CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2014 (and 2015) Jeep Grand Cherokee have a serious defect trend of transmission complaints. Most of the complaints are for rough shifting — things like jerking & hesitation when shifting gears.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
14 / 13
Injuries / Deaths:
10 / 0
Average Mileage:
37,481 miles

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2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine problems

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2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Owner Comments (Page 7 of 18)

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problem #239

Feb 012021

Grand Cherokee 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 60,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, smoke was present coming from the engine compartment and oil had leaked under the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the plastic oil filter housing had failed causing an oil leak and the oil filter housing gasket needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified but no assistance was offered. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 60,000.

- Santa Fe, NM, USA

problem #238

Feb 142020

Grand Cherokee

  • 108,000 miles
Cylinder head misfire #2 and service four wheel drive light. I had taken it in to our local mechanic he said the head needs to be replaced there is a current recall and extended warranty out now with the same problems but our Jeep is not on the VIN list (pentastar tic) is what our mechanic called it.

- Park Rapids, MN, USA

problem #237

Oct 022020

Grand Cherokee

  • 62,000 miles
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited 3.6L -67K miles. Cracked oil filter housing. Noticed a small oil leak fall 2020 on my garage floor after oil change from local Chrysler dealership. Late winter 2021 noticed the leak was bigger on garage floor. Checked under car around oil pan. Oil pan nut area was clean of oil, but oil was dripping down engine and over exhaust and onto the transmission. Noticed oil puddling inside transmission skid plate. Looked online for causes and found the oil filter housing was known to crack on these engines. I located my oil filter near the top of the engine and found oil all around the base of the housing. The filter neck was clean of oil, just a pool of oil at the base of the neck!! looked up Chrysler recalls and nothing reported for this part. But did find many same engine owners complaining of this same problem! read many articles about this product being made of plastic and failing. All of my oil changes have been from the same local Chrysler dealership. Did they cause this by over tightening oil filter" or is this truly a defect product and Chrysler is waiting for a vehicle to catch fire or a death before a recall is issued? are vehicle engine fires caused by oil leaking onto extremely hot engine/transmission/exhaust parts?"

- Springfield, IL, USA

problem #236

Feb 252021

Grand Cherokee

  • 137,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The oil filter housing is made of plastic and attached to the motor. High failure rate as evidenced by the 40,000 part backorder status of the part. Causes moderate to severe oil leak when cracked, and engine failure if it breaks completely. Leaves an oily mess wherever it is parked. Oil will blow back onto other vehicles and vehicle will be stall and be stranded when motor locks up due to no oil. $600+ repair costs. Affects some Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler vehicles. Unable to repair stalled vehicles because part is unavailable. Est wait time is over a month. Part number is 68105583af. There is no excuse for the company not to take responsibility for putting a plastic connector inside an engine housing. It's common sense. I was left stranded on a busy road and had to be towed. I personally know of two others also. Our vehicles are useless because of this. To make matters worse, dealers are now overcharging for the part. Normally $199, now charging over $300.

- Rector, AR, USA

problem #235

Feb 102021

Grand Cherokee

  • 65,000 miles
I noticed an oil leak, through a little research I thought it was the oil cooler/oil filter adapter. I took it to a shop and they confirmed it but told me that there was a nationwide back order on the part. I was told that 37,000 units are on back order. I feel that there is definitely a problem with this part, I think that oil leaks could lead to possible safety issues and possible damage to the engine

- Sioux Falls, SD, USA

problem #234

Feb 112021

Grand Cherokee

  • 85,000 miles
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, she noticed a puddle of fluid on the ground. The vehicle was taken to and independent mechanic and was diagnosed that the oil cooler was leaking and was mixing oil with the antifreeze and was going back into the engine. The contact was informed that the oil cooler unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was in the process of been repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

- Saint Albans, NY, USA

problem #233

Feb 022021

Grand Cherokee

  • 50 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I bought this Jeep in 2018 with low miles 40,000 now in 2021 has 68,000. I have been driving the car only to go work and working from home I wasn't driving that much. Suddenly while driving I noticed a light on and it was on and off, and oil smell. I took it for the diagnostic and the code misfire detected in cylinder number 3., P0303, which is a problem with the engine. The price is 4000 to fix the problem because is a misfire in one of the cylinders of the engine. The car is not working properly because it has a oil smell and some issues when I am driving such as shaking and also a weird sound. This is the only car that I have right now and I am scare to drive it because I don't think it is safe to drive it with oil smell, it might caught on fire or something. The starter is not working and when driving is unstable. I just drive locally I don't know how this car is giving me an engine problem with that low mileage. It is not possible that a car parked and using not often could have an engine problem. I bought this car thinking to keep it for a long time since I always take a good care of my cars. I need an explanation from Jeep regarding this problem. I am not going to spend over $4000 in a car with less than 100,000 miles and with a problem that was not done by me. I need to resolve this since it might be a safety risk if I continue driving this car with some type of engine/ oil smell. When I parked the car a strong burned oil smell comes out and goes inside the car.

- Waterbury, CT, USA

problem #232

Feb 132021

Grand Cherokee

  • 66,722 miles
Took my vehicle to browns Chrysler Jeep Dodge today in patchogue NY today as I noticed oil leaking from under carriage. It was told to me that the oil filter housing assembly is broken. Contacted my local car repair ( tire city, shirley NY ) to get information on this situation and also see how much they would charge. In the conversation, it was mentioned that they also had this similar problem and had many Jeep come in lately with the same problems. I have also contacted and had them record the issue with Chrysler head quarters in mi. I believe as well as the owner of tire city in shirley NY, that there should be an investigation on this as well as a recall.

