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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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1C4PJMCB7HW••••••2017 Jeep CHEROKEE
This build draws 2.5× more complaints than the average 2017 Jeep CHEROKEE build (14 vs 6).
14on this build
1297on the model
234builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedPower Train 7Electrical System 3Service Brakes 2Engine 1
What owners of this build wrote
Service BrakescrashMay 2017
We just purchased above vehicle with 13 miles on it. Like the car, but we were crawling along and the car in front of us stopped. My husband tried to stop and hit both the gas and brake pedal at the same time. The brake pedal and gas were side by side and he hit both at same…
Power TrainSep 2025
The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, the message “Service Shifter” was displayed. Additionally, while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle hesitated to start, but the vehicle started after the third attempt. The…
Unknown Or OtherNov 2024
Driving on the highway I was alerted with a warning on my dashboard display to "Service Shifter". At the same time all of the gear symbols illuminated red and stayed on. I did a web search regarding this issue and found this is happening to a very large number of Jeeps like mine…
Electrical SystemSep 2020
While driving my jeep a warning popped on the dash stating to service shifter. My car decided to have the brakes lock up and dash showed car was in park while the shifter clearly showed it was in drive. Thank god I was not going more than 15mph when this happened as we had just…
Exterior LightingJun 2020
I have a photo of this sticker. Inside on the car's body frame of the driver's side of my 2017 JEEP, there is a sticker that says: THIS VEHICLE MAY INCLUDE MERCURY -- added devices installed by the manufacturer: Video display (which I have to touch to operate the radio and phone…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1C4PJMCB7HW530846 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.