1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL REV UP AND ACCELERATE SUDDENLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY AT @50 MPH, THE CAR SHIFTED ITSELF INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE. WE WERE APPROX 10 MILES FROM A DEALERSHIP, SO WE TOOK IT TO DARLING AUTOMALL IN ELLSWORTH, ME. THEY TEST DROVE IT AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO GO BACK TO 2-WHEEL DRIVE. THEY DISASSEMBLED PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND SOME COMPONENTS IN THE TRANSFER CASE HAD FAILED. IT HAS TAKEN 5 DAYS FOR THE REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED (WE HAVE NOT PICKED UP VEHICLE AT THIS WRITING) WE CONTACTED JEEP REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE TAKEN MY JEEP CHEROKEE NUMEROUS TIMES TO HAVE AN ENGINE KNOCK...A WHINING NOISE AND A BANGING NOISE CHECKED OUT. EVERYONE EXCEPT THE SERVICE PEOPLE CAN HEAR THESE NOISES. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT USED TO WORK FOR CHRYSLER THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY ARE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING IT. I WATCHED THE TODAY SHOW ON AUGUST 4TH AND HEARD ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THE JEEP CHEROKEE AND BECAME CONCERNED. I HAVE REPEATEDLY VOICED THESE CONCERNS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SPOKE TO A CHRYSLER REP DIRECTLY IN A 3 WAY CONVERSATION. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE MY COMPLAINT ON FILE. THE WHINING AND BANGING NOISE HAS NOW TURNED INTO A GRINDING NOISE THAT I AM AFRAID IS EFFECTING THE POWER TRAIN TO THE POINT THAT IT WILL FAIL. THE SERVICE DEPT. HAS REPLACED (UNNECESSARILY) THE SHOCKS,THE BATTERY, AND THE DRIVE SHAFT,SAYING THAT THIS WILL REMEDY THE PROBLEM. IT HAS NOT>

TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SHIFT VERY ROUGH FROM 2ND TO 3RD. IF DRIVING AT SPEEDS AROUND THAT SHIFT WINDOW (20-30), ROUGH KICK IN BACK END LIKE GETTING HIT FROM THE REAR. TRANSMISSION ALSO SEEMS TO STALL THE ENGINE ON SHARP TURNS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TO DEALER FOR FIRST COMPLAINT AT LEAST TWICE. NO ERROR CODES DETECTED IN PCM EITHER TIME. DEALER WENT AHEAD AND RELOADED SOFTWARE, BUT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. ALSO REPORTED PROBLEM TO MFG, WHO RECOMMENDED TAKING VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER. LOCAL DEALER CAN'T FIX THOUGH. CHRYSLER NOT HELPING WITH PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND NOT TURNED OFF. CONSUMER WAS OUT OF VEHICLE AT THE TIME WHEN IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL, ACROSS A 2 LANE STREET, UP A HILL, HIT A STOP SIGN, AND STALLED OUT. CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE OF $1000 OR MORE FOR REPAIRS.*AK

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD ONE GEAR TO NEXT. VEHICLE DOES NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR PROPERLY. WHEN IN REVERSE VEHICLE WOULD DELAY, AND THEN IT WILL JUMP BACK. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ALL POWER WILL GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING. *AK *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION IT WENT INTO GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO TRAVEL FORWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ROTORS ON THIS VEHICLE WARP AT APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10,000 MILES. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY SHAKES AND YOU BEGIN TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

I PARKED MY CAR WHILE IT WAS IDLING. WHEN I GOT OUT THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING. ABOUT 5 SECONDS AFTER I SHUT THE DOOR AND WAS WALKING AWAY, THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS ALMOST HITTING A PEDESTRIAN. THERE WAS A PASSENGER INSIDE OF THE CAR WHO HAD LOCKED THE DOORS WHEN I GOT OUT AND THEN WAS UNABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND STOP IT. SHE STOPPED IT BY TURNING THE CAR OFF AND PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DUE TO THE DOORS BEING LOCKED AND THE SPEED THE CAR WAS EVENTUALLY ROLLING, I WAS UNABLE TO GET INTO THE CAR TO STOP IT.

EXITING INTERSTATE, APPROACHING STOP SIGN, ENGINE RPMS DID NOT DECREASE AFTER RELEASE OF FOOT-FEED. . HAD TO "STAND" ON BRAKE TO KEEP FROM GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION. SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, THEN INTO PARK. RPMS THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL IDLE SPEED FOR A STOPPED VEHICLE.*AK