2015 Jeep Cherokee Brakes

My daughter was driving her car in the middle of a busy intersection when the parking brake locked up causing her to come to an abrupt stop and almost cause an accident. A quick google search appears to indicate that this issue has already been under investigation by NHTSA for a period of time.

The emergency parking brake failed and became stuck in place, making my vehicle unable to get out of park to drive. I am able to shift gears but the EPB is stuck. There is also instances where the EPB has turned on by itself in the middle of driving. I saw there was research ongoing with this issue in 2014-2021 Jeep Cherokees (PE 22-009) which is related to a previous recall (15v-393). I hope this issue is able to progress to a recall as this is severely dangerous and inconvenient. Thankfully this has only happened while I was driving not near other cars but in the event this should happen on the highway for instance it could be catastrophic.

While driving with my children, a message to service the electronic parking break appeared. The parking break engaged and I am no longer able to move my vehicle in order to have it serviced.

2015 Jeep Cherokees is not functioning and I'm getting flashing parking brake light. There is water corrosion, which can cause the brake to activate unexpectedly. I did not have any spills in the cargo area of my vehicle. I believe it is from water coming into the wheel well. I took the car to the dealership and they claimed it would cost me $5000 to replace not only the Parking Brake module, but the whole connection to the body harness. I currently do not have a parking brake. I am aware there is a known Service Report for this issue.

The electronic parking brake (EPB) is an issue. Water has seeped into the module which has rendered it inoperable; it needs to be replaced.

My brakes have totally locked up on my vehicle. The vehicle is undrivable at this point. I just have it sitting in the garage for now.

Parking brake was randomly engaging. Currently engaged will not release. Mechanic ID issue. WATER INTRUSION in parking break module. Claims it’s a known issue but no recalls have been issued. Parts may be delayed 2 months.

Parking brake locked and would not release. Issue occurred while driving - luckily at low speed (apx 5mph) while in parking lot. Could not move vehicle since parking brake would not release. Impeded traffic in aisle. I am concerned that this could have happened while driving on surface streets or highway. If so, this would have created a very dangerous situation since the vehicle immediately came to an uncontrolled stop and was immobilized. Could not locate any sort of manual override for releasing brake. Had to have vehicle towed. There were no previous issues with parking brake. Cycled power/start several time to try and reset. No changes. Disconnected battery for 5 minutes to try and reset. No changes. Warning lights/messages included: service parking brake, 4wd system unavailable, start/stop unavailable, brake warning light, abs light, and possibly others. The vehicle is currently at dealership waiting repair (estimated to begin service week of 5/22/23, Nyle Maxwell CDJR, Taylor, TX)

The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the park release button was inoperable. The vehicle failed to move. The caution service brake message was displayed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

The contact owns a 2015 Jeep Cherokee. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle it displayed a message stating “Service Parking Brake”. After stopping the vehicle and placing it in parking, the parking brake engaged itself and would not release, rendering the vehicle undrivable. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the electronic parking brake had malfunctioned due to water contamination. All recalls have been performed and are up to date. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000

In June 2022, my electronic parking brake engaged and would not unlock. On the dash, the Parking Brake light, the Brake light and the Stop/Start light were all illuminated. I was unable to drive the vehicle. I had to have AAA tow it to the dealer to find out what was wrong with it. The dealer I took it to had to install a new Parking brake module and rewire 32 pins on the new connector. They informed me that there was corrosion on the unit and did not find any water in the compartment area. My vehicle is a 2015 Jeep Cherokee and at the time of the repair it only had 40,649 miles on it. I had to pay right at $1,200.00 for this repair and I feel I should be reimbursed from the manufacturer since the vehicle was only 7 years old and has low miles. This will happen again if they don't come up with a fix for it.

Anti skid dash light is on. Won’t turn off. Car is not drivable. Locked up and swerving from side to side

The emergency brake engages on its own. In the past i have been able to release it after it "auto engages", sometimes taking more than 1 attempt. I stopped at a gas station last week. When I started my car to leave, the emergency brake auto engaged itself and would not release. Error message on screen read "service park brake". I called the local service department of chrystler/dodge/jeep dealership. Followed their directions to release the brake. However it would not release still. The incident left me and 2 children stranded for 2 hours. I had my vehicled towed to the dealership. Currently still awaiting resolution.

I experienced an Emergency Parking Brake malfunction while car was moving. Car suddenly had the message "Service Parking Brake" while driving on the highway. Check engine, barking brake, and traction control lights all came on. Pulled off the highway to a shopping center and when putting the car in park, car was stuck in the middle of the road in park unable to change gears. Car was able to be disengaged only by overriding the gear in order to be moved to a safe location, but remained otherwise in Park with the same "Service Parking Brake" message. Dealer has mentioned that the brake module was corroded or shorted and the entire system needed to be replaced along with complete disassembly of shifting mechanism.

