Car Will Not Start problems of the 2015 Jeep Cherokee

When starting my car it did not want to start and then it did and all this happened,check engine light came on, service transmission light 4wd temporally unavailable, service park brake , and it would not go into gear. At auto zone the code stated watchdog performance.

Approx. 4:45pm when the temperature was 117, I was parked, with the engine off, waiting to pick up my dog at the vet. I had just driven 15 miles to this location = 25 minutes. Waited over 20 minutes for dog to be brought to car. When ready to leave, car would not start, all service/dash lights come on. (had air, radio, lights} waited over 40 minutes and finally car started. Drove directly home, again the 15 miles in about 20 minutes, backed into driveway, put car in park (did not turn engine off), took dog inside. When putting car in reverse to put car in garage, car stalled out. This was twice in one day!! this has been happening for the last 2 years on very hot days. Why no research/recall on this stalling out issue??.

I was driving and slowing down when my car completely shut off in traffic on a busy 1 lane road. I put car in park and tried restarting. Car would not start, no power what so ever, no hazard lights, steering wheel did not lock, key would not pull out of ignition, and my car would not disengage from park. Literally parked in the road. We were able to pop the gear shifter and put car into neutral and push my car to a parking lot. I put the car back in park and started it and the car lurched forward violently. Dealer said the issue was because I had a new battery installed in my car recently.

Went to start car wouldn't start or turn over. Received jump from roadside assistance and waited 20 min before attempting to drive to the nearest auto zone (2 miles). Once I started driving the dashboard lights started flickering and as soon as I came to a red light at a very busy 3 lane intersection I was in the middle lane and my car shut off & wouldn't turn back on. At this point, my only option was to sit without any power, therefore no hazard lights, and wait for someone to hit me as I was unable to leave my vehicle due to high risk of being hit by a car. During the terrifying time of waiting eventually I did get hit. Which caused a three car accident & pile-up on this very busy road. I was the front vehicle and my Jeep is probably totaled and I will be going to doctor tomorrow, the middle vehicle received the most damage & the passengers were hurt & went to hospital, the 3rd vehicle (truck) was very damaged but the driver was not injured. I then called 911 & we filled out a police report & my car was towed & the police drove me home like a criminal. This accident was caused by my Jeep's electrical malfunction. I do not currently see a recall for anything by VIN or by make/model. Please address this immediately as I do not want others to be effected as I was at the fault of Jeep.

Randomly the vehicle feels as if someone is hitting the car from the front end when put into reverse due to a very hard shift into reverse. Randomly the electrical system will shut off when parked and turning the car on. The auto on/off will randomly shut off while driving and sometimes the vehicle will not start for some unknown reason. I hesitated reporting this thinking that it was probably just bad luck but because of a conversation with a CO-worker who is having the exact same problems I thought that it may be a symptom of a larger problem and something I should report. If this were to happen when driving at higher speeds it could be a disaster.

While pulling out of parking lot vehicle started to stall , had to pump gas pedal. This caused the vehicle to lurch forward with a sputtering effect. Thought it might stall out. This has happened a few times, also when I turn vehicle off it will not start and there is no electrical operation at all. I've found I must remove key from ignition before it will restart. This instances happen at random.

Vehicle surges forward after a stop at numerous & unpredictable times since purchase. This is very dangerous! transmission has been replaced & continues to do this. There is not any predictability as to when this will occur. Have had vehicle in for service 6 times & they were 'unable to duplicate concern'. I would not be bringing my vehicle in if I didn't have a concern! I have never had as many issues with a new vehicle as I have had with this one! vehicle lurches/jerks/rocks when shifting from forward to reverse & reverse to forward--doesn't always engage immediately. Vehicle has revved with acceleration, would not go forward & then suddenly surged forward several times. Pulls to the right on level surface. Vehicle rolls forward after braking as brakes don't always grab. After a stop, car rolls forward. Many issues with radio jumping around on own & skipping preset stations, volume control, & speakers have gone in & out at random. Hands free cell phone doesn't always work. Navigation screen has gone blank/black while car still running. I have had a very loud alarm go on from navigation screen for unknown reason. I received an assembly 'ignition on' warning after I turned car off. Car wouldn't start after 3 tries, then started. As you can see, the one consistent thing is the surging forward, but always something new & different, also.