So I am looking for this user lol.... if anyone can help me I would gladly appreciate it. I have a bunch of questions on my 2017 kl including ecm programing, rpm raise for "trans brake" and spray or boost. If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great. Would rather not invent the wheel and have a " knock knock... who's there cylinder 3.... preferred lol. Thanks for the help in advance!!

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Looking for good dry traction Good wet traction in rain Decent in snow and ice

Was looking at the falken wild peak trail ats Cooper discover at3 Firestone ats BFGoodrich ats

Which one of those would be good ? Or if yall have a recommendation of a good all terrain tire. Thank you.

Anyone running Venom Power terra hunter x/t’s on a kl? I’m thinking of purchasing 245/65 r17 standard size with no lift. Love to see pics if so.

Hello everyone, I'm interested in the 2019 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk 2.0L - i4 and I really like it after my test drive. It is at 86000 km with no accident. Is there anything I need to know about this model as well as how to take care of it as it is my first car if I decide to buy it? Thank you a lot.

Hey guys. My wife has a 2016 Cherokee Trailhawk. We bought it about 5 years ago with 25k miles and it now has 108k on it.

Within the past couple months it has had the symptoms of a failing PTU happen here and there. Brought it to the dealer last month and they heard the grinding noise we had been hearing at about 35 mph in auto mode. They did the software update and the grinding seemed to go away but I still knew it wouldn’t last long.

The last couple days the grinding came back and my wife also said it was making a pop/thud in the rear end while turning corners. Which threw me off a little bit because that sounds like something in the rear diff.

Brought it to the dealership and they told me the PTU is bad and that they will replace under warranty. Unfortunately they said the rear drive module is also bad along with the drivers side rear cv axle, and there’s some noise coming from the driveshaft as well. To replace the rear drive module and cv axle it would be about $4600.

Having a hard time deciding what we should do. Luckily it is completely paid off but it Worries me that the entire drivetrain on this thing is shot at the same time. Do we fix everything and hope it doesn’t keep nickle and diming us? Just do the PTU and hope it’s enough of a fix to sell or trade in? I’m hoping the dealership is wrong and it’s just the PTU causing our issues.

Shitty part is I drove an 06 ram for way longer than I wanted to and I was repairing it all the time. Literally just bought a new truck last week so we really don’t want to purchase anything that would cost us more than what we could get for the jeep. I thought finally we would both have reliable cars. Nope!

Any insight is appreciated! And if anyone has replaced both their PTU and RDM how did it go afterwards? Did you continue having issues?

Got the Trailhawk new in 2020. Was getting free oil change from the dealer until earlier this year. From what I read on the receipts it looks like they were using semi-synthetic. I plan on doing my own changes from now on and switching to full synthetic. The engine is a 6 cylinder with 68K miles on it. Can I simply switch over to synthetic or will I have to do any other procedures? How much oil will she need? Thanks!

Hi there! I had to replace the headlights housings on my 2014 TH, and I’m looking to pitch LEDs on them, since the stock halogen ones where terrible to put it kindly, I have read a lot about upgrading to a HID, but I really like something more plug and play, thanks!

Stock size says 225/60r18

Just got an oil change and the oil life didn’t reset. I held the OK button down (even when engine off) and it still didn’t reset. Does anyone know how to fix this?

My 2019 cherokee towing our food trailer to our first event. Not the ideal tow vehicle but its what we had to work with. She a latitude plus fwd 2.0l turbo installed an Amazon tow hitch flipped the ball hitch to give some height added rubber spring helpers in the rear. She had the power but the Amazon tow hitch sit just under the bumper button out once going thru a intersection going 30mph. Investing in truck but keeping the cherokee. Trailer is 5000lbs empty this one was loaded with everything water, lowboy, freezer, and all the equipment minus the generator and food we used my ladys toyota rav4 for that stuff.

**SOLVED: It was a crack oil filter housing as some suggested. Replaced with metal one. Hopefully won't ever run into that issue again.

Woke up this morning to oil on the driveway. Recently changed my oil so I thought, no big, probably the drain plug needs tightening. Got under the jeep and the plug was properly tightened and not leaking.

Removed the skid plate and it looks like the leak may be coming from these hoses (pardon my lack of technical terms, I am a relative noob to mechanics). I dried the connection so there was no oil visible and then started the car. After 2-3 min I could see some oil starting to show. If you grab the hose itself and wiggle it, there's some play in it at the junction where the hose goes into the nut

A few questions for the braintrust in this group

• What are these hoses called?
• Is that play normal?
• If the issue is the hoses, how boned am I? Is it a relatively easy/inexpensive repair or are we talking something much larger/more expensive.