Electric Parking Brake on my 2015 Jeep Cherokee Limited V6 has malfunction. Water has leaked into the car, creating standing water that affected the EPB module and is now inoperable. I cannot release the parking brake and the car cannot be driven. This happened while I drove to my mail box. I was luckily close to home but this is a serious safety risk. The brake cannot be released to even have it towed, even after several attempts of different methods to release. I cannot get the part to fix the problem as it is on back order with no ETA.

Electric Park Brake (EPB) light came on while parked. Parking brake actuator would not contract. Vehicle now can’t be driven as the parking brake is engaged. Found the part from a dealership and when I went to replace it, the parking brake actuator was flooded with what looked like brake fluid. New $130+ OEM part was installed and fixed the issue. Approximately 6 months later, the same issue occurred with the new OEM part. I have seen people say this issue has happened while driving. I’ve heard of dozens of complaints of this part already. When will this become a recall? It seems to me that it should have already been addressed since this vehicle has been around nearly 9 years.

Vehicle Parking brake randomly engages. Warning lights and "Service Parking Brake" Brings vehicle to stop, can not get brake to disengage. Repair garage inspected vehicle. Water intrusion in parking brake module. Confirmed myself of water in module area. Referred to a Jeep Dealership- along with TSB#08-060.16. Towed to dealer. Dealership is avoiding repair. Told battery was no good, causing issue. Battery was less than year old. Battery brought back for warranty. Battery functioning at 98%- no issue. Return to dealership- still told battery could be issue, could not produce tech readout off a battery test. Refuse to look at root cause. Will no acknowledge TSB provided.

Parking Brake Module has completely locked up and the vehicle is undrivable

One day, out of the blue, a ton of warning lights came on after making a simple right turn onto another road. The "Service Transmission", "Service Park Brake" and "Service Antilock Brake System" message comes on and the ABS warning light, the ((P))! parking warning light, the engine light, the traction control warning light, - There was also a lag of sorts just before the lights came on. The steering wheel felt very tight. I managed to pull over and wait a while and slowwwwly drove home. After taking it to my mechanic who explained their read just wont be accurate - it needs to go to Jeep, said their result had something to do with the coil? Something behind the steering wheel? I had recently (3 months ago) had new brake pads on all four tires and rotors cut or whatever. A shop I've gone to a million times with no issues. There are hundreds of thousands of customers in the comment sections and Jeep forums complaining of the same issue and Jeep dealership mechanics telling them they've never seen the issue before. Jeep needs to be FULLY investigated. For a lot. This OBVIOUSLY could cause a serious accident/death/cost me a [XXX] ton of money for which there's seemingly no fix according to other Jeep owners. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

About an hour into the morning commute, the vehicle was at a stop light when a warning bell chimed. The message on the dash read the emergency/park brake had automatically engaged and the light on the park brake indicated the brake was on. I turned it off. Prior to this incident, the braking system including the emergency/park brake functioned as expected. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealership yet.

Parking brake activated while driving. I stalled. Was able to restart the vehicle and everything seems normal but my check engine light is on.

Electronic parking break activated while driving. When attempting to turn left on a two way street electronic parking break activated by itself and locked the rear wheels. Car currently parked as I am unable to move it. EPS system will not release. Parking break still engaged.

Ever since I have owned the vehicle the brakes have shuddered causing the brake pedal and steering wheel to vibrate. I have replace the pads and rotors 3 times and have the same issue. It has been checked by 2 Jeep dealerships and by Tooles Garage in San Carlos CA. NO ONE CAN FIND THE ISSUE. I have looked online and have found far too many confirmed reports from people on forums and such having to same issue. All of them have simply replaced the brakes and rotors and service their brakes regularly in order to get rid of the scraping and shuddering experience. Which should not happen for approximately 40-50k miles and people are changing them in less than 15K. I am not the only person and I feel like there is something wrong with the braking system that so many people are complaining online for years about the exact same issue I have been dealing with. My wife uses the cat to drive our children to school and it does not feel safe to her while driving it. However we cannot purchase or trade in the car yet so we are at an impass. Please help.

Manual brakes light turn on, brake pedal gets hard, car wouldn’t stop.

WHEN DRIVING THEN BRAKING I/ WE NOTICED THAT THE JEEP HAD VIBRATION AND CHATTERING ,SHAKING FEELING AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THEN STARTED TO NOTICE CHATTER AND SCRAPPING SOUND AT LOWER SPEEDS LIKE 25-35 MPH . SO LOOKING AT THE ROTORS I FOUND THE RIGHT REAR TO HAVE (2) TWO GROOVES ON IT . SO I TOOK IT TO BIG O IN SPARKS ,NV 89431 FOR A BRAKE INSPECTION AND THEY SHOWED ME THAT THE BRAKE PADS STILL HAD 65 TO 70 PERCENT LEFT AND THAT THE ROTORS WERE CRACKEDIN SEVERAL PLACES. THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS . I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED . IF THEY CAME APART WHILE DRIVING SOMEONE COULD LOOSE CONTROL AND POSSIBLLY LOOSE THERE LIFE.