1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS IN REVERSE, AND ACCELERATED WHEN IT CAME TO A SLOPE. VEHICLE CONTINUED MOVING FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. NO INJURIES TO REPORT WITH THIS INCIDENT. BODY DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY A PRIVATE SHOP, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A REASON FOR THIS PROBLEM TO HAVE OCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT DEPRESSING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD WELD AND SEAMS TO ENGINE HAVE AND ARE FAILING. EXHAUST LEAKS AND MAKES LOUD NOISE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA. I CONTACTED DAIMLER/CHRYSLER ABOUT PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY BULLETINS ORE RECALLS FOR THIS VERY COSTLY AND DANGEROUS REPAIR. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 4 OFFICIAL COMPLAINTS ON FILE WITH NHTSA WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ACTION HAVING BEEN TAKEN.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH WHEN REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. GLASS HAD SHATTERED. NOTHING HAD HIT IT.*AK

THE RETAINER ON THE SHIFT LINKAGE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION BODY CAN FALL OFF OR FAIL AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT LOCK IN PARK. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE OPERATOR CAN PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND THINK THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED UP BUT IT IS NOT. THEN THE OPERATOR CAN GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND IF IT IS ON ANY INCLINE AT ALL THE VEHICLE CAN AND WILL ROLL AWAY OUT OF CONTROL. THIS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE AT THE EXACT MOMENT THAT I WAS ABOUT TO WALK BETWEEN THE REAR OF MY TRUCK AND THE FRONT OF THE FOREMENTIONED JEEP CHEROKEE. IF I HAD NOT SEEN IT START ROLLING I WOULD OF HAD BOTH MY LEGS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE TWO BUMPERS. AS IT WAS I JUMPED BACK AND WATCHED THE JEEP ROLL INTO MY TRUCK. IT DIDN'T HIT HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE EITHER VEHICLE BUT IF I HAD BEEN BETWEEN THEM THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAD CUT MY LEGS OFF. I TOOK THIS VEHICLE TO LOUISBURG GARAGE, CUBA CITY, WI. TO BE REPAIRED AND THEY WERE THE DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE VALVE BODY FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO REPAIR THE LINKAGE. THEY WERE THE ONES WHO TOLD ME THAT THE RETAINER HAD FAILED. IF THIS HAPPENS TO ANYBODY ELSE THE RESULTS COULD BE DISASTROUS WITH MAYBE SOMEONE GETTING MAIMED OR KILLED.*AK

WHEN PUTTING KEY IN IGNITION AND TURNING IT ON WILL ALLOW DRIVER TO PUT VEHICLE IN ANY GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE A SMALL CHILD COULD GET BEHIND THE WHEEL, PUT KEY IN IGNITION, AND PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKE. *AK

COMSUMER STATED THE THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED AT A LOCAL GARAGE, HOWEVER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR REPAIRS, BECAUSE THE WORK WAS NOT PERFORMED AT AN AUTHORIZED CHRYSLER DEALER.*TD

THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK WITH THE HAND BRAKE ENGAGED AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND THEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVERSED ITSELF AND SURGED BACKWARD HITTING A PARKED CAR.

CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE, A FEW SECONDS LATER VEHICLE HAD MOVED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN.*JB CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AT 35 MPH VEHICAL WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN ,TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MACHANIC WHOSE FINDINGS ARE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT PAN WAS FULL OF METAL SHAVINGS IS GOING TO COST 1500.TO REPLACE.TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST WAY LONGER THAN 74,000MI.I HAVE A SUBURBAN WITH OVER 250,000MI AND ORIGINAL EVERYTHING. *AK