- Manorville, NY, USA

problem #231

Oct 142020

Grand Cherokee

  • 83,000 miles
Ticking noise from left head

- West Palm Beach, FL, USA

problem #230

Feb 052021

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
Hello, my vehicle has had a number of recalls for emissions and drive train. Due the number of modifications by Jeep, my vehicle's performance has been negatively affected to a point that sometimes it is dangerous to drive. Every software update results in lower mileage and sluggish performance. Now Jeep is slow rolling egr recall and letting a dangerous situation to develop.

- Haymarket, VA, USA

problem #229

Feb 052021

Grand Cherokee

  • 0 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Chrysler has a recall for the egr cooler on the Dodge Ram ecodiesel (VB1/NHTSA 19V-757) this is the same engine and egr cooler as the Jeep Grand Cherokee ecodiesel. There have been reports of Grand Cherokee 3.0 ecodiesel vehicles catching fire and burning to the ground. Jeep currently does not have a fix for this issue or parts for it, yet we are still allowed to drive around in our vehicles. This is unacceptable.

- Medford, MA, USA

problem #228

Feb 012020

Grand Cherokee

  • 5 miles
I have took my vehicle for a shifter recall. They did a programming they said and that it should have fixed the problem. I explained to Chrysler capital about how my vehicle would shift into neutral after throwing itself into other gears. I would have to turn off the vehicle and begin driving again. Now my vehicle hardly drives and the transmission makes a loud cracking noise. This recall made my transmission go out.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #227

Jun 302020

Grand Cherokee

  • 77,000 miles
To whom it may concern: I am a srt owner who loves his truck, but not happy with the design of the 6.4 hemi engine. As one of the highest costing Jeep in your line up I would assume I would have no problems with it after 77,000 miles. Unfortunately, my engine had lifter failure which destroyed my engine. This happened on the throggs neck bridge while I was driving with my family. Upon further research I've found hundreds of other srt owners suffered the same problem incurring thousands of dollars if they didn't blow their engine from the flaw of the design of the engine. At this point how is there not a recall? does it take a class action lawsuit because this is unheard off. Completely disappointed and would never buy another Jeep let alone recommend buying anything from Jeep Chrysler Fiat. Sincerely, [xxx] 2014 Jeep srt owner information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Rvc, NY, USA

problem #226

Jan 082021

Grand Cherokee

  • miles
I bought this Jeep on the 31st of December. Only 10 days into having it the oil started leaking. I took it to a repair shop and he advised me that it was leaking from the oil filter and housing along with the oil cooler. He advised me that this is a ongoing issue with these Jeep. This would not be a easy fix as the intake manifold along with the heater hoses, filter housing/oil cooler assembly would all have to be removed.

- Greendale, IN, USA

problem #225

Jan 082021

Grand Cherokee

  • 55,000 miles
Oil filter and cooler housing leaking. Car has less than 60,000 miles and in 6 years old. This is a common problem with the 3.6L engine in these cars and can lead to a fire or loss of engine oil resulting in engine failure without warning. This is not caused by any motion of the vehicle but just by the heat of the engine warping the plastic part and causing the seals to leak.

- Torrington, CT, USA

problem #224

Oct 232020

Grand Cherokee

  • 149,110 miles
Lifters extremely noisy. Loss of power. Dealer states they are fine. Were replaced once under warranty, 2 years later same problem. Dealer told me to replace the engine.

- Bloomfield Township, MI, USA

problem #223

Dec 312017

Grand Cherokee 6-cyl Diesel

  • 102,000 miles
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20V699000 (engine and engine cooling) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The vehicle was taken to jeff D'ambrosio Dodge Chrysler Jeep downingtown (1221 E lancaster ave, downingtown, pa 19335; (610) 269-9500) where it was confirmed that the part was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact stated that the egr cooler was replaced five times however, there was a fracture which allowed gasoline to enter the engine, causing the engine to fail. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 102,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Consumer stated egr cooler is still not available.

- Downingtown, PA, USA

problem #222

Nov 142020

Grand Cherokee

  • 98,987 miles
The contact owns a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated while driving 35-45 mph making a right turn, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to cabral Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram Fiat (1145 w yosemite ave, manteca, ca 95337, (209) 647-3195) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the tone wheel sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was not covered under NHTSA campaign number: 20V475000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 98,987.

- Ripon, CA, USA

problem #221

Dec 162020

Grand Cherokee

  • 103,000 miles
Jeep alternator failure, matches description in alternator important safety recall P60 / NHTSA 14V-634 and matches dates for vehicle recall in new safety recall advanced communication ' T3607112017 for Jeep prior to July 2014, my build date Aug 2013. While driving Jeep, battery warning light, then Jeep engine died while driving, several alert lights flashed and vehicle electrically died, doors locked, windows locked, no start. Would not accept aaa jump. Dealer says safety recalls not applicable to my vehicle - yet alt type (bja) is described in your safety recall, description of what happens matches, and vehicle quit operating while in motion.

- Middletown, CT, USA

problem #220

Dec 142020

Grand Cherokee

  • 112,500 miles
Unexpected shift to neutral while accelerating

- Midlothian, TX, USA

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