1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD WHILE IDLING IN PARK. NO OTHER CONSUMERS/VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, LEFT OPEN WHEN CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED A MAILBOX. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN "PARK" UNATTENDED IN STREET, SLIPPED INTO REVERSE WITH NO PERSON IN VEHICLE. VEHICLE DROVE ITSELF IN REVERSE SMASHING INTO NEIGHBORS FRONTYARD, MOWING DOWN TREES AND BOULDER. ALMOST COLLIDING INTO LIVING ROOM! HAVE PHOTOS OF INCIDENT AVAILABLE.*AK

CAR WAS PUT INTO PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. MY DAUGHTER STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO GET MAIL OUT OF THE MAILBOX. THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. SHE TRIED TO GET IN TO STOP IT, BUT WAS KNOCKED TO THE PAVEMENT (NO INJURY). THE CAR BACKED THRU A FEANCE AND INTO A TREE. THE REAR WINDOW WAS BROKEN OUT THE TRUNCK HOOD DEMOLISHED AND THE BACK BUMPER SCRAPPED. *AK

I PARKED THE CAR. WALKED AWAY. THE CAR STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE. I RAN BACK TO THE CAR,JUMPED IN TO STOP IT.MISSED THE BRAKE AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL.THE CAR JUMPED A CURB AND WENT THROUGH A LARGE PLATE OF GLASS ON A COMMERCIAL BLDG. SINCE THAN THE CAR HAS JUMPED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS ON AT LEAST 3 OTHER OCCASIONS. I DON'T TRUST THIS CAR'S TRANSMISSION. MY INSURANCE HAS GONE UP BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. I WOULD LIKE THE ACCIDENT REMOVED FROM MY RECORD BECAUSE NOW I'M HEARING I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. I READ IN THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS ON JULY 4 & AUG 3 THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT I NEED TO DO TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM.*AK

IDELING PROBLEMS HAS NEVER BEEN CORRECTED. HAVE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $1000 IN REPAIRS. I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS RELATED TO THE RECENT PUBLICIZED JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE PROBLEMS. *AK

YES I GOT OUT OF MY JEEP LEFT IT RUN AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEARS ANDMY DOODRIVE SIDE GOT MISS UP. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD AT ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR BEGAN SHAKING AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED BACK AND FORTH. THE SHAKING BECAME VERY VIOLENT AND THE WHEEL BEGAN TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH A GOOD 12 - 14 INCHES. THE CAR WAS BOUNCING UP AND DOWN AND SHAKING I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE SHAKING WAS TOO ROUGH AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CAR WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND BEGAN GOING TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE AND THEN WENT OFF THE ROAD. THE SHAKING STOPPED AND WE ROLLED TO A STOP. IF WE HAD BEEN IN TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE HIT SOMEONE AND IF I WERE ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR WOULD HAVE ROLLED ! THIS HAPPENED SUDDENLY. I TAKE MY JEEP IN FOR ALL REGULER AND SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARNING THE PART WAS GOING TO BREAK AND AT THE TED MILES JEEP DEALER WHERE I TAKE THE CAR FOR SERVICE THEY SAID THERE IS ABOUT A 10% FAILURE ON THIS PART BUT THEY HAD NOT ACTUALLY HAD ONE BREAK SUDDENLY BEFORE! I COULD HAVE LOST MY LIFE AND OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED . THE SHAKING WAS SO VIOLENT THAT THE SEAMS ON THE RADIATOR WERE SPLIT AND I HAD TO BUY A NEW RADIATOR ALSO. SINCE THE SHEAR FORCE WAS SO GREAT I AM LEFT WONDERING IF OTHER PARTS OF THE FRONT END AND CAR IN GENERAL ARE SOMEHOW DAMAGED OR WEAKENED. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER-DAMION CORP. AND THEY TOOK THE REPORT ON JULY 27TH. I HAVE MEDICAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF TRYING TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL AND BEING SHOOK BACK AND FORTH. I HOPE THIS GETS ADDRESSED AS A RECAL ISSUE BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT IS A PROPLEM BUT HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT!!!*AK

SINCE 1998 I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY JEEP STRANDING ME DUE TO A FUEL PUMP FAILURE. I HAD MY JEEP TOWED NOW 5 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. WHEN THE DEALER FINALLY GETS THE TIME, A DAY OR TWO LATER THE JEEP WOULD START. THEN AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS THE SAME PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR. AND THEY TELL ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. NOW JUST RECENTLY IT AGAIN HAS DONE THE SAME THING AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME IT IS THE FUEL PUMP AGAIN. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE SAME ISSUE, AND WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT IS REALLY BAD WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO TAKE A TRIP WITH A VEHICLE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU CAN RELY ON. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AND LET ME KNOW WHAT STEPS I CAN TAKE IN RESOLVING THIS PROBLEM.*AK

THE CONSUMER HAS HAD THE BRAKES AND ROTORS TURNED OR REPLACED EVERY 3-6 MONTHS. NLM

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD TO STOP TO REMOVE SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE ROAD. I PLACED THE JEEP IN PARK AND LEFT MY VEHICLE. AFTER I LEFT THE VEHICLE, IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND STRUCK THE CAR BEHIND ME. I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE BUT I DID NOT HAVE IT CHECKED OUT SINCE IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. NOW I AM READING THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP.*AK