1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHILE MY 1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS PARKED WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN PARK POSITION AND ENGINE RUNNING, SUDDENTLY THE CAR TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN IN REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE.*AK

PUT JEEP INTO PARK AND GOT OUT TO GET THE MAIL-NOTICED IT HAD STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK IN AND STOP IT FROM ROLLING FURTHER DOWN THE STREET, HOWEVER THE DOOR CAUGHT ON THE MAILBOX AND THERE WAS $2268.00 IN DAMAGE TO THE BODY.

CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT FUEL PUMP KEEPS FAILING DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN WITH INNER LINER OF GAS TANK, AND IT IS CLOGGING FUEL PUMP UP*AK *JB

BACKED JEEP INTO GARAGE AT 2:30 P.M.. POWER FAILURE AT 4:30 P.M.. AT 6:00 P.M. OPENED ELECTRIC GARAGE DOOR BY PULLING RELEASE CORD. PULLED JEEP OUT OF GARAGE FRONT FIRST. TO CLOSE GARAGE DOOR, PUT JEEP IN PARK, LEFT DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPEN AND WENT BACK INTO GARAGE TO PULL RELEASE CORD. LOOKED UP, FOR SOME REASON, AND JEEP WAS BACKING INTO GARAGE ON ITS OWN. JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY, HITTING MY FACE ON CAR AND TWISTING MY BACK. JEEP'S DOOR CAUGHT ON GARAGE FRAME AND FINALLY STOPPED VEHICLE. JEEP DOOR NEARLY TORN OFF. CALLED JEEP AND INVESTIGATOR CAME OUT TO DO TESTS ON CAR THE NEXT DAY. SAID THE COMPUTER INSIDE CAR WOULD SHOW IF THE CAR HAD ACTED ON ITS OWN. INVESTIGATOR SAID TESTS SHOWED EVERYTHING TO BE OK. EVERYTHING MAY SHOW OK NOW, BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT IT CHANGED GEARS ON ITS OWN. I DIDN'T GIVE MYSELF A BLACK EYE! HOW DO I PROCEED?*AK

VEHICLE WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO SHIFT OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE. GRINDING NOISES WOULD BE HEARD WHEN TRYING TO STEER THE JEEP. FINALLY, A 2 X 3 INCH CHUNK BLEW OUT OF THE HOUSING OF THE TRANSFER CASE ASSEMBLY. AFTER RESEARCHING THE NHTSA SITE, IT LOOKS LIKE MANY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS ASSEMBLY. MOST DESCRIBED THE SAME PROBLEM I HAD. IT COST ME $1500 TO REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE PART.

THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED AND THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, AS THE DRIVER OPENED THE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD THEN BACKWARDS HITTING A PARKED CAR. NLM

WHILE ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. ALSO, IT HAS A LONG DELAY BEFORE IT GOES INTO GEAR.*AK THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. NLM

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE SITTING IN DRIVE. THOUGH IT HAS NOT CAUSED ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO DOES NOT WANT TO CHANGE GEARS WHILE DRIVING. THE DRIVER HAS TO PUNCH THE GAS AND LET THE ENGINE REACH ABOUT 4 RPMS BEFORE IT WILL GO TO THE NEXT GEAR. TAKEN TO SEVERAL TRANSMISSION PLACES AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH ABOUT 60000 MILES. I SPOKE WITH PREVIOUS OWNER AND IT DID THE SAME THING. IT HAS CONTINUOUSLY GOTTEN WORSE. I SAW THE SPECIAL ON TV AND THAT IS WHEN I DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH MY COMPLAINT.*AK

JEEP MOVES OUT OF GEAR WHEN STARTING ENGINE IN PARK. GRINDING SOUND OCCURS AND JEEP DOES NOT START.*AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING INTO REVERSE WHEN VEHICLE IN "PARK" WITH ENGINE RUNNING. TWO INCIDENTS. FIRST WHEN REVERSING OUT OF GARAGE - NO DAMAGE. SECOND WHEN PARKED IN POST OFFICE PARKING LOT. UNATTENDED VEHICLE, NO DRIVER AND NO PASENGERS, REVERSED ACROSS LOT AND INTO MAILBOXES. DAMAGED MAILBOX, NO PERSONAL INJURY. DRIVER'S DOOR WAS OPEN AND I WAS ABLE TO REACH IN AND PUSH GEARLEVER INTO "PARK" AS VEHICLE HIT MAILBOXES.*AK