1996 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK POSITION IN DRIVEWAY, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD, CRASHING INTO DINING ROOM WALL. NO INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIRBAG SEVERLY DAMAGED MY RIGHT EYE. I HAD SEAT BELT ON, SEAT WAS UPRIGHT. NO OTHER INJURIES.*AK

LAST PROBLEM WITH ROTORS WAS IN NOVEMBER 1999, 59,000 TOTAL MILES. FRONT ROTORS WARPED CAUSING PULSATION OF BRAKE PEDAL. REPORTED THE HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM TO THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, 1-800-992-1997. WAS TOLD THAT BASED ON MY VEHICLE'S VIN # NO RECALL WAS WARRANTED. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT OTHER 1996 JEEP CHEROKEES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS SAME REASON AND I FIND IT APPALLING THAT ALL JEEPS WITH ROTOR PROBLEMS HAVEN'T BEEN RECALLED YET. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE? A FATAL ACCIDENT, LIKE THE FIRESTONE ONES, FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE. NO VEHICLE SHOULD BE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH ROTORS EVERY TWO YEARS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS.*AK

WHILE PARKED VEHICLE JJUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE CAUSING A CRASH WITH A MOBILE HOME AND CARPORT. VEHICLE WAS NOT PARKON AN INCLINE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AND PARKING IT A STRON GODOR WAS COMING FROM VEHICLE.FUSE SHORTED OUT. WHEN FUSE WAS TAKEN OUT OF VEHICLE ODOR WENT AWAY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS POWER ADJUSTING SEAT MODULE THAT BLEWOUT. *AK

THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS ALTHOUGH THE DRIVER NEVER SHIFTED GEARS, THE DRIVER HIT THE BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE BACKWARDS, AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH THE TWO VEHICLES IMPACTED THE CONSUMER VEHICLE,IT CONTINUED PUSHING THE OTHER CAR BACKWARDS, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED EVEN WHEN TURNED OFF. NLM

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND RUNNING. VEHICLE SLIPPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE GEAR AND RAN INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. I WAS ALMOST CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES, BUT MOVED AWAY FROM THE COLLISION AT THE LAST MOMENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE JEEP DEALER FOR INSPECTION ON 8/29/00 FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED OUT FINE. *AK

THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE WHEN IT IS PLACED IN "PARK". THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND HAS OCCURED APX 6 TO 8 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. I USUALLY NEED TO SET THE PARKING BRAKE TO BE SURE THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE.

ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITH VEHICLE RUNNING AND SHIFTING GEAR INTO PARK POSITON, VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERESE ON ITS OWN FROM PARK, ROLLING BACKWARDS. INSURANCE HAS COVERED SOME COST OF DAMAGE, BUT DID NOT DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK CONSUMER HAS MADE SIX TRIPS TO THE AUTO SHOP TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES, ON THE FIRST OCCAISON, CONSUMER WAS ALMOST PINNED BETWEEN THE WALL AND VEHICLE, THE SECOND INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE RAN INTO THE HOUSE CAUSING DAMAGES WHILE KIDS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED. *SLC

CONSUME RWAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE STARTED SPEEDING UP, AND TOOK OFF IN FAST MOTION. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK