1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE PLACED IN PARK, FIVE MINUTES LATER THE OWNER WALKED AWAY AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS. 55-S118-096

THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND DRIFTED OVER THE DRIVERS LEGS PINNING HER UNDER THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR HIT HER CHEEK AND SHE LAID PINNED UNDER THE VEHICLE UNTIL A PASSER BY STOPPED TO HELP, THERE WAS SLIGHT DAMAGR TO THE JEEP.

CONSUMER STARTED JEEP, THEN PUT IT IN PARK, GOT OUT. JEEP TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, HIT A TREE, THEN STARTED FORWARD AND HIT TREE IN FRONT OF IT, CONSUMER TRIED TO CATCH THE CAR BUT WHEN SHE REACHED FOR IT STUMBLED AND FELL IN THE STREET HURTING HER KNEE.

GEAR JUMP WHILE PARKED. VEHICLE JUMPED IN REVERSE WHILE PARKED AT ATM MACHINE. *DB 04-1051-871

I WAS SITTING AT RED LIGHT WHEN I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY FORD PASSANGER VAN AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT THE BACK SEATS WERE DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS BEING USE IN THE UTILITY SINCE OF THE SUV TITLE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN I WAS SRUCK THE RECLINING SEAT BACK COLLAPSED AT THE SAME TIME THE BACK SEAT BEGAN RIGHTING ITSELF DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT AS I WAS HURLED BACK WITH NO SEAT BACK TO STOP ME I STRUCK MY HEAD ON THE RISING BACK SEAT TOP A RIGID BOARD COVERED IN CLOTH THIS DEFECT HAS CAUSED BRAIN DAMAGE TO ME OF VARYING SORTS THIS SEAT HAS ONLY ONE RECLING GEAR EVEN THOUGH YOUR OFFICE SUGGESTED TO THE INDUSTRY PRIOR TO1994 THROUGH A STUDY AT THE UNIV. OF VIRGINIA I AM(WAS) A 220 LB. BODY BUILDER I WAS REACHING ACCROSS TO THE OTHER SEAT AT POINT OF IMPACT THE TEETH MAY NOT EVEN HAVE HAD TO SHEER OFF THE TWISTING FORCE MAY JUST HAVE PULLED TOP TEETH OUT OF BOTTOM TEETH UNLOCKING ENTIRE MECHANISM EITHER WAY WHEN I OPENED MY EYES AFTER THE IMPACT I WAS LAYING FLAT DOWN IN THE MOST RECLINED POSITION I STARTED OUT INA NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITON PLEASE HELP JEEP ADVERTISES TO GUYS JUST LIKE ME A ROUGH TOUGH VEHICLE THAT CAN GET YOU THROUGH ANYTHING AND THEN THEY PUT A SEAT IN THAT WON'T PROTECT THE VERY MARKET THEY ADVERTISE TO THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BEING HERE TO REPORT THIS TO. SINCERELY [XXX] HUSBAND FATHER OF THREE AND NOW BRAIN DAMAGED BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE SEAT IN A 1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO (TOP OF THEIR LINE) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

THE VEHICLE HAS MOVED OUT OF ITS POSITION WHILE IT IS IN PARK AND KEY WAS OUT OF IGNITION. IN ADDITION, IT OFTEN JERKS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS WHILE IT IS IN PARK WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT IT MAKES A JERKING MOTION.

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS VEHICLE SURGED AND ACCELERATED UP TO 100 MPH. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHEN IT CRASHED TRHOUGH A FENCE AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE AND TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING THIS INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

MY FRONT DIFFERENTIAL NEEDS A MAJOR OVERHAUL AGAIN. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND. IT WAS REPLACED AT 21000 MILES AND NOW, LESS THAN 40000 MILES LATER IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACED THE MANUFACTURE AND THEY REFUSE ACKNOWLEDGE ANY TYPE OF DESIGN PROBLEM. SINCE I HAVE EXCEEDED THE MFG WARRANTY, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME. I RESEARCHED IN NHTSA AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THIS IS BECOMING COSTLY.*AK

HAD VEHICLE IN "PARK" STANDING IN FRONT OF VEHICLE BY GARAGE FOR AT LEAST 5 MINUTES WHEN NOTICED JEEP GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND CHASED AFTER BUT GOT ACROSS STREET TO TREE ALONG CURB AND CRASHED INTO. JEEP WAS IN "REVERSE" WHEN GOT INTO AND THEN DROVE INTO DRIVEWAY AND WAS ABLE TO RECREATE AFTER CALLING INSURACE CO AND POLICE DEPT. SAT INSIDE PUT IN DRIVE, THEN PARK WITHOUT IT LOCKING COMPLETELY, SAW ORANGE INDICATOR IN WINDOW IN "PARK" AND HAD AIR CONDITIONING RUNNING ALONG WITH RADIO ON. WAITED AWHILE AND SAW IT SLOWLY MOVE DOWN INTO "REVERSE" AND START ROLLING UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKES. THE JEEP DEALERSHIP IN TOWN IS UNABLE TO RECREATE OR SEE A PROBLEM WHEN I TOOK IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT OF COURSE BUT I FEEL AFTER SEEING ARTICLES THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE HANDLED BEFORE MORE SERIOUS INJURIES OCCUR.*AK

WHILE UNOCCUPIED AND IDLING IN PARK, THE CAR SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND DROVE INTO A TREE, DAMAGING DRIVER SIDE DOOR--I ASSUMED I IMPROPERLY PUT IT INTO PARK--BUT RECENT PUBLICITY ABOUT A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE SAME CAR CAUSED ME TO CONTACT YOU SO MY SITUATION CAN BE COUNTED AMONG THE STATISTICS YOU ARE COMPILING.*AK