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2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT power train problems
32 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT cite power train, 12% of all 259 complaints for this model year.
Complaints
32
12% of all complaints
Crashes
1
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
0
Reported by owners
What owners say about the power train
Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“Transmission is failing due to recall. Car won’t go into park or reverse. Problem has been confirmed by dealer. Lights appeared saying unable to go into gear need to park to shift to gears. Which isn’t an option. Car unsafe as it won’t go into park causing potential rollaway and no longer reverse. Unable to shut car off due to not being able to go into park. Recall no answers for, and transmissions aren’t available.”
“My vehicle currently has only 23,493 miles on it. During the last 6 years it has intermittently refused to shift out of the lowest gear when I started to drive off. I then have to come to a complete stop, shift out of gear and back into gear in order to drive off. This has probably happened about 10 or 12 times in the last 6 years. I cannot make this situation repeat. It happens only on its own. It is very scary when I am on a highway with other vehicles coming up behind me and I cannot accelerate and I have to quickly find somewhere to pull over and stop. Please help me and my family. I have an appointment in June with a Jeep dealer (earliest available for a transmission problem) to have it looked at. I have never seen any error codes displayed and therefore have no clue what the cause is.”
“ACTIVE SAFETY RECALL 94B STELLANTIS ISSUED 11/07 4+ MONTHS WITH NO REMEDY!!!! I FEAR FOR MY LIFE AND PASSANGERS EVERY TIME I NEED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. STELLANTIS SHOULD PROVIDE LOANER VEHICLES TO THE CONSUMER AT NO COST GIVEN THEIR INABILITY TO FIND A REMEDY IN A TIMELY MANNER.”
“The contact owns a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V838000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle jolted before shifting gear and accelerating. The contact stated that the gear shifter failed to release immediately to the intended gear while in park(P). The contact stated that several attempts were needed to release the gear shifter out of park(P). The contact stated that after shifting out of park(P) into reverse(R), the message to shift out of park was displayed. The brake warning light was illuminated. The dealer was contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 53,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.”
“Vehicle shut-off while in route, in traffic, check engine light then came on. The second time this occurred, check engine light came on and immediately vehicle proceeded decelerate from 55 mph to 25 mph while I was on a highway. The vehicle would not shift to a higher gear and remained in the lower gear at 30 mph on a 55 mph highway, causing me to move off to the side , turn off the vehicle and then restart the vehicle. Check engine light not shown, vehicle operated, except shifted hard. On several occasions I have shared with the dealer at service appointments that I experienced transmission sensor issues causing delayed shifting, not able to shift into reverse or drive from park, vehicles stalled, and rough gear changes, unusual noises coming from the transmission. The engine check light would come on, then disappear shortly after, but not always. Service appointments by a Jeep dealership resulted in them updating software, which I shared did nothing to resolve the problem, so I brought the vehicle back and asked they check the transmission fluid level and cleanliness of the fluid, and whatever else needed to be checked. I was told the transmission was…”
“Check engine light illuminated, engine sputtered and slowed down at highway speeds causing risk of accident. Head gasket blown at only 67000 miles. This has been a chronic issue with the engine in this vehicle in previous models and was supposed to be resolved.”
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