general problems of the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee - part 1

Vehicle head gasket blown. Stated by mechanic that this is a chronic problem with model due to cylinder head warming and gasket failure. Shortly after repaired the left rear factory oem rocker arm broke and damaged one of the overhead cams. Again stated by mechanic that this is a common problem due to known oiling problems with this model. Repaired once again. Vehicle drove less than 500 miles before complete engine failure. Also stated by mechanic as well as multiple online forums that Jeep stoped recalls for these problems because they had become to widespread. They were only willing to repair if the vehicle was still within factory warranty.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle went into limp mode and lost automotive power while driving 50 mph on twelve occasions. The check engine warning light was illuminated on four occasions. There was an abnormal growling sound coming from the vehicle. There was an odor of smoke inside the vehicle. The contact pulled over and restarted the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle vibrated while stopped. The vehicle was towed and taken to an independent mechanic and unknown parts were replaced. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer to be diagnosed, but there was no fault codes retrieved. The dealer declined a buy back. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 78,556.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and turned off, the vehicle became inoperable. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start, with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the fuel pump module and valve had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 188,000.

The contact owns 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated while driving 25 mph, the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the contact was informed to take the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was then taken to firestone, where the contact was informed that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 23v411000(engine and engine cooling); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 81,767.

I used my cruise control on the highway and once I turned it off my Jeep began vibrating a lot. My Jeep now vibrates all of the time when I accelerate. I took it to the shop and had over $2,200 in work done and they are unable to find the specific reason that it is vibrating when I accelerate and stated it likely to due to something with the transfer case. After hours of non stop research I discovered that the issue that I am having is exactly like the stellantis 01c issue but I am not finding my Jeep under the recall list. I also had an issue where my oil cooler housing unit was cracked and had to be replaced because it is made out of plastic.

Car lost power while driving. Related to recall notice received Feb 2025 with no update still. Recall 01c related to ptu power transfer unit. Recall is past due solution and available parts from Chrysler and poses a major safety issue!.

While driving, my car stopped and on the dashboard was a message that said shift to p. This happened 2x in a week.

Motor making a ticking noise, brought to dealership and was told the camshafts are destroyed and there is metal throughout the rest of the engine. 90881 miles on the car.

When I was driving onto the high way my Jeep just cut off and I couldn’t accelerate only steer doing 45 mph with cars behind me and I saw on the dash a message “ shift to park. And then put into desired gear” well it was on drive d and I couldn’t put it in park until I completely stopped at this point I had a guy pull over next to me and called me jerkoff because he thought I was trying to brake check him , I explained to him what happened . Well once I did this I got moving , but it happened again latter on that day when I was almost home . I dont feel safe driving it anymore.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated while driving at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle shuddered abnormally. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be diagnosed; however, the diagnostic result was unknown. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Jeep randomly started loosing power and shutting down while on/driving. It causes the entire vehicle to freeze/seeze up. Hard to turn the wheel. Can't put in park. Starts glitching and lights/beeping going on and off repeatedly. Have to jump start and then it does the exact same thing and dies within minutes.

I purchased a used 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I only drove the Jeep for 2 days and the check engine light came on. On the way to the mechanic the Jeep overheated. I was left on the side of a busy road and put in a dangerous situation. When I made it my mechanic shop, the mechanic explained the 3. 6 engine has repeat issues with overheating! I now have a vehicle I cannot drive. Why has there not been a recall if this is an issue for many with this engine?.

Not sure what component caused the vehicle to burst into flames. It is no longer (to the best of my knowledge) available for inspection (unless still at tow yard). The Jeep burned, caught another vehicle in the driveway on fire, as well as fence separating neighbor's house, and spread to structure (my house). Vehicle was inspected by ins. Reps/others. It was taped off as battery was still live. Fire report states vehicle fire. Car was parked in driveway and was not driven for two days. No prior warnings or recalls.

Oil filter canister cracked dumping oil on top of motor, fire risk and engine failure risk.

The evap system leak p0456 the code I received.

Let me preface this by saying, I have spent thousands of dollars trying to get this fixed. Changed batteries. Changed fuel pump. Changed sensors. Made sure everything is tight/plugged in properly. It's gone to Jeep and other shops but no one has been able to find or fix the issue. Probably about two years ago this started. I was driving to work as normal and stopped at a red light. When I tried to accelerate, the car kind of jerked a little like it didn't want to go and then chugged on. Leaving work the same day, it did the same thing, but instead of just jerking, the car completely stopped. The dash displayed a notification that said: "shift to park". All of the electricity was on (lights, air, dash) but the car somehow switched itself directly into neutral even though I was in drive. Brought it to the shop, and they changed some sensors. A few months later, the same thing happened while in heavy morning traffic. I had to hurriedly put on my hazards because my car was not able to move. Tried starting it up after the "shift to park" notification displayed and it wouldn't start at all. I turned it off completely, waited a few minutes, tried to turn it on again, missed twice, and on the third try it finally came back on. Every day I drive my car now, I make sure to turn off the auto-start/stop button because this was the one time this happened while it was still on. Brought it to the shop - they had another, totally different diagnosis. More recently, I hadn't had a problem in a few months - but leaving work in 4 pm traffic the car felt like it was jerking every time I had to slow down (which was every few minutes since it was traffic time). I finally made it to the on-ramp of the gno to cross the river and while going around the roundabout, it happened yet again. It's dangerous. I'm surprised this hasn't led to severe accidents, injuries, or even deaths yet. It's absolutely ridiculous. There are thousands of forums online with people having the same issues. Help!.

