1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE GEAR SUDDENLY JUMPED TO REVERSE FROM DRIVE, THE RPM ACCELERATED TO 5500 AND TEH GAS DROPPED. THERE WAS A NOISE LIKE METAL WAS SCRATCHING AGAINST ANOTHER METAL. AND THE BRAKES WERE ALSO NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.*AK

I HAD RENTED A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE FROM THE HERTZ CAR RENTAL AT NEWARK, NJ AIRPORT ON 11/06/99. ON 11/26/99 I PULLED UP TO THE CLOSED GATE OF A WAREHOUSE COMPLEX IN NEW JERSEY. I STOPPED, PUT THE VEHICLE IN "PARK" GOT OUT AND OPENED THE GATE. I RE-ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE THROUGH THE GATE STOPPING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. I ONCE AGAIN PLACED THE VEHICLE IN "PARK" AND STEPPED FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO CLOSE THE GATE I HAD JUST DRIVEN THROUGH. I WAS STANDING AT ABOUT THE LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT WALKING TOWARDS THE GATE TO CLOSE IT WHEN I NOTICED THE JEEP MOVING PAST ME TOWARDS THE GATE I HAD JUST DRIVEN THROUGH. I TURNED TO MY LEFT, TOWARDS THE JEEP TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I SAW IT MOVING IN REVERSE JUST AS THE OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR STRUCK ME KNOCKING ME TO THE GROUND. I ROLLED AWAY UNDER THE OPEN DOOR AS FAST AS I COULD SO I WOULDN"T BE RUN OVER BY THE FRONT TIRE. WHEN I MANAGED TO GET TO MY FEET I SAW THE GATE CATCH THE OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR AND FOLD IT AGAINST THE FRONT FENDER. THE JEEP WAS MOVING IN REVERSE AT