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Jeep turns back on after turning off

5K views 9 replies 8 participants last post by  jordanbmackiess 
#1 ·
So I've been experiencing this problem for a while but it seems to be getting significantly worse. Every once in a while I'll press the On/Off button to turn the jeep off once I've gotten to my destination. It'll look like its turning off, for 4-6 seconds. Then itll power back on in run mode. It doesn't happen every time, but it happens enough to notice it.

The bigger problem is twice now I've turned the car off, gotten out, and come back to it after lunch and it was on, fully in run mode, dinging because the keys were not in the car. Anyone could just walk up and take the car at that point...

Yes, I'm turning the car off everytime I leave. the power button is always the last thing I do before exiting the car, so I wouldn't notice if it turned back on as I was shutting the door, especially if I was mid conversation with someone else.
 
#3 ·
Do you have the V-6 and ESS?

I could see something like this:
- Park vehicle.
- ESS kicks in and engine turns off.
- Press ignition button (ESS already has the engine off, so you don't notice anything different)
- Transmission not in Park or brake not depressed (poor, sad, brake) so you don't actually turn off ignition
- ESS restarts the vehicle


It's a stretch, but possible. Otherwise, as @gravitywell said, it sounds like dealer time.
 
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#5 ·
I said "park vehicle", not "put in park" :) Followed later by, "transmission not in park"
 
#6 ·
thank god i have a key....
 
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#8 ·
Hi K17,

Your dealership would be the best to diagnose the problem you're having. If you can note any specific conditions under which this issue occurs, that would be great to pass on to them. Please let me know if I can help you make an appointment or follow up.

Kori
Jeep Social Care Specialist
 
#9 ·
so i had this happen to me in tahoe. i was walking around for about an hour and came back my TH fully on and running. no idea how it happened. however i may have inadvertently turned it on via remote via the uconnect app. do you use that or have it? the weird thing is i usually get an email notification that it is on and i didnt get one.
 
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