NHTSA complaint: 2015 JEEP CHEROKEE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2015 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT WAS PURCHASED IN OCTOBER OF 2014. AROUND END MAY 2015 EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH BRAKING. WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN BRAKE WOULD BE PRESSED DOWN BUT VEHICLES RPM'S WOULD REV UP AND VEHICLE WOULD START ACCELERATING FORWARD. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO SHOP AFTER FINALLY BEING ABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ON 06/16/15. MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AND RESET MODULE ON VEHICLE. BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALERSHIP GAVE VEHICLE BACK TO US AND WE DROVE IT FOR TWO MORE DAYS AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. ON 06/18/2015 A DEER HAD ENTERED HIGHWAY AND WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE AGAIN ACCELERATED AND HIT THE DEER CAUSING FRONT END DAMAGE. PROBLEM COULD OF BEEN 100 TIMES WORSE BECAUSE THERE WERE ALSO BICYCLISTS ON ROAD AS WELL AS TRACTOR TRAILER TRAVELING BEHIND. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP VIA TOW TRUCK. TOW TRUCK DRIVER EVEN STATED THERE IS SOMETHING SEVERELY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE OFF FLAT BED HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE WENT FORWARD INSTEAD OF REVERSE PLUS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CAME ON BY ITSELF. CHRYSLER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ARE DOING AN INVESTIGATION ON VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY. MY WIFE AND I JUST WANT THEM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK BECAUSE WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN IT ONE BIT.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation