Four problems related to transmission slip out of gear have been reported for the 2015 Jeep Wrangler. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The vehicle violently jumps out of 1st gear (manual transmission) periodically when taking off. From online research I've done, this has happened to several others also. It happens when first trying to take off in first gear. I've had it happen a couple of times when attempting a left turn at a stoplight. I put it in 1st gear and when letting out the clutch it violently jumps out of gear. It is loud and shocking and obviously the vehicle stops moving forward. I have to quickly push in the clutch to attempt to put it back into gear to try to get through the intersection. Luckily I haven't been hit by an oncoming vehicle, but when you lose all power trying to turn left it is a very dangerous situation. I reached out to a couple of dealers, but they claim to not be aware of the situation. Since I see reports on the Jeep forums, it is obvious to me that it is a common and dangerous issue that needs attention from the manufacturer before someone is seriously injured.
Tl-the contact owns a 2015 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated that when shift gears the vehicle violently would shift out of first gear and make a loud pop noise and violent jerk. The vehicle was taken to crown Chrysler Jeep Dodge ram dublin, 6350 perimeter loop rd, dublin, OH 43017, and was diagnosed that the internal failure in synchronize causing transmission to shift out of first gear. The transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that they would cover half of the repair and provided a case number. The contact mention that the vehicle was taken previously to the same dealer for the same failure but could not duplicated the failure. However the failure continue to occurred. The failure mileage was approximately 42,222. Aw.
After a couple of weeks we noticed water all on the passenger side of the vehicle after raining. I asked the salesman about the leaks and he stated all Jeeps do that. . Carpets continued to get soaked and cannot see where it is leaking so I asked the maintenance tech after our first oil change and I was told to pull the plug under the carpet and drain the water. . I again was told it was normal for a Jeep to leak. . Approx March 2016 the wife was fed up with the water pouring in and the smell of mildew of the carpet due to leakage. She went to the dealer and complained . She was told we had to make an appointment which would be beyond a month and they would keep it for a spell . No rental or loaner. . . I work out of town and getting it in on appointment is not always feasable being my wife is on disability and needs a vehicle. Since then the passenger seatbelt has stuck on numerous occasion and cannot be operated properly. The problem seems to be latch sticking and not releasing. My wife mentioned to me since she drives it more than me, that it pulls and has been for a long time. When I received a letter from Chrysler around oct 15th I sent in negative words of all these issues and when I got a call about these issues I received a call from bonnie a case manager and we talked. She said to get it to the dealer for repairs and if I had any other issuesto call her back and gave me a case number. I contacted the dealer but no repairs yet. They say wait for appointment. I did go to the recall website and noticed others having a weather issue, a few seatbelts and also the so called death wobble. I asked the wife for the full symptoms and to my surprise it is the known death wobble. She said it will shake violantly after 60mph and then jump out of gear , pop into nuetral. Has happened she said 3 times this year. Jeep has never been offroad and top has never been off. .
Two weeks ago the Jeep failed to shift out of gear on the highway while driving to work. Prior to this it was not displaying any issues. Luckily I was able to coast to a stop in the breakdown lane and called for a tow back to the dealership. Later that day I received a call from a service manager, roger that the clutch was worn out and required replacement. I was shocked that a vehicle that is less than a year old with less that 18k miles would need a clutch since about all I do with it is drive to work. He explained that this is a wear part and not under the warrantee since I was over 12k miles. Later the next day they called me down to the dealership to examine the full extent of the damage. The clutch just didn¿t wear it shredded itself apart causing a catastrophic failure in the transmission. The mechanic (who seemed to know what he was talking about) explained that based on the flywheel condition that this was not a case of gradual wear but a sudden failure that damaged the flywheel and transmission housing. He was basing that assessment on the fact that the flywheel was not worn at all and showed me what a worn flywheel would look like. Upon hearing that I insisted that this should be a warranty covered repair as it sounded like a manufacturer¿s defect that caused this and certainly nothing I¿ve done. Basically the clutch exploded and caused this. I've posted this story on a few Jeep forums and found a few other Jeep owners that were told the same this. Its about time fca take responsibility for this and issue a recall before anyone gets hurt.