1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED DRIVING OFF OF LOT AFTER PURCHASE, DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE REAR BELL HOUSING GEARS. *AK

PE 01 021/ROLL AWAY IN PARK: WHILE PARKED AND IDLING VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY COMMENCED TO ROLLAWAY IN REVERSE. HIT A MAILBOX AND AND A PARKED VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR,THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE FRONT END POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE. NLM

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITH ENGINE IDLING. CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS AND DAMAGED DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WHEN IT STRUCK A FENCE POST.*AK

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2001, I PARKED MY GRAND CHEROKEE IN FRONT OF MY PLACE OF BUSINESS. I LEFT THE CAR IDLING IN PARK, WHILE I RAN INTO THE BUILDING TO DROP SOMETHING OFF AT THE FRONT DESK. I WAS GONE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS. WHEN I RETURNED MY CAR WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. IT TRAVELED 214 FEET, RUNNING UP OVER A CURB, OVER A STOP SIGN AND HITTING A PARKED CAR BEFORE STOPPING.*AK

A BRIEF SEARCH ON INTERNET SHOWS MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IF FAILURE WERE TO HAPPEN AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED, SERIOUS INJURY COULD RESULT. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD, AND WHEN SHE PUTS IT IN GEAR IT MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS WERE RUSTING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL 00V136000. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WAS INVOLVED IN A VIRTUAL HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MILES PER HOUR. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NOR DID THE SEAT BELTS LOCK UPON IMPACT. CRASH RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *AK

VEHICLE HAS JUMPED OUT OF PARK TO REVERSE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS STILL INSIDE, AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE TRAVELED ABOU 35' FIRST HITTING AND GOING OVER A CURB AND FINALLY HITTING A TREE WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED BUT THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE.