Service Engine Light On problems of the 2016 Jeep Cherokee

Two problems related to service engine light on have been reported for the 2016 Jeep Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Jeep Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2016 Cherokee.

1 Service Engine Light On problem

Failure Date: 08/26/2020

I have 43,000 on my 2016. . Was driving home on the freeway and my service transmission warning came on and now service engine light is on. . . . Sounds like a common problem.

2 Service Engine Light On problem

Failure Date: 04/01/2020

Service transmission error alerting after car reaches 50mph. Car loses ability to change gears and drops drastically in speed. Extremely dangerous in traffic. After reset which only lasts a short time and error continues. When car is put in park temporarily resets but then errors again over and over when speeds increase. Red service engine light stays on regardless of any reset.




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