1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

CONSUMER BACKED HIS VEHICLE ON THE BOAT RAMP AND PUT IT IN PARK, WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT TO UNLOCK HIS BOAT FROM THE BOAT TRAILER, THE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED FROM WATER DAMAGE AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND GOING UP HILL THERE IS A HESITATION COMING FROM ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSFER CASE IS BINDING ON TURNS AND THE GEARS TEND TO CLICK WHEN DRIVING OVER 70 MPH. *SLC

RECALL 98 V 006 000/TEMPORARY SPACE SAVER: FRONT AXLE OVERHEATED DUE TO TEMPORARY SPARE TIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK CONSUMER FOUND RECALL 98V006, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. VENT TUBE FROM THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS SPIITING BURNING OIL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *SLC

CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND GOT OUT, WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT SHE REALIZED VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP IT, HOWEVER WAS PULLED UNDER THE FRONT TIRE AND TIRE RAN OVER BOTH FEET, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO DOWN THE STREET UNTIL COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED AND IS STILL UNDER PHYSICIANS CARE. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE IDLING IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE, CAUSING A COLLISION, AND RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS BACKING VEHICLE UP TO A TRAILER WITH BOAT, GOT OUT TO LOOK HOW CLOSE HE WAS TO HITCH,AND VEHICLE WENT BACKWARD. VEHICLE TOOK OFF DOOR OF TRAVEL TRAILER THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO IT, AND RAN INTO TRAILER WITH BOAT, DAMAGING BOTH. AMOUNT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. CONSUMER JUMPED IN AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. *AK

PE 01 021/ ROLLED AWAY IN PARK: VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO APPLY BRAKES BEFORE IT TOOK OFF. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME, ALSO, A CLUNKING WOULD APPEAR AFTER APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL.*AK *SLC

PE 01 021/ROLLED AWAY IN PARK:VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING WHEN IT INADVERTENTLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE AND RAN INTO A PARKED CAR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

IN JANUARY OF 2000, I PUT MY VEHICLE INTO THE PARK POSITION, WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, AND LEFT IT IDLING. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND MY CAR HAD ROLLED BACK AND CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE IN THE DENVER POST CONCERNING THIS EXACT SITUATION, WHILE IDLING WITH THE GEAR SHIFT IN THE PARK POSITION THEY "INADVERTANTLY ROLLAWAY IN REVERSE". THE AMONT OF DAMAGES I REPORTED WAS FOR REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE ONLY. MY INSURANCE PROVIDER WILL HAVE THE OTHER AMOUNTS. PLEASE SEND ME ANY AND ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.*AK

JEEP WAS IN PARK FOR ABOUT 30 SECS. RETURNED TO JEEP AND FOUND IT STARTING TO MOVE IN REVERSE. IT PICKED UP SPEED AND IN RUNNING AFTER IT I FELL AND HURT MY KNEE. GOT BACK UP AND CHASED JEEP FOR ABOUT 50 FT. IT BACKED UP INTO UPHILL DRIVEWAY AND SLOWED DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO OPEN DOOR AND PULL PARKING BRAKE WHICH STOPPED JEEP. I NOTICED THAT IT STILL WAS IN PARK. *AK