Turn Signal problems of the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Two problems related to turn signal have been reported for the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2017 Grand Cherokee.

1 Turn Signal problem

Failure Date: 07/31/2018

Dealer has tried to fix electrical problems 4 times 7/30/18 we had no headlights,no taillights,no turn signals,no brake lights,and no way of knowing they didn't work. Today 7/31/2018 went to start car locked into run but wasn't running couldn't move out of park won't start again.

2 Turn Signal problem

Failure Date: 11/28/2016

The Jeep Grand Cherokee has a "safety" feature called automatic high-beams, a feature they charge an additional fee for. The feature itself can be turned on/off only through the uconnect system of settings, while the vehicle is stopped. The actual feature once turned on can be enabled and disabled through the turn signal stalk (pushing forward to enable, back to disable) once the feature is turned on via uconnect, there is no way to manually turn on your high-beams except by pulling back on the turn signal stalk to enable your flash-to-pass high-beams. This allows the high-beams to turn on for approximately 6 seconds before they automatically turn off, even if you are still holding the stalk back towards you. The reason this is a safety issue is that the uconnect system automatically disables automatic high-beams at speeds of 15mph or less. Once this feature is automatically disabled, it cannot be re-enabled until you hit a speed of 23mph, at this point the automatic high-beams is re-enabled by the uconnect system. Where this becomes an increased safety issue is on residential streets with speed limits of 20mph. There is no way to turn on your high beams on residential roads, unless you are able to turn onto the residential road where the lights were previously automatically enabled (ie driving above 23mph) and you keep your vehicle speed above 15mph. The only way to turn on your high beams in this situation is to do one of the following: 1- break the speed limit to reach 23 mph then drop back down to the legal speed limit (so not an option). 2- drive with 1 hand on the wheel, while holding back the turn-signal stalk to enable flash to pass high-beams, and every 6 seconds resetting the stalk after they turn off. 3- stop your vehicle, enter the uconnect system on the radio, change the settings to turn off the automatic high-beam feature.


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