2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Power Train Problems
- 248
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 248 stored complaint records:
- 76 indicate a crash
- 15 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- power train · 27 records
- failure mileage · 19 records
- failure recurred · 14 records
- diagnosed repaired · 13 records
- without warning · 11 records
- gear shifter · 10 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 186 |
| 30–60k mi | 24 |
| 60–100k mi | 7 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
When placing the car into park, thought it had gone into park when in fact the car was in neutral. As i went to leave the car, it started to roll a bit. Luckily, i was able to jump back in the seat and stop the car. The display light on the shifter, depending on the light is difficult to see as well as the shifter itself being hard to tell what gear you are in because of its position. This is a major safety issue. I…
ODI 10877057
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle locked when i was stopped in traffic in the highway, rendering the vehicle disabled in traffic while in drive. I pressed on the gas pedal but did not move. I hit my emergency lights placed the car in park and then shifted back to drive but got no movement. I then turned off the vehicle and restarted the vehicle and was able to move off the highway and took the surface streets to get home. I saw on this…
ODI 10872465
Power Train
Automatic transmission gear selector is confusing and slow. Several times when making a "k" u turn which requires quickly selecting and shifting between drive and reverse, i was mistakenly in neutral and the time delay caused my car to be sitting in traffic for too long a period while i fussed with the shifter to get the car into the proper gear in order to move. Cars were fast approaching but narrowly avoided a…
ODI 10876900
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep grand cherokee. After switching to the park position, the vehicle suddenly moved or rolled backwards. Also, while driving at various speeds, the transmission would switch out of gear and would not accelerate. The vehicle also experienced a clunking noise when switching from second, third, and fourth gears. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the valve body was replaced. After…
ODI 10915695
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep grand cherokee. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway, it rolled backwards. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v240000 (power train) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a…
ODI 10884034
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep grand cherokee. While the electronic shifter was in park, the vehicle independently moved backwards and struck another vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the mechanic who stated that the rear passenger side bumper was damaged and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa…
Crash reported
ODI 10872786
Power Train
The transmission seems to slip when i come to a stop and then try to accelerate at intersections. I'll depress the gas, nothing happens, and then suddenly it jerks forward. It does it all the time, but worse when the vehicle is cold/hadn't been driven. The transmission seems to constantly struggle to know which gear to be in, especially at lower speeds and especially between gears 1 and 2, and stopping and starting…
ODI 10871655
Power Train
The problem is with the transmission electronic shift lever on the jeep grand cherokee 2015. Chrysler jeep know about the problem and there is a recall. This is the same vehicle that recently made world press when the 2015 jeep rolled back and killed the famous movie actor in california. On two separate times, when we put the car into park, the shifter slips out of park and goes into neutral and rolls. During one of…
Crash reported
ODI 10887565
Power Train
Tl* the contact owned a 2015 jeep grand cherokee. While the vehicle was in the park position, it voluntarily shifted into reverse and rolled into a lake. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.
ODI 10875247
Body · Power Train
R rolled into tree,drivers door was jammed. Walked to house got keys and husband who climbed over the console and backed the car out from between two trees drove to our house.the car was originally in park standing still i was not in the car when this happened, home is located on a rural road. The damage was extensive.