I was at a redlight at a complete stop. I began to turn right onto the bypass and got to 13mph when my Jeep wouldn't catch the next gear. I rode in the emergency lane to make it to an autoparts store. My battery needed replacing so we tried that. I got back in Jeep and went to the red light and began to turn left and when my Jeep got to 13mph again it wouldnt shift to the next gear and I the car behind me had to slam on their brakes to keep from rear-ending me. I have found online a recall for 2016-2017 Jeep cherokee where over 67,000 were recalled for transmission issues. It took me an hour and a half speaking to 4 different people at Jeep customer care whom all told me "well that doesnt apply to your vehicle. " how does it not apply when my vehicle is doing the exact thing the recall was called for? I would greatly appreciate if someone would contact me about this issue. I enjoy my Jeep but I dont understand how this shouldn't be under the recall when this is a life threatening situation.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while approaching a light and attempting to depress the brake pedal, the vehicle shut off. The contact pumped the brake pedal while the vehicle was coming to a stop. The contact stated that the vehicle was unable to be shifted into park for a while; however, after several attempts, the contact shifted into park, restarted the vehicle, and continued driving. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed and the contact was informed that the cylinder, ignition coils, spark plugs, and an oil change were performed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 74,893.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at 20 mph, the check engine warning illuminated and she observed a odd noise emanating from the drivers side of the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that there was a cylinder three misfire and a tune up was needed. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The vehicle was then taken to a different independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the cam shaft and both head gaskets needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the contact stated that while in reverse (r) the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to restart after three attempts. . The vehicle was taken back to the independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the vehicles system needed to be updated and reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired but while stopped at in intersection the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to restart after sitting for a few minute's. . The vehicle was taken to the same shop again where it diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000.

It and it had a weird knock to the engine. Did get searched five times until it was figured out. It was the lifters and camshaft that failed at 82,000. It was fixed it did stall on the highway once before that. Complete fix the water pump issue. For the fuel system the evap code keeps showing up every few thousand miles even though it's been checked and serviced. No leaks of any kind even the very small code leak. No leaks were found in any parts of the car.

The oil filter housing in the Jeep Grand Cherokee is known to have serious problems and safety concerns. The pentastar oil filter housing used in these vehicles can crack and warp due to heat exposure and this can lead to serious oil leaks. Despite knowing about this issue, the company has never issued a recall, instead, they have discontinued the production of the pentastar and redesigned the oil filter housing for newer vehicle models. This oil filter housing is prone to so many issues mainly because it is made from plastic, not a metal that can withstand high engine temperatures. My mechanic is replacing the plastic housing now with an aluminum one that will withstand the heat and pressure needed to hold up. He told me that it has been a major issue for several years now and he has personally changed several of these out over the years. At one point he said it was such a big issue that he couldn't get parts to repair numerous vehicles that ended up sitting in his lot for a long time until parts become available. Everything I read online suggests that this is a major issue and one that people can't understand why Jeep has not been ordered to recall the wrongly designed housing. The safety issue on this one is potential breakdowns on highways where oil will make roadways slick and cpould also start an oil fire when oil starts to spray on the hot engine. Stranded cars will be parked on the sides of the road posing a risk to them and the other cars on the roads as well I didn't even know about the issue or that mine was failing until I had it in the shop to replace a leaking motor mount. It was during this work that they noticed the issue with the housing and told us that we need to replace it very soon. We decided to change it out and incur another 650. 00 in repairs.

A day after I bought my 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited my oil cooler spilt and oil went into my hole cooling system. Rock top Chrysler said $5200.

Vvl solenoid was faulty, and seems to be a common problem with 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Replaced coils, spark plugs and vvl solenoids.

