1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

EA 01 017/INADVERTENT ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE IN PARK: WHILE PARKED AND IDLING VEHICLE COMMENCED TO ROLL BACKWARD, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO JUMP INTO VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

I LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING ON AN INCLINE TO PUT MY GROCERIES IN THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN I WENT AROUND TO THE PASSENGR SIDE AND OPENED THE REAR DOOR THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. IT ROLLED BACK AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGES TO BOTH VEHICLES. *AK

THE CONSUMER POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE TWO INCIDENTS OF THE VEHICLE ROLLING FROM PARKED POSITION. THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. THE SECOND INCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND ENGINE SHUT OFF, GEAR WAS IN PARK, THE CONSUMER WAS JUST ABOUT TO GET OUT WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MOVE IN REVERSE. *YH

VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A WHINING SOUND LIKE IT WANTED TO SHIFT GEARS. ALSO, WHEN SLOWING DOWN IT WOULD MAKE THE SAME NOISE. CONSUMER COULD HEAR A BANGING NOISE IN REAR END OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSFER CASE. WHEN TRYING TO ORDER A NEW OR REBUILT ONE THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE, THEN CONSUMER PLACED VEHICLE IN DRIVE, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF IN REVERSE, JUMPING OVER A CURVE, AND CRASHING INTO NEIGHBORS YARD.VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE IT WAS FOUND. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

COST OF REPAIR TO CORRECT THE STEERING PROBLEM IS $1,209.06 FROM GEWEKE, JEEP DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE IS HARD TO PUT IN GEAR. IT FEELS LIKE GEAR SHIFT IS NOT CLICKING INTO DRIVE OR PARK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY OTHER FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD, CONSUMER JUMPED IN AND SHUT OFF ENGINE.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF PARKED, VEHICLE SUFFERED DAMAGE.*JB

WHEN TURNING OFF HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONER INTERMITTENTLY ALARM WILL GO OFF/ INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL FLASH, AND HORN WILL GO OFF. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 8-9 TIMES IN PAST 3 YEARS, COULD NOT REMEDY. RECENTLY DEALER REPLACED ALARM MODULE. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM.*AK

WE WERE NEVER TOLD OF THE NEED FOR A BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK, ALTHO WE WERE ADVISED OF OTHER RECALL DEFECTS. *AK