1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE (BACKED IN). I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND MOVED FORWARD SEVERAL FEET SO THAT I COULD UNLOAD SOMETHING FROM THE REAR STORAGE AREA. I BELIEVED THAT I HAD SHIFTED INTO "PARK" AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE THEN BEGAN MOVING IN REVERSE, STOPPING WHEN IT STRUCK SOME CABINETS AT THE REAR OF THE GARAGE. REAR LIFTGATE BENT AND CAUSED THE REAR GLASS TO SHATTER. ALTHOUGH I WAS FAIRLY SURE I HAD SHIFTED INTO "PARK" I ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY AND DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT EXCEPT TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK

THE ENGINE, WHILE IN DRIVE GOING ~60MPH, FROM TIME TO TIME, SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL AND/OR EVEN SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY ON ITS OWN ACCORD. AT STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGN, ETC, WHILE IN DRIVE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF ON ITS OWN. I ASKED MULTIPLE DEALERS AND REPORTED IT, THEY SAID IT WAS A FUEL PROBLEM. PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR RECENT JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE "PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION".

VEHICLE POWERS BACKWARD BY ITSELF WHEN STOPPED UNLESS FOOT IS CONSTANTLY, FORCEFULLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

I PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK GOT OUT TO SPRAY WINDOWS HEARD A LOUD POP TURNED AROUND AND THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS. I TRIED TO JUMP IN TO STOP IT BUT WAS KNOCKED OVER BY THE DOOR AND THE VEHICLE RAN OVER MY RIGHT LEG CAUSING SEVERE BRUISES AND PULLED MUSCLES WITH A POSIBLE HAIRLINE FRACTURE REASULTING IN MY BEING ON CRUTCHES AND IN A LEG BRACE FOR 2.5 MONTHS AND A KNEE BRACE FOR 6 WEEKS AFTER THAT CAUSING LOSS OF WORK FOR 2.5 MONTHS.*AK

THE JEEP WAS IN PARKED IN MY GARAGE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. THE KEYS WERE IN THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. IT WAS MORNING. I HAD NOT DRIVEN THE CAR THAT DAY. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO GO INTO THE HOUSE TO GET MY WALLET. THE GARAGE IS IN THE BASEMENT LEVEL. I WENT UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND HEARD A CRASH. I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW MY CAR. IT HAD ROLLED OUT OF THE GARAGE, DOWN AN INCLINE INTO THE SIDE OF MY NEIGHBOR'S VAN. THE VAN WAS TOTALLED. THE CAR HAD JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED OUT OF MY GARAGE. *AK

CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE, VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE, SO CONSUMER JUMPED IN TO TRY TO STOP IT, HOWEVER CONSUMER HIT ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE CAUSING FASTER ACCELERATION AND A CRASH, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT DUE TO BEING PINNED BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES AND BEING DRAGGED BY THE VEHICLE. *SLC

PE 01 021: VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING, WHEN IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE AND RAN INTO A TREE WITH 6 YEAR OLD SON IN THE VEHICLE. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

IN 1998 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PURCHASING TH EJEEP, I PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME TO PICK UP THE MAIL,. I PUT THE JEEP INTO PARK. THE GEAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE AFTER I GOT OUT OF TH EJEEP AND IT STARTED TO DRIVE IN REVERSE. I GRABED THE OPEN DOOR BUT IT WAS GOING SO FAST IT KNOCKED ME OVER AND THE TIRES ROLLED OVER MY LEG. THE JEEP PROCEEDED TO DRIVE IN REVERSE, ACROSS THE STREET -ONTO A NEIGHBORS LAWN AND BACKED INTO A TREE. SOMEONE HAD TO PUT THE JEEP INTO PARK, AGAIN AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBLANCE WHERE I HAD A SERIES OF OPERATIONS ON MY LEG. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THAT I MUST HAVE PUT THE JEEP INTO REVERSE INSTEAD OF PARK. I HAD THE JEEP REPAIRED AND STILL HAVE IT.*AK

I AM TRYING TO GET MORE DETAILS ON MEDIA REPORTS OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION NOW GOING ON REGARDING JEEP CHEROKEES FROM 1995 THROUGH 1999 MODELS REGARDING DEFECT IN SHIFTING MECHANISM FROM PARK TO REVERSE. MY CAR HAS AN ERRATIC,ROUGH AND NOISY SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. I FEEL THERE IS SOME PROBLEM. SO FAR I CANT GET ANYONE TO TALK ABOUT IT. HOW ABOUT SOME HELP???*AK

OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL WEEKS, THE TRANSMISSION BEHAVED ERRATICALLTY, OFTEN SHIFTING OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL OR FROM NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE. THESE SHIFTS WOULD OCCUR WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT WITH NO ONE TOUCHING THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER. MOST OFTEN, THIS OCCURRED AT STOP SIGNS OR LIGHTS. THEN, ON JUNE 20, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO LOW GEAR ON ITS OWN AND REMAINED LOCKED THERE. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED. HOWEVER, SINCE TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT, THE DEALER SEEMS UNABLE TO FIX THE VEHICLE AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN IT TO ME. THIS SUGGESTS A SUBSTANTIAL AND POTENTIALLY INHERENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH SERIOUS SAFETY IMPLICATIONS.*AK