I have never been more disappointed in a car than I am with my 2016 Jeep Cherokee Limited. I bought it after researching very carefully for a towable car to tow behind our Class A motorhome. We had the death wobble issue and was told we’d have to pay. Luckily after much more research I found a re…

[image] Sheryl07: Now after towing the car for less than a year it has started to completely drain the battery-even after only an hour of towing! What is the battery’s state of charge before towing and one hour later?

Do you have a question we can help you with or are you just venting about the car?

I guess I didn’t formulate the question did I!! Yes, what can cause the battery to die in less than an hour of towing? After we jump the jeep it works just fine, after towing it’s dead. Sheryl

That recall refers to the occupant restraint controller (ORC) - or airbag controller. Not sure why that has anything to do with the problem… OK, does the Jeep have a device to apply the brakes when the RV applies theirs? I assume it does. The device must get power from somewhere - the Jeep itself? …

Does towing 2016 Jeep Cherokee drain the battery?

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Sheryl07 June 4, 2018, 4:58pm 6

Thank you, taking to jeep dealer.

Sheryl

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Does towing 2016 Jeep Cherokee drain the battery?

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