1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT AN INCLINE, ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS INSIDE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY VEHICLE WENT BACKWARD, WAS STOPPED BY A RETAINING WALL. CHILD SUFFERED FRACTURED LEFT ARM. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

VEHICLE SHIFTED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE IDLING, RESULTING IN A COLLISION, AND CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE . PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

HINGES ON DRIVER'S DOOR ARE CRACKING AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN DOOR WAS MADE IT DID NOT ALIGN PROPERLY, THE MANUFACTUREER PUT SHIMS ON SOME DOORS TO MAKE THEM ALIGN PROPERLY, THE DOOR IS CRACKING, AND CONSUMER HAD THEM WELDED, HOWEVER THE CRACKING WILL JUST GET LARGER AND CAUSE THE DOOR TO NOT LOCK OR CLOSE, DOOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

MY JEEP WAS ON LEVEL GROUND. I PUT IT INTO "PARK" WITH THE ENGIN, E STILL RUNNING IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO MOMENTARILY CHECK ON SOMETHING. PERHAPS 30 SECONDS LATER WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE VEHICLE, IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND RAMMED INTO TWO CARS PARKED BEHIND IT. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS IN THE JEEP. NO ONE IN THE CARS WAS HURT. THE JEEP WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT THE TWO CARS WERE. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES AS SHE WAS DRIVING OUT OF HER DIRVEWAY, SHE STOPPED PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO RETRIEVE AN OBJECT FROM THE GROUND, WHEN CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACK, INSTANTLY CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO JUMP BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND SECURE IT, IN WHICH SHE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS, CRASHING INTO A NEIGHBORS HOUSE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE,GARAGE AND PARKED VEHICLES, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE.*JB

CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WENT BACKWARD, CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP IN AND STOP VEHICLE, BUT WAS KNOCKED OVER BY OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR. VEHICLE HIT A TREE, AND CAME TO A STOP. PLEASE ADD AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN "PARK" WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. DRIVER GOT OUT TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED GOING IN REVERSE. DRIVER TRIED TO STOP IT BY OPENING THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. BEFORE THE DRIVER COULD GET IN, THE DOOR GOT CAUGHT ON SOMETING IN THE GARAGE AND PINNED THE DRIVERS LEG, CRUSHING IT. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO IN REVERSE UNTIL THE DOOR WAS BENT ALL THE WAY BACK. SOMETHING GOT WEDGED UNDER THE VEHICLE, STOPPING IT FROM GOING ANY FURTHER, ALTHOUGH THE WHEELS WERE STILL TURNING. UNABLE TO FREE HER LEG, SHE STARTED SCREAMING FOR HELP. A NEIGHBOR CAME TO THE RESCUE, CONFIRMING THAT THE SHIFT LEVER WAS INDEED IN THE "PARK" POSITION. THE VEHICLE HAS HENCE BEEN NAMED "CHRISTINE". THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE WARMING UP JEEP IN GARAGE ON FLAT SURFACE I PROCEDED TO EXIT VEHICLE TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE, UPON CLOSING THE DOOR THE JEEP BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND RETURN TO THE VEHICLE I WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE DRUG ME OUT THE GARAGE THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR WAS BENT FORWARD TO THE BUMPER BY THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE I WAS SQUISHED BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE AND THE JEEP. UPON LEAQVING THE GARAGE I CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY PRESSING THE BRAKE WITH MY HANDS I WAS UNABLE TO DO THIS IMY FEET SLIPPED ON THE ICE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I FELL BENETH THE VEHICLE. THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL RAN OVER MY LEFT LEG AT THE CALF. ITHE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP IN A PILE OF SNOW AGAINST A LIGHT POLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREED. AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD AND WAS STOPPED BY THE SNOW. THE DRIVER'S DOOR COULD NOT BE CLOSED, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START DUE TO HITTING THE LIGHT POLE WITH THE BUMPER THE COLLESION DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED. I WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH DAMAGED NERVES AND TISSUE LUCKILY NO BROKEN BONES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE JEEP DEALER IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA WHERE THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS AND FIXED THE DOOR. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DESPITE MY ATTEMPTS AT THAT TIME TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER THROUGH THE DEALER OF THE DEFECTIVE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THE JEEP TO SLIP INTO REVERSE.*AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO INCIDENTS IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS INVOLVING MY PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO "PARK" AND HAVING THE VEHICLE MOVE IN REVERSE WHILE IDLING. THERE IS ALSO A FREQUENT LOCKING OF THE SHIFT MECHANISM AFTER SITTING FOR PERIODS. THE SHIFTER BECOMES LOCKED IN THE "PARK" POSITION AND I MUST USE FORCE TO REMOVE THE SHIFTER FROM THE "PARK" POSITION. THIS PRODUCES THE SOUND OF BREAKING PLASTIC ALTHOUGH I NOTICE NO OTHER ADVERSE AFFECTS TO THE SHIFTING. I HAD THOUGHT ON BOTH OCCASSIONS WHEN THE CAR WENT INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN THAT I HAD MERELY MISPLACED THE SHIFTER, BUT NOW I THINK NOT. PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED AS TO ANY POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER ADJUSTMENT OR RECALL OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD, AND WAS STOPPED BY 3 VEHICLES PARKED SIDE BY SIDE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 3000.00-$ 4000.00. NO INJURIES.*AK