1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. IT POPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOORS WERE OPEN WHEN VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS. PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WAS DAMAGED DUE TO HITTING GARAGE SUPPORT PILLAR POST. PASSENGER'S DOOR BECAME BENT.*AK

VEHICLE WHILE PARKED JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGE. CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE, MECHANIC NOTICED THE REAR ROTORS WERE DISINTEGRATING. FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM 2 YEARS AGO.*AK FRONT STABILIZER DEFECTIVE. *SLC

HAD JEEP IN FOR AC PROBLEM, DEALER NOTICED CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I SUSPECTED THIS BEFORE, AS ENGINE SOUNDED DIFFERENT. IN TALKING WITH SERVICE REP, THEY ADVISED "WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THESE, IT CRACKS IN A CURVED PART OF THE MANIFOLD. THE REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD HAS A FLEXIBLE CURVE WHERE THE CRACK OCCURS". IT COST ME $881.88 TO HAVE THE REPLACEMENT DONE. BASED ON THE SERVICE REPS COMMENT, SOUNDS LIKE A DESIGN DEFECT.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WHILE IN PARK AND IDLING. DAMAGED DRIVER DOOR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S YARD. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE JUMPED GEARS FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING AUTOMATIC LOCKING SYSTEM TO ENGAGE, AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO BREAK AWAY AT HINGES. CONSUMER WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH A BOAT HOOKED ON BACK, IT TOOK OFF INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING ,CAUSING BOAT TO COME THROUGH BACK WINDOW. ALSO, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO WATER. DRIVER HAD TO JUMP IN CAR AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE TO GET CONTROL AGAIN. DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AT TIME OF INCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION ON RUNNING; CONSUMER EXITED VEHICLE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, ALMOST HITTING CONSUMER. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONSUMER'S GATE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER EXITED OUT OF CAR AND LEFT VEHICLE RUNNING IN PARK. WHILE WALKING TO OTHER SIDE OF VEHICLE IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT SOME PROPERTY. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CAME OFF IN PROCESS. *AK *JB