Automatic Transmission Torque Converter Problems of Jeep Cherokee

2016 Jeep Cherokee sport, check transmission message keeps coming on while driving. So far have taken it to the dealer twice where they said they fixed it by replacing the torque converter. Both times the message comes back within 50 miles of use. Once it is turned off the check engine light stays on but the check transmittion message goes away.

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Vehicle has hard starts and frequent hesitation and stalling, at all speeds city street driving as well as highway driving. I have had a new distributor cap, rotor, plugs, wires, coil, installed, yet symptoms persist. Sudden deceleration at highway speeds is a seriously dangerous condition. My research suggests this is a common problem with the Jeep Cherokee xj. I narrowly escaped a crash on a busy interstate highway this morning at freeway speeds. Jeep ought to be aware of this problem, yet there seems to be no remedy for owners. I would at least like to know what the problem is. Possible remedies (from my research) include multiple parts and many hours of labor: O2 sensor, throttle position sensor, crankshaft position sensor, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fuel pressure regulator, engine control module, alternator, neutral safety switch, ballast resistor, transmission control module, torque convertor, power control module, transmission control solenoid, etc. What is causing all of these vehicles to stall dangerously?.

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My 2015 Jeep Cherokee trailhawk transmission shudders, clunks and hesitates. Some of the hesitations have lasted 4 seconds which is dangerous when you're in traffic and push the gas and get no response. The hesitation happens when you're slowing down for a turn and then push the gas. This appears to be in the third to second gears. The computer has been flashed several times. The dealer also did something to the torque converter. Then the Chrysler rep had the dealer reset the computer back to factory settings and said it was working according to design. It isn't fixed. It still clunks, shudders and hesitates but only for 2 seconds now. The problems started in the first 10,000 miles. I'll include 4 of the service records. I think there were 10 or more visits.

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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.

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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.

In either the 5th or 6th gear, the transmission/drive train shutters when ascending a modest grade at a steady speed between 50 and 65 mph. Initially there was a power loss and the transmission seemed to go into neutral momentarily. Chrysler replaced the oxygen sensor, torque converter and several fluids and filters. This has helped, but the shuttering remains. Chrysler maintains the condition is normal, and, if the shuttering is bothersome, the car should be put in the "tow/haul" mode even if nothing is being towed and only the driver is in the car. (at the Jeep forum and other venues on the internet, others report virtually identical problems on Jeeps with the v-8 engine. ).

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