CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee shows an early trend of transmission complaints. Most of the complaints are for rough shifting — things like jerking & hesitation when shifting gears.
The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee also has the same transmission issues.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
12 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
18 / 0
Average Mileage:
35,224 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
While driving approaching a stop my driver side headrest air bag deployed striking me in the head and almost causing an accident with the stopped vehicle infont of me. Upon resuming driving no airbag indicator light was present. When I arrived at my home I noticed the retainer did not release rather the plastic around the retainer pin failed causing deployment. I see this is an ongoing problem with many and fear the passengers side will fail next.
September 14,2020 Monday September 14, 2020. Left work at 8:10 am. Was driving home on N Cherokee ave. Got to stop light O ross clark cr. Turned right at light. Accelerated. To speed went through light at denton road. Just past techway automotive and before life South community blood bank. Bam I thought I had been hit from behind, my head went forward. Felt like someone punched the back of my head rest. It pushed me to steering wheel. This was in tragic at 8:30 in morning. I was with in 1 mile of dothan Jeep Chrysler Dodge. They said they do not have any recalls on it. But they did say it was an air bag. Could not tell me how this can just happen driving down the road.
The passenger side headrest deployed. The car was sitting in the driveway. No one was hurt. It appears that the plastic pieces clamped on to the metal bar that was holding the headrest closed broke, causing the headrest to open. I notified Jeep customer care and they told me someone would call me concerning my case and I have not received that call at this time.
The headrest on my Jeep popped forward suddenly and unexpectedly while parked. This appears to have been caused by a failure of the plastic parts of the whiplash mitigation system built into the seat. While the seat was unoccupied at the time I feel this would have caused injury had someone been in the seat.
We had just left home on a family trip, traveling at highway speeds. The passenger headrest violently sprang open, striking myself in the head. We were a lie to get the vehicle stoped, looked the whole vehicle over to make sure nothing could have cause the headrest to release like that. The headrest plastic that locks into the safety release had broken due to deterioration of the plastic. Luckily it wasn't the driver side because it possibly could have caused a wreak/loss of life. Still waiting on manufacture to resolve the issue.
Passenger active headrest deployed while vehicle parked, will not reset. These vehicles have an active headrest system that is designed to deploy forward in the event of a crash but the plastic housing that keeps it in place has crumbled and made the headrest leap forward in the deployed state and will not go back into position and hold.
The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while driving 15 mph, the front passenger's head rest inadvertently deployed without a crash. There was no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that there were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to elmwood Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram located at 625 taunton ave, East providence, ri 02914, (401) 438-0400, where the vehicle was diagnosed and the contact was informed that the head rest needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 63,000.
While driving on the highway, the passenger active headrest deployed. There was no accident. Passenger was hit in back of the head and scared by the noise and impact of the headrest. After arriving at destination, was able to inspect the headrest and can see that a piece had broken within the headrest.
I was sitting in the car in the parking lot and was about to start the car and all of sudden the driver headrest suddenly popped open. It smacked me in the head. There was no accident or nothing unusual to cause it to happen. I am hoping there is a recall on this problem and it gets fixed, it was not my fault at all. Thank you.
While driving on the highway at 55mph the active safety head restraint deployed, slamming the back of my head. I was able to pull over but stunned and this could have resulted in a high-speed collision. There was no impact or no triggering event to this. A preliminary call to a dealership indicates this is "somewhat common" and is not under warranty at over $700 for repair. I believe this is an clear manufacturing defect on a feature that can directly cause injury or result in an accident. Like an airbag, this device should be under recall for random deployments.
Passenger side headrest safety feature deployed at low speed. I was backing up in front of neighbor home on cul de sac.not involved in any collision or impact. This is on a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee
While driving the headrest hit me in the back of the head. I was driving in town therefore was quickly able to stop my vehicle to see what had happened. The headrest was deployed. I drove it home to show my husband & he said there was an air bag that had deployed. Had I been driving any faster I could have very well wrecked my car, as I thought at 1st someone was in my back seat. I have been unable to find a recall on the headrest but have seen recalls on earlier years. Please advice me what to do about this. The Jeep dealership surely will replace the headrest? thank you
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- Conway, SC, USA