Q: What do P shift mean on 2015 jeep Cherokee

asked by on July 25, 2017

What do it means when it says P shift. When i turn a corner. Then i see battery light. Car slow down like its dragging.

My car has 60000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

The P indicates you are in paddle shift mode and need to shift down. You can disable paddle shift and put in drive mode by holding the + plus button until D or S is displayed.

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