When ever you would accelerate it would do it again. Heard a loud clunk and the car would not accelerate. Update from Sep 8, 2015: Supposedly there is an upcoming recall for the electrical connector for the transmission. Im having te same problem with my WK2 14. When taking off, my engine 'shifts hard', or stalls. So I hung up the phone and drove the car home, from there I immediately called the dealer to report the issue. . With the car off in the middle of the road, I restarted it hoping for the best. Since this car is still under warranty, I wonder if they can trace the issue properly as when I bought the car for service due to that recall. When I stepped on the gas, the car started to go and then all of a sudden seemed to slip in to neutral and stopped accelerating. The "d" light on the gear shifter was blinking, and then the battery on the car went from 55% charge down to 47% charge. This problem had happened consistently while I was driving luckily no crashes. The car has been shutting down since its inception. I have not found a thread with this symptom, so if I missed something that is out there please redirect me. JavaScript is disabled. Ask your Chrysler dealer. While driving my vehicle and going about 30-40mph, the dashboard began flashing and telling me there was a charging system failure. The dash lit up and now a icon for emergency steering pops up and stays lit. I would have to turn the vehicle off, and on again several times before it would start. When the traffic cleared and I put my foot on the gas, the Jeep refused to go forward and stalled out. So think about it, to do a TIPM redesign, then a recall for the millions of TIPM vehicles involved, would create financial HAVOC for FCA/Chrysler. I will not be putting my family in this van again. In the future, I'll post any DIY pics (hopefully I won't have to!!). Link must be about this specific problem or it will be deleted it must be free & helpful, like a video or web page or forum thread about this exact problem. Wow that sounds like a major annoyance! I had nearly a full tank of gas when this happened and at least 34% of electric left to drive on electric mode when this occurred. Get notified about new defects, investigations, recalls & lawsuits for the. The engine light, the awd light and Parking brake light were all on. . The second time, I was pulling into the gas station, decellerating at about 30mph. My Jeep flashed the d on the gear shifter and I got a notification to put the car in "park. " carlito, good to hear that you resolved the issue by yourself. I almost had a wreck! Thanks. BenzWorld.org forum is one of the largest Mercedes-Benz owner websites offering the most comprehensive collection of Mercedes-Benz information anywhere in the world. I do not feel safe, or that this car is reliable. It was thought the hybrid battery needed replacement. This car has become unsafe. The automatic start stop icon randomly comes on and makes it hard to accelerate. At this point everything locked up and after a christmas tree dashboard light display the car went dark with only the hazards running. It was supposedly repaired by Pinebelt Chrysler in NJ, but since then it has been in other Chrysler service departments, with a cumulative amount of close to 30 days. This problem may be covered under warranty. No warning lights prior to sudden shut down. It wouldn't spin the tires either. Very dangerous as there is little to no shoulder on this stretch of highway. Chrysler rep stated earlier when I spoke to her that she wasn't aware of any issues such as this even though I told her that I read about problems when I looked it up on internet. Picked up the van on 4/30 and the vehicle stalled again and exhibited the same error codes while not even a quarter mile from leaving the dealership. When I got there the car seemed to be ok, other then the engine light being on. A red lightning bolt emergency sign came on but then went off immediately after. So frustrated with this car!!! ". He advised me to contact Chrysler and request trade assistance. The earlier schedule given to me was Monday, July 6. My uconnect app showed the message "charging fault error has occurred" when this happened on the freeway. Copyright 2021, 5thGenRams.com All Rights Reserved. I had already missed days of work, been late, and had to leave early because of this problem. I had to jump back into the car and jam on the brake.It really scared me. We disconnected he battery one more time meanwhile still sitting T-boned in the middle of the road, waited about 30 seconds and reconnected at which time we were able to restart and turn the knob to low (no other gear would work and the park brake was still engaged, but it moved enough to get us out of the road and into our own driveway. One day I was driving down the highway on my way to work when the same thing happened again. It all started after I took it in for a vehicle recall and they said they fixed it. It would slip into neutral even though it was in drive. For a little more than 1 month I had what I thought was a beautiful vehicle in every respect. But mine has never been replaced. it happened again. I was driving normally along a busy road at 40mph. If you continue to use this site, you consent to this use of cookies. Unable to operate tail gate, unable to operate sliding doors the vehicle was in stationary model while motion I am having issues when speeding up from 20 to 30 miles per hour the car stalls and then picksup car was in idle state and suddenly the car stops responsing. