1998 JEEP CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CAUSED ACCIDENT, WHILE KEY WAS IN IGNITION AND GEARSHIFT WAS IN PARK. CONSUMER STATED THAT PREVIOUSLY THE VEHICLE JUMPED TO REVERSE FROM PARK AND HE WAS ABLE TO STOP IT FROM ROLLING.

HAVE HAD TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS EVERY 15,000 MILES SINCE BUYING THE CAR NEW. DEALER ADMITS THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY RESOLUTION.*AK

THE CONSUMER PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER THEN NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKSWARDS, THE VEHICLE HIT A GARAGE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE GARAGE DOOR.

HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED. DID NOT SMELL ANYTHING AND HAD NO WARNING. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE. AROUND 9:00 PM SMELLED SMOKE AND CHECKED VEHICLE. NOTICED VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. TRIED TO PUT FLAMES OUT AFTER CONTACTING FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FLAMES OUT, AND GAVE A POSSIBLE INDICATION OF AN ELECTRICAL SHORT ON DRIVER'S SIDE, BEHIND THE HEADLIGHTS.*AK

I WAS GOING TO GO WORKOUT AND HAD STARTED MY VEHICLE. I REALIZED I FORGOT MY GYM BAG IN THE HOUSE. I LIVE IN A TOWNHOME AND THERE IS A PARKING LOT DIRECTLY INFRONT OF THE HOUSE. I LEFT THE CAR RUNNING IN PARK IN THE PARKING LOT. I THEN PROCEEDED INTO THE HOUSE TO GET MY GYM BAG, WHEN I RETURNED THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS AND HEADED TOWARDS MY HOUSE. I QUICKLY GOT INSIDE AND APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP JUST BEFORE THE BACKEND HAD HIT A TREE. I AM 100% CONFIDENT THAT I LEFT THE CAR IN PARK. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO PASSING PEDESTRIANS OR CARS.*AK

CAR WENT FROM PARK POSITION WITH MOTOR RUNNING TO REVERSE, RESULTING IN HITTING A WALL AT 10-15MPH, WHICH THEN JUMPED BACK IN FORWARD POSITION.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, GEAR IN PARK, IT WENT FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A FORD F150 PICKUP.

AS I HAVE REPORTED, I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I DO NOT FEEL IT IS A SAFE CAR. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN RECALLED TWICE, FOR FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND DEFECTIVE AIR BAG MODULE, (REPLACED AND MOVED FROM UNDER THE PASSANGER SEAT FRONT TO UNDER THE CONSOLE). I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP. WITH THIS SAME INFORMATION AND MY FEELINGS THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE AND AM AWAITING A REPLY. I DO NOT EXPECT ANY MONETARY OR NEW VEHICLE ETC., I'M JUST REPORTING THE SAFETY PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE TO ANY AND ALL AGENCIES TO HAVE SOMETHING ON RECORD. I WISH TO STATE ALSO THAT THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM HAVE BEEN VERY ACCOMODATING AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THEM AT ANY TIME.*AK

CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT JUMPED IN REVERSE WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.*YH

VEHICLE WAS PARKED/ RUNNING, AND THE GEAR SLIPPED INTO REVERSE. STARTED RUNNING DOWN ROAD, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED, AND DOOR HIT A TREE AND STOPPED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *SLC