Automatic Transmission Torque Converter problems of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee

The vehicle was in motion. Transmission fails when trying to go up hill or during acceleration. When driving on a incline or trying to pass someone on the highway, you may get a transmission needs service error or 4wd system disabled. Either of these errors disables the vehicles transmission putting the vehicle in neutral, with no power to advance or get out of traffic. When this happens the transmission makes a horrible noise and does nothing. Not safe could cause accident. This has happened before and after a transmission & torque converter replacement.

The vehicle fails to accelerate properly from slow speeds. This has been an ongoing problem since a recall ("r01") was performed on the transmission. Multiple attempts by dealers to improve this condition have failed. I am told that this is the way fiat/Chrysler has decided to make these transmissions work, in order to prevent failure due to a design flaw. The current software no longer allows the transmission to downshift below third gear unless the vehicle is completely stopped. Therefore, if driving conditions require you to slow down (to as slow as 1 mph) and then you need to accelerate, the transmission remains in third gear and provides little to no response. If you floor it, the transmission will sometimes, eventually slam into first gear, but only after struggling it's hardest to accelerate in third gear, which involves the torque converter allowing the engine to rev, so that the resulting shift into first gear is extremely rough and often accompanied by wheel spin. The transmission will no longer, ever, under any circumstances, downshift into second gear. The hard jolts and wheel spin of the 3-1 shift are somewhat dangerous, but are still by far preferable to the times when the transmission completely refuses to downshift, and simply leaves you a sitting duck to approaching vehicles. Simply pulling into traffic, whether it be entering a roundabout, or changing lanes from a slower lane to a faster one, or even just merging, is always stressful, because we just don't know how, or even if the vehicle will respond to throttle input. There have been times when other vehicles have had to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting us, because we could not accelerate. Part of that is due to their expectations. When you pull out, they expect you to accelerate at a commensurate rate, when you don't, they find themselves on your bumper in a hurry. Somebody will get hit.

The vehicle fails to accelerate properly from slow speeds this has been an ongoing problem since a recall ( ro1 ) was performed on the transmission multiple attempts by dealers to improve this condition have failed I am told that this is the way flat/Chrysler has decided to make these transmission work ,in order to prevent failure due to a design flaw the current software no longer allows the transmission to downshift below third gear unless the vehicle is completely stopped therefore if driving conditions require you to slow down ( to as slow as 1 mph ) and then you need to accelerate the transmission remains in the third gear and provides little to no response if you floor it , the transmission will sometimes eventually slam into first gear but only after struggling its hardest to accelerate third gear which involves the torque converter allowing the engine to rev , so that the resulting shift into first gear is extremely rough and often accompanied by wheel spin the transmission will no longer ever under any circumstances downshift into second gear the hard jolts and wheel spin of 3-1 shift are somewhat dangerous but when the transmission completely refuses to downshift and simply leaves you vulnerable to approaching vehicles ,pulling into traffic, entering roundabout or changing lanes from a slower lane to a faster one or even just merging is always stressful not knowing if vehicle will respond to accelerating properly or downshift properly.