist, as well as a strut, hub, strut assembly, electronic parking brake and also now that i have taken it in there are more problems arising and now i have a check engine light on service all brake system lights on and light and traction control light on and also a 4wd system unavailable light on after taking it in to get fixed and the dealership fixes one problem and more keep arising! the vehicle was parked and then when i turned it back in that's when the parking brake would not disengage and then the sunroof and popping sounds were happening while driving. the transmission issue is when i am driving it is shifting way to often and shifting very wonky. then also when shift the transmission into gear it doesn't engage and then when it does it litterally could through you forward in your seat when it finally engages.

Transmission shifts up to 7th gear and than down to6th gear some times engine shuts off than restart while driving highway traffic. transmission shifts but engine red lines before you go in gear.

A service shifter message appeared on the dashboard. the gears (pdnr) light up all red. this occurred while driving on the highway. this also occurred on christmas day while traveling on the highway.

When driving at highway speeds i am not getting all the speeds out of the transmission. at 75 i'm a close to 3,000 rpm, when i put it into manual mode to see what gear i am at it will display i'm currently at 6th gear. where is 7,8,and 9th?

Service shifter warning appeared while driving. all gear indicator lights near shifter illuminated red. this occurred during traffic on highway around 30 mph.