Pardon the ignorance, trying to learn as I go.

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I have a 14 TH and am curious about the static and dynamic load limit for the factory roof rails. Will is support a tent for two adults or just like a basket with some gear.

I have the 7" uconnect in my 2019 latitude plus. It's definitely too small and I want to replace it. I've seen some stuff on here about replacements from crutchfield, I've also seen some things searching online like this: https://www.mergescreens.com/products/jeep-cherokee-2015-2020-tesla-style-carplay-screen?variant=42376465055915

Was wondering if anyone else has replaced their unconnect with an aftermarket touchscreen radio and what you'd recommend. TBH the one in the link I found seems too good to be true lol.

The window panel started peeling on my passenger side. At this point I’m waiting for it to completely peel off. But what is the best way to go about fixing this? Is there something I can buy to put over it? Its 2020 Cherokee

Had some negative temperatures that drained the battery, so when things warmed up was able to charge the battery and start it up. Left for the weekend where my wife used it for airport drop off and pickup without issue.

Day after I got back the battery was dead again so had to charge it to start up and then took it to autozone where they tested the battery and said it was fine. Couple days later it was dead again but after charging this time had the CEL light on, so back to autozone where they read them and said was related to the battery being dead.

Battery is now dead again (went from 14v down to 9v as seen in the dash) I can tell it’s close to starting but with the push to start I can’t long crank so it doesn’t start.

So wondering if the autozone check is wrong and it’s a dying battery or if there’s a power drain somewhere? I’ve done no new electrical work but the a with the circle around it has been showing for a while but I usually turn that off when driving anyway.

I have a 2020 Cherokee trailhawk and I’m looking to get new front lower control arms but can’t find them anywhere except the dealer. Anyone have any ideas?

2019 Trailhawk

Start/stop hasn’t worked at all the past couple of weeks and “Start/stop not ready: battery charging” still shows up after multiple 45+ minute trips. Initially I thought maybe it was the cold (cold being around 30f here) but it’s never lasted this long.

Could this mean the battery needs replaced soon? After some digging it looks like the Cherokee doesn’t have an auxiliary battery like I originally thought, so I guess it would just be the main battery? The battery I have now was put in new when I got the vehicle in Aug 2022.

I don’t even care about having start/stop, but I just don’t want to get stuck anywhere 😬

I have a 2016 cherokee with a little over 97k miles. Lately I've noticed a slight rattling when I start the engine - typically remote start for about 5-10min before Im out the door.

I've looked online in a few forums but couldnt find anyone with a similar issue was hoping to find some answers here - any insight is certainly appreciated!

I wanted to post an update to the issues I’ve been having with my 2019 Trailhawk (2.0T engine). When driving it would suddenly go into neutral, I’d loose power and it would just redline the needle. At first I thought it was an issue related to the ZF-9 trans but it actually turned out to be a failed PTU and the car going into neutral was the PTU disengaging itself. The day we were slated take it to the dealer, the PTU blew itself up and we couldn’t get it into park without it trying to roll away. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s a known issue! Also, it was important to note there were no error messages or codes being thrown. Anywho, the dealer figured it out, however, new PTU is on Backorder and probably won’t have the Cherokee back for at least a whole month. Under warranty tho so things could be worse. There was an unrelated issue with the shifter the dealer found( of course) and that’s $1200 out of pocket.

I bought my Cherokee in July of last year and haven’t had a single problem with it until winter started and it got colder. In the morning when I go to work if the outside temperature is below freezing I get the following messages

• auto start/stop disabled
• 4wd disabled

Along with that the traction control light and check engine light turn on. When I try to drive it the jeep feels sluggish and labored, it won’t go about 3k rpm and won’t go above 50 mph. After letting it warm up though and restarting it all of these problems disappear and the jeep acts like nothing happened. If the temperature wasnt below freezing the previous night I have no issues in the morning. Any advice?

So I just starting getting awful and loud grinding and squealing noise from what I think must be a failed driveshaft bearing. I was already getting some noise, but much quieter, from it for quite a while, so it must have just failed entirely. I'm thinking it is the driveshaft bearing based what I have read around on the issue.

I did try pulling the PTU fuse, made no difference.

Can the bearing itself just be replaced, or does the entire driveshaft have to be replaced?

I'm also curious to know if the driveshaft can just be removed, leaving it as a FWD vehicle?

Or what else might be the problem?

It does have fairly high mileage, 225,000 Km / 140,000 miles, but I don't drive it more than 10,000km / 6000 miles a year, so I'm thinking a repair could still be worthwhile since the car would likely be usable for a good amount of time before it really needs to be junked.

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