1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL, THE ENGINE WAS ON AND EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS SET, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL ABOUT 70 FEET BEFORE CRASHING INTO A UTILITY POLE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WAS NOT ON, VEHICLE WAS PARKED AGAINST CURB.*JB

ON OCTOBER 6, 2001 I EXPERIENCED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I GOT IN TO THE VEHICLE TO BACK IT UP. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND STARTED THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE REVVING. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BACK TIRES BEGAN TO SPIN AND SMOKE, I SOMEWHAT TURNED AROUND IN MY SEAT TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AS I TURNED BACK AROUND, I LOOKED DOWN AT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THEN PUSH ON IT REALLY HARD TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE REAR TIRES STILL SPUN, AND SMOKE WAS EVERYWHERE. WITH THE BRAKE PRESSED TO THE FLOOR, I HEAR A CLUNK NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARDS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND HIT A VEHICLE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET BEHIND THE JEEP. IF THE OTHER VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN THERE I WOULD HAVE GONE OVER A RETAINING WALL WITH A DROP OFF ON THE OTHER SIDE.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IN PARK IT THEN JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE AND TOOK OFF. *AK

CIRCUIT FOR HYDRAULIC UNIT OF ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. THIS WAS DIAGNOSED BY A GOODYEAR SERVICE CENTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH LEFT FRONT HUB SEPARATED FROM ROTOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL 98V-005 INITIALLY COVERING CERTAIN MODELS FROM 1990-1993. RECALL WAS LATER EXTENDED TO COVER 1994-1995 JEEPS. ONLY 16 STATES WERE COVERED INCLUDING MD, NJ AN PA, ALL OF WHICH BORDER DE WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

CAR WAS IN PARK IDILING WHEN I GOT OUT TO ACCESS MAIL. CAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND BEGAN GOING IN REVERSE. IT CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED AND WAS GOING IN A CIRCLE WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN. I WAS HIT, NOCKED TO THE GROUND AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED. NEIGHBOR RESPONDED AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCESS CAR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CAR MADE THREE CIRCLES IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND THEN HIT THE MAIL BOX. FINIALLY A MAN WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE CAR AND GET IT STOPPED, I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 5 DAYS WITH HEAD INJURY REQUIRING STITCHES AND OFF WORK AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH VERTIGO WHICH IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM DESPITE TREATMENT AT A REHAB FACILITY. I ALSO HAD A FRACTURED WRIST AND SEVERE CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS OF THE FACE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK PARK WHILE RUNNING AND CONSUMER STEPPED OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED NOTICED VEHICLE HAD SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND HAD ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A CEMENT POST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR KNOCKED DRIVER UNDER CAR AS CAR STARTED TO ROLLAWAY IN REVERSE WHILE CAR WAS IN PARK.*AK

AFTER PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AND GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS KEPT IN IDLE, AND SOON AFTER VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERS, AND RAN INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD*AK

ON DECEMBER 31, 2000, I PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN MY 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN "PARK" AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNING TO RETRIEVE AN ITEM FROM MY HOUSE. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR STARTING ROLLING BACKWARDS AND GAINED SPEED AS IT TRAVELED DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. THE CAR BACKED INTO THE FRONT PORCH AREA OF THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. WHEN MY HUSBAND RAN TO THE CAR, IT WAS ENGAGED IN "REVERSE." THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS STILL ENGAGED, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I READ IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES INVOLVED IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THIS WHOLE TIME, I QUESTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT ACTUALLY PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK. NOW THAT THESE REPORTS HAVE SURFACED, I AM SURE THAT I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE EXITING.*AK