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Meanwhile I bought this car new, so what I owe is far more than it's value, but really no one should own this car. Have a 2015 Limited with the 8 speed transmission. I had just enough power to get to a safe area on the side of the freeway. California consumers may exercise their CCPA rights here. Luckily, it did restart fine and I could continue driving. I've been dealing with this problem for 4 years and it has to stop. The safety problem is their TIPM. NHTSA says to date, there are 306 incidents of Jeep Grand Cherokees rolling away after owners believed the SUVs were shifted into Park. The 306 rollaway incidents resulted in 117 alleged crashes and 28 injuries. So thanks again for all your help! Through a series of actions we were able to get it driving again and made it to another dealership. Seconds before shutting down the d light on the shifter started blinking, a red battery indicator flashed on the screen and then it was dead. went int neutral at 55 plus miles per hour. I'm really disappointed and scared to drive it. She called saying that she was a block away at a stop sign and warning lights were going off. Only reverse worked. Hope you get it back quickly and that takes care of it. Check engine light is now on. While driving, the vehicles transmission had jerking movements that made it difficult to complete this task. In a brief update, my buddy has an OBDII and the codes it spat out are: Problem is that there are codes stored in ETC module as well. This occurred on the highway and this is the second time this occurred. Currently: 2005 c230 Kompressor (1.8) Sedan Former: 2001 Ml320 & 2003 c230 Kompressor. It only has 15,980 miles! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I haven't been able to find any reference to that TSB anywhere, so if someone has a reference I'd be interested in seeing it. As I suspected, firmware issue. Its been in the shop for a week now. its unsafe!!!. Clean, dry, reinstall. I bought the car to the dealer 3 times, at first they said that they can't duplicate the problem, the 2nd time they've upgraded the software. While driving on the freeway at about 70mph, my vehicle shut off completely and I had to pull over to the shoulder. But now I have to have it towed to the dealership I purchased from which is 45min away. It seemed to work normally until I went another mile or so and it happened again. It would take around 10 minutes and numerous attempts turning it off and on to get it to shift out of park. Towed to dealership where they replaced the 12v as a resolution. When driving the engine starts revving up because the transmission goes into neutral. After this my car started over heating frequently. Not feeling like dealer is being honest and has best interest of my safety. I went to the dealership and spoke to one of the sales managers about the problem I was having. " Could not replicate customers issues". I pulled over, put the van in park, started the van again and took it back to the dealer and the onsite manager took a picture of the error code a! Show More. Put in reverse and received :Service Transmission, Stop Safely Shut Off engine to Engage Park. I bought this car brand new to avoid these kind of issues, so I am very disappointed. The contact owns a 2021 Jeep Wrangler. I've been here for 45 minutes. The manager told me to leave the car and I'd be given a temporary car while they look at it. on the control panel screen it showed "check charging system" and "check transmission. " Driving on highway at posted speed of 70 mph in state of michigan and Jeep quit running I had 3/4 tank of fuel and 37% battery power remaining got it restarted made it to a gas station shut off Jeep filled with gas and Jeep wouldnt come back online said charging port malfunction so I open charge door and didnt see any thing in the removed negative side of 12 volt battery underneath the hood waited for 3 mins reinstalled battery terminal and was able to get it started but the temp controls only work on extreme hot or extreme cold no in between drove back home approximately 150 with check engine light on after several power down and restart the check engine light went away and all went back to normal again. The car was about to roll over and I was embarrassed, frightened, and worried about my familys safety. I took it to the dealership and they said they didn't find any problems with it. called roadside assistance and waited 45min for a battery jump. I bought my 2015 Chrysler 200 S brand new in October of 2014. I shut the car off, gave it a few minutes and turned it back on with the same message. . 2014 Jeep Cherokee transmission service message. It took the fun out of moving and owning a Jeep. It worked like a charm! Something with my powersteering being locked, service electronic stabiliti control, service antilock break system, park brake temporarily unavailable and powersteering unavailable. They seem more interested in getting their loaner back then fixing my car. Could not start my 2021 Jeep only 900 miles on it and said charging fault and then started an hour later but then later on that day was driving with my child and dead stop in middle of turnpike just shut off. Then, while driving, the entire dash lit up with various warnings, including the hybrid warning, and it just shut down. When this issue happens. Had auxiliary battery replaced approximately 5 months ago because the ess was not functionally properly. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Dealer refused. They noted TSB 08-082-20 on the service summary. Tried to toggle the shift knob from Park to drive - got different message while moving it back and forth