1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

MY WIFE PUT THE JEEP IN PARK AND LEFT IT IDLING TO GO BACK INTO OUR HOUSE TO RTIEVE SOMETHING SHE HAD FORGOTTE. ONCE IN THE HOUSE SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND LOOKED OUT AND SAW THAT THE JEEP HAD CRASHED INTO A TREE LOCATED JUST BEHIND WHERE SHE HAD LEFT IT IN PARK. I CALLED THE JEEP BUSINESS WHERE I HAVE BEEN HAVING IT SERVICED FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND ASKED IF THEY HAD A RECORD OF THIS TYPE MALFUNCTION AND OR A RECALL COTICE FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY CHECKED THEIR COMPUTER AND TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT. I HAD IT REPAIRED WHICH COST STATE FARM AND PROBALY A RATE HIKE FOR ME AND A $500 DEDUCT THAT I PAID, PLUS A $275 CAR RENTAL FEE I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE A CAR FOR THEE WEEKS. LATER I SAW AN ARTICLE SAYING THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND I CALLED CHRYSLER ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THEY COLD SHOULDERED ME, AND STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY. I WANT TO KANOW HOW TO PROCEED TO GET MY EXPENSES BACK AND GET THE PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION AT A GAS STATION WHEN THE IT TOOK OFF IN REVERSE. DRIVER JUMPED IN VEHICLE, AND APPLIED BRAKES. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND SUDDENLY TOOK OFF INTO REVERSE, CAUSING DRIVERS SIDE DOOR TO BE TORN OFF. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM.*AK *YD

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE CAR WAS IDLING IN PARK, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, ROLLED BACK AND HIT A PARKED CAR. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER.*AK *JG

MY TRANSMISSION HAS COME OUT OF "PARK" MORE THAN ONCE WHILE IDLING. ONCE, I BUMPED INTO ANOTHER CAR AT A PARKING LOT.*AK

PUT CAR INTO PARK AND OPENED FRONT DRIVER DOOR. THE CAR SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND THE DOOR AND FRONT FENDER WERE DAMAGED WHEN THEY HIT A STEEL POST. ON THE OTHER TWO OCCASSIONS I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKE BEFORE ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS BRIEFLY LEFT IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND A BUILDING WHICH WAS USED AS A MINI-STORE AT A GAS STATION. THIS WAS REPORTED TO MY INSURANCE COMPANT (GEICO) AT THAT TIME. MY EXPENSES INCLUDE REPLACEING THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, BODYWORK TO THE JEEP, AND INCREASED INSURANCE PREMIUM.*AK

WHEN SITTING AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT WHEN I APPLY GAS THE VEHICLE HESITATES THEN JUMPS INTO GEAR AND LURCHES FORWARD. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED(NEW FLUID,FILER,ETC) 3 TIMES AND THE JUMPING INTO GEAR WILL STOP FOR APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES AND THEN IT WILL START AGAIN.*AK

IN REGARDS TO YOUR ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHEN IDELING, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, APPROX. 4 MONTHS. THE FIRST TIME, WHEN PARKED ON MY LEVEL DRIVEWAY, THE SECOND, WHEN SITTING IN A MCDONALD'S DRIVE-THRU LINE, ALSO LEVEL. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO DAMAGE FROM HITTING OTHER OBJECTS, BUT IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME. NOW, I PUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON WHEN I IDLE IN PARK FOR LONG PERIODS. I CALLED A JEEP DEALER ABOUT IT, AND THEY SAID "I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION". PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE GET HURT OR KILLED. *AK