ODI 10871391
Power Train
May 2016 our jeep gc rolled down the driveway and smashed into our garage. My wife swears she put it in park to exit the vehicle at the top of the driveway but it didn't go into park. She tried to get in to stop it and was almost pulled under the jeep as it rolled. Neighbor screamed to her to let it go and she did before she got hurt. Called the police, notified my insurance agent and my jeep dealer' who is a good…
Crash reported
ODI 10917385
Power Train
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 jeep grand cherokee. While the vehicle was parked on an incline, the contact started the vehicle and it rolled backwards in reverse. The contact's vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 16v240000 (power train). The manufacturer…
Crash reported
ODI 10870571
Power Train
On friday may 20, 2016 i stopped at the shell gas station to get a cup of coffee. I placed the vehicle in park (engine running) and exited the vehicle. As i walked to the store, out of the corner of my eye i saw my grand cherokee backing up across the lot. I ran to the vehicle, opened the drivers door and tried to step on the brake (from outside the vehicle), but the drivers door knocked me down, running over my…
1 injury
ODI 10875634
Body · Electrical System · Power Train
Vehicle was stationary, in park with engine idling. Standing outside of vehicle, i opened door to reach in to turn ignition off. As soon as i hit ignition, car accelerated forward dragging me about 10 yards. I was not in vehicle and held on to steering wheel and open door to keep from getting run over. It collided with vehicle parked in front of me, luckily in an empty parking lot and no one was injured. There is…
Crash reported
ODI 10871852
Power Train
Tl* the contact owned a 2015 jeep grand cherokee. While parked in a parking lot, the contact's vehicle rolled away and another vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an undisclosed location. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vin was included in nhtsa campaign number:…
Crash reported
ODI 10874338
Body · Power Train
This safety complaint is related to the monostable gear shifter on my 2015 jeep grand cherokee. I had a minor accident a couple months ago that i initially attributed to my own error, although i had a hard time believing i just got out of the car with it still in gear. When i saw the national news coverage after the tragic death of actor a. Yelchin and the safety recall, i quickly realized that my incident may have…
Crash reported
ODI 10875772
Power Train
Recall 16v-240: last night, i received a call while in the grocery store that my car had been involved in an accident. When i went outside, my car had run into the car front of me in the parking lot. The car was running, the doors were locked and the engine was in gear. There appear to be several failures here. First, the gear shifter does not move into a gear, but instead seems to operate as a toggle switch. So you…
Crash reported
ODI 10865480
Power Train
There are a total of three incidents that had occurred, all within a couple months of each other. The first incident happened late december/ early january. Finishing up work i leave the building and start my car up. When i put it in reverse, to pull out, the jeep lurched violently forward colliding with the cement barrier. I took it to the dealership where they held on to my car for several weeks, refusing to…
Crash reported
ODI 10865011
Power Train
Vehicle started to jerk/hard shift and slip when shifting from 1-2 and 2-3 while driving on a city street. I took the vehicle into the dealer who replaced the valve body, ran the flash software update and reprogrammed the pcm. The dealer test drove the vehicle and indicated that the "trans shifts very smooth now". 20 miles later while i was driving the vehicle on city streets it began to clunk and jerk when…
ODI 10864937
Power Train
I put the car in park (engine still running) to go out of the vehicle to talk to someone. I turned around and the car was rolling backwards. It gained speed as it approached a hill, crossed over a sidewalk and slammed into a tree. I had 2 bikes on a bike rack on the back, which took the brunt of the crash. The bikes, the bike rack and the rear of the car were crushed. There was no warning noise or other indication…
Crash reported
ODI 10872370
Power Train
The shifter does not always go into park. I have to sometimes make multiple attempts pushing up on the shifter for it to go to park. This has happened more than a dozen times. For example, once i was going into park i pushed the lever up all the way until it stopped. I believed i was in park because the lever would not go up anymore, but i was in reverse. When i would push it up again it went to neutral and stopped.…
ODI 10864826
Power Train
2015 jeep grand cherokee. Consumer sent additional correspondence. *smd the consumer stated the vehicle had transmission related defects that could cause temporary loss of control. Updated 11/22/2017*js *js
ODI 10807066
Power Train
Transmission cannot be placed from neutral into drive if the vehicle is moving. The vehicle and driver was in a car wash (delta sonic) being moved by an automated conveyor system. At the end of the car wash cycle, the driver is instructed by car wash lights to move the car forward out of the car wash bay. However, the car is still in motion and the transmission cannot be placed in drive. Braking the car to a full…
ODI 10864724
Power Train
I am putting in a complaint for my 2015 jeep grand cherokee and the electronic shifter. On multiple occasions, i have been in a situation where quickly selecting gears or switching gears was necessary in order to avoid a hazardous situation. I have also experienced instances where i thought i had put the car in park when i had actually selected reverse, because the tactical feedback of the shifter varies from time…
ODI 10865176
Power Train
Jeep sent out a safety recall months ago about the transmission sticking in first gear. Very dangerous when pulling into traffic. Two different dealers say no parts available to repair. I would sell it because of this problem, but can't honestly sell it with problem. Twice they claim to have fixed it with "software". Both times care was still under manufacturer's warranty i have owned over 40 vehicles, and this is…
ODI 10888269