2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 103k miles. I purchased my car new for around $45,000. All maintenance was done on time. Oil cooler assembly went out, then head gaskets, now I need a new engine. At 103k miles !Jeep has done nothing other than tell me sorry that will be $15,000 to repair. My engine is doing that loud clicking sound everyone is talking about. I’ve spoken with countless people this has happened to, some as early as 49k miles. There are videos online of mechanics bragging about how much money these engines are making them in repairs. Yet stellantis still refuses to take responsibility for their 3. 6l pentastar v6 engine issues. Even though there is a current class action against them for it. There are full youtube videos from mechanics explaining exactly why the 3. 6l pentastar v6 engine fails and still stellantis chooses to take more money from consumers to fix/replace their faulty engine. Now onto functionality of my vehicle, the start/stop engine problems I see people complaining about on here are real. The first thing I did when I got into my car was turn off my start/stop system. 20% of the time my system worked properly when left on. The rest of the time it was dangerous. The car would shut off when hitting the breaks and stall. I would be stuck on the freeway having to restart my car. I’m lucky it never caused an accident but it is terrifying being in the middle of the street and your car just shutting off and engaging the parking break and stuck in neutral. It’s happened more times than I can count, stop lights were where my car shut off most commonly. Usually would result in cars honking and people screaming to get out of the way while I scramble to get my car to turn back on. Over all, I’m so disappointed in this company and how it chooses to treat its consumers. . I was forever a Jeep owner until this week.

My 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee would not start. The power connection on the starter burned and I could smell smoke emanating from the vehicle. My Jeep required a tow to a local garage to be fixed. Upon my mechanic examining my vehicle, he discovered the engine also had a blown head gasket. To fix these issues is estimated to cost $5k - $6k. My Jeep only has 82,000 miles on it.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle had been running rough and idling roughly prior to the warning light becoming illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer to be diagnosed. The vehicle was diagnosed, and dtc: p0302 (misfire in cylinder #2) was retrieved. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,147.

Issue with transmission/transmission control module. Jeep has a hard time shifting from reverse, after 3 tries the gear is lost and vehicle must be shut down in order to try again. Once engaged, it'll "bang" loudly, cause the tires to squeal, and then reverse is granted. Also have an issue going between 3rd and 4th gears. To shift, we have to increase pressure in the transmission, sometimes getting the rpm up to 6k before shifting is allowed. After three unsuccessful attempts, all gears are lost and you have to get down to 33 mph in order to gain 3rd gear back or you have to pull over and restart the vehicle.

Car has always run great till last week, turned off Jeep then tried to start-brake is hard, steering is locked, push button lights up acc and run but wont start, fob is good battery, car batteries are new, service tech at dealer cant figure out im without a vehicle now for a week so far????.

The exhaust manifold bolts cracked on my Jeep Grand Cherokee hemi 5. 7l which has caused a "tick" sound and my 7yr old can smell gas while inside the vehicle. We have taken to dealerships who refuses to fix under warranty. I called Dodge Jeep of tomball and they say it's not covered emissions. They also say it's common issue with the hemi's. The problem is only getting worst and causes my son to have headaches. The problem is noticed on startup and acceleration.

Vehicle will randomly shut off with out warning, error message occurs about gears cant be switched and shuts off.

The Jeep transmission wont go into gear, loses power ,wont go into reverse, speeds up on its own and doesn't go into drive or losses power.

While driving on the freeway, in the fast lane, with children in the car the car lost all ability to accelerate, and lights came on. We had to coast to the side of the road and stop the car on the shoulder. We were almost hit while stuck there waiting for a tow truck. Nothing in the car worked, we were lucky to get one car window down as it was 103 degrees. We couldn't get out of the car bc we had two toddlers in car seats and no where safe to go. So we sat there praying and called family to come get us since we couldn't get kids into tow truck. Towed car to Jeep and Jeep wouldn't even look at it bc they were 3 weeks out diagnosis so we towed to closest mechanic and spent 2k to replace fuel pump. No warning lights messages or symptoms before. 6 months later the car started to shake when turned on and we took it to local mechanic who said I hope you have an extended warranty since Jeep has known problems with cyliners and gaskets. We immediately took it to Jeep who said the head cylinders were blown and it was leaking. The car only has 60,000 miles so to have a terrifying situation on the freeway and then issues with the engine was equally scary when it is our family car.

Was traveling in the fast lane of highway when the engine just stopped. Able to coast to shoulder of highway. Put car in park and tried to restart the engine. It would not restart. Gas tank was 1/4 full. Had to be towed. The same situation happened in Feb 2020 but the weather was bad and the dealer could not find a problem so it was blamed on the moisture in the electrical system.

I came to a stop at a red light. The vehicle engine turned off and then right back on with out me taking my foot off the brake. Once the light turned green I pressed the gas and the entire car shut off. I didn’t have any lights for hazards, couldn’t roll down my windows or unlock the doors. It also wouldn’t go into park so I had to put on the emergency brake.

The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle excessive white smoke was present coming from the exhaust pipes, also the vehicle would not properly accelerate and began to experience hesitation and stalling. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the engine cylinder 3 was faulty and coolant was flooding the engine. Eventually the engine had failed and was no longer able to be started. The vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 84,000.