2014 Jeep Cherokee: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed May 3, 2025 · Electrical, Lights · IN

Unknown: Headlights will dim/flicker making it harder to see at night and digital display on dashboard will go completely off causing driver to not be able to see current speed, fuel gauge, etc.

Filed Jun 6, 2022 · Engine, Fuel system · IL

After filling up the gas tank the engine stalls at stop light. I must quickly place car in park and restart the engine. This happens multiple times as I drive home. Then as I start driving again the engine seems to be hesitant and feels like it is "bucking" me. After the first time this happened it seemed to go away after fuel level in tank went down. When I filled the tank again the problem reappeared. This has happened twice to me. This is really a life threatening hazard.

Filed Sep 29, 2020 · 80,000 miles · GA

When idling or stopped in traffic or a stop sign the car shakes, lunges and stalls after filling up with fuel. The dealer has no idea, since no codes are shown. After about 25 miles of driving and lowering the fuel level I have no more issues until the next fill up. While at a traffic light the vehicle stalled and I put it in park to restart it and it didn't register that it was in park and message flashed to put in park.

Filed Aug 20, 2020 · 49,000 miles · OH

Was driving my 2014 jeep cherokee down the road. It shuttered and stopped suddenly. We barely coasted to side of road. We found out we was out of gas. The fuel gauge quit working. We was almost rear ended. We had less than 50,000 miles on my jeep. It was scary and jeep would do nothing about it unless I paid the 300.00 to get hooked up to computer at dealership. I had to pay it up front. I do not have the money for that. I thank god that we was not rear ended at the time it happened. We was driving down state route 49 in arcanum at the time it happened. Just driving from arcanum to greenville ohio. Called aaa for a tow. But a person stopped by with gas in a gas can and asked if we wanted to try it. We put gas in jeep. It started up. Felt with less than 50,000 they should have checked it out for free. What if we was rear ended? State route 49 in that area is very busy two lane state route. So we think gauge is wrong or broken. So might list unknown since never put on computer to know for sure.

Filed Sep 21, 2019 · Fuel system · 90,000 miles · NC

Filled tank with fuel. Drove about 1/4 mile and stopped at light to turn onto highway, car stalled and dash reads "shift to p then desired gear", picture attached, then drove about 6 miles. Had to stop and at light car stalled and dash read same as above..this happened when I stopped at work and when I was driving to dealer happened both times I needed to stop and same when I pulled under the service area at the dealer..dealer said there was an issue with fuel system..the problem is the vapor/liquid separator valve located at the top of the fuel tank. The valve is designed to prevent liquid fuel from entering the charcoal canister/emissions system. When the valve fails, liquid gas can enter the line and fill the charcoal canister. After refueling the PCM on the vehicle detects a change in fuel level. Then, when the engine meets certain temperature and driving criteria, the PCM issues a purge command to the charcoal canister to remove the stored gas vapors. It's at that point that all the liquid gas in the line gets sucked into the charcoal canister. The PCM expects to see gas vapors entering the intake manifold and it is prepared to adjust air/fuel mixtures to compensate. However, it is not prepared to see liquid gas coming into the intake. That's what causes the engine to stall. This seems to be a common problem, should be a recall in my opinion. I can either pay $1,700 for a new system... And is the new fuel pump redesigned? Or just not fill up the tank completely. Which I have read will help the issue.*dt

Filed Apr 11, 2019 · Electrical · 28,715 miles · PA

April 2016: two year old 2014 cherokee steering cluster display when dark. Removing and replacing the fuses initially restored the display. Dealer could not analyze as the display was working when they had the vehicle. Soon thereafter the problem recurred and was taken to the dealer while the display was dark. They recovered several general codes, did some software rebooting and the display restored. Approximately two years later the issue recurred, the dealer did several software reboots on several trips but the issue remained. Finally they determined that the cluster was bad and it was replaced. Fca reimbursed approximately 75% of the cluster and installation cost. The problem recurred intermittently for several months, each time involving a trip to the dealer. Finally they had it for three weeks, determined that all was good, and returned it to me. Two days later the cluster display died. I was referred to an independent service center with electronics expertise who analyzed the issue for two weeks, including deprogramming and reprogramming the complete system. The vehicle went to a different dealer for reprogramming and when returned to the independent service center the blank cluster display remained and they were unable to determine the root cause. The second dealer suggested the cluster was defective and should be replaced. The independent folks suggested the cluster is good, there is a short somewhere in the system or wiring, or a different module. This affects the speedometer, odometer, tachometer, all engine displays, turn signal indicators, gas gauge, and emergency warnings.

Filed Feb 6, 2017 · Fuel system · 48,000 miles · IL

Fuel tank will only take small amounts of gas at a time. Gas backs up in fuel neck and causes the pump to shut off. Fuel gauge will indicate low and takes me over 10 minutes just to put in 10 gallons of gas. I have tried holding the nozzle at different angles, different speeds and tried multiple gas stations with no success. Gas continues to back up in the fuel neck and occasionally pukes up gas out of the fuel neck.

Filed Dec 6, 2016 · Fuel system · 40,000 miles · KY

When I pump gas into the jeep, it cuts off after only a very small bit of gas has been pumped. The fuel gauge will show that I am low on fuel, I will stop to get fuel, when I pump the pump auto cuts me off as if the tank is full. There is also a backsplash of fuel inside the hose. I had the car serviced in march 2016 and the notes indicate that a filler tube was replaced. Now it is december 6, 2016 and I am having this same issue. When I read the jeep owners boards, this appears to be an issue with many jeep models and for many model years. It worries me that I will be stranded out on the roads and not able to fill my fuel tank to carry on with my trip. Also, I am concerned about the gas backsplash. While I have not yet seen the gas leave the tube, it does back up to the point I can see it and one thinks it will back out of the car altogether. I just don't see how this can be safe. Since it happens when I am pumping gas, the vehicle is always parked and turned off when I experience this issue. On some of the boards, it is recommended to back up the gas pump and try it different angles within the tube. No matter how much I back the pump up or angle the position of the pump, it cuts off after only a tiny amount of gas being expelled into the jeep tank.

Filed Jul 25, 2016 · 11,117 miles · IA

Drivers side instrument cluster keeps going black so I can not see the mileage, gas gauge, speedometer or any other warning lights that might be present while driving the vehicle. I have taken it to the dealership many times and they just keep resetting and reconfigure the modules and a few months later it will happen again until the cluster unit was finally replaced and now again the same thing is happening. This has never happened while driving but just out of the blue when I go to start the vehicle the dash will not light up, all recalls on this vehicle are up to date. I bought the cherokee in may 10, 2014 and it was in the shop with this issue on april 4, 2015 and has been in the shop off an on since that time. It is currently as of this moment in the shop for the same problem and I am currently driving a loaner car.