2019 Jeep Cherokee: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Jun 18, 2025 · Driver assistance, Transmission · CO

My Service 4wd light is on again and the electronic controller module is cracked under the hood. There is no 4wd, sensors are not working, the automatic high beams as well as manual high beams will not work, I have random dings going off, and the car does not shift properly. Gas mileage is way down. This is a continuous issue with this vehicle. I have replaced the ptu, and I need help!!!! This has cost me nearly $10,000 out of pocket.

Filed Oct 15, 2024 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 350 miles · MI

The contact owns a 2019 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated while driving 10 MPH at night, the headlights turned off momentarily. Additionally, the contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the instrument panel and the infotainment system screen display turned on after 15 seconds. The contact also stated that the instrument panel and the infotainment system screen display were turning off intermittently while driving. The contact stated that the forward collision system chime failed to engage while there was another vehicle in the rear proximity of the vehicle; however, the forward collision avoidance system chime engaged while driving by another vehicle. Additionally, the contact stated while driving from a complete stop, the vehicle made an abnormal clunking sound while shifting into 2nd gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 350.

Filed Jun 10, 2024 · Lights, Transmission · TX

Driving at night with headlights on: got warning “license plate light out.” Needed to reverse shortly after and the car immediately applied the brakes because it said the backup camera was unusable without the license plate light. Shut the car off for a while and when I tried to start it again, it three the following codes in sequence. Park Sense Unavailable Service Electronic Stability Control Service Electronic Throttle Control License Plate Light Out Service Park Brake Then the start screen appears. Brake + Push Button to Start Doing that brings up “Service Transmission Restart in Park With Vehicle at Zero Speed. So again I pressed the brake and start Button. It then started, repeated all previous error codes leaving warning icons active for all related systems and rendered them all inop. The last screen says “Service Transmission.” From there all ability to check the status of any other system on the vehicle is inhibited. The transmission slams into gear. And then works in the first two gears normally. Also notable is that 4x4 is inhibited and the AC will not work. Prior to the License Plate Light Out warning, everything worked normally. Now every system on the car has gone haywire. And I am pretty sure the Jeep folks will gladly overbill me for their defective design. I think some logic module or whatever name Jeep uses for it is somehow the culprit, and the car is doing exactly what it was programmed to do under the current conditions.

Filed Feb 4, 2021 · Lights · 4,500 miles · NY

Headlight seals leak ( codensation build up) corroding electrical wires making lts work intermittenly. This is an perpetual problem as it was a problem on my past jeep. I noticed 2021 jeeps on lots (brand new) many had condensation inside of headlights. Stationary

Filed Oct 23, 2020 · Brakes · 31,000 miles · UT

The vehicle has had this issue 3x over the past year. The first incident occurred when the car was put in reverse and was moving in a busy parking lot, the emergency brake came on and immediately halted the car. When turned off it turned back on and when put in break and turned off it went off and was able to be driven. The next incident the car was in drive and in motion on a city street, when the emergency brake came on and the car came to an abrupt halt from 15 MPH to 0. I put the car in park and turned it off and on again and it drove ok. The 3rd incident the car was being driven in a busy intersection of a city street, when the e brake came on and the car immediately halted. We turned the brake off and looked up and it still wouldn't move, but all of the lights were on including the headlight brights. It stated on the dash to put the car in neutral and other lights were on as well. We put the car in park and turned the engine off and then tried to restart it. It wouldn't start. We sat for 10 seconds and then restarted it and turned the brights off and then the car drove ok.

Filed Aug 6, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 47,616 miles · LA

After coming to a stop at an intersection with a red light I was at a complete stop and the auto engine on/off feature activated. When the light turned green I went to accelerate but as soon as I applied the accelerator the displays, dash lights, and headlights all turned off. The vehicle's engine also turned off. The electronics stayed off for several more seconds before coming back on but I could not start the vehicle for nearly a minute. While attempting to turn the vehicle back on I had put it in park, had my foot on the brake, and had held the push to start button in all three positions. The engine did not attempt to turn over at any time. After approximately 1 minute, I was finally able to start the vehicle again and continue to my home. Once I arrived, I cycled through the vehicle information screens. The battery read an output of 13.6 volts. The vehicle acted normally afterwards and no warning lights appeared after or were on before.

Filed Jan 10, 2020 · 27,500 miles · PA

2019 jeep cherokee latitude. First bought the car the head lights and tail lights were dead. Took it into the dealer to have it repaired, took it into the dealer for a tramission recall. Randomly driving down a major highway a vehicle just shuts off in the middle of in the middle of the road and wouldn't start back up for a few minutes while I was stuck in the middle of the highway. Called dealer. Radio randomly doesn't work correctly either stays running when the keys turned off car and keys taken out , radio randomly shuts off

Filed Sep 3, 2019 · Brakes, Engine · 7,504 miles · WV

While driving this morning at 70 MPH my 2019 jeep cherokee 2.0 turbo lost all power, power steering and power brakes. I fought to pull it off the road. Right when it stalled out the message center stated "auto start/stop not available" and the auto start/stop light illuminated along with the battery light. The 'd' drive indicator on the dash was blinking. Upon stopping and placing the vehicle in park, it turned over but would not start. I placed the vehicle in neutral, and nothing. The car acted as if it were in auto stop as the door chime dinged when the door was open and headlights were off (push button start). Locking the vehicle left the dash lit up like it was running. Chrysler had it towed to the local dealership where it is waiting to be looked at. Had my wife been driving this when it happened she might not have been able to pull to the side of the road with no power steering or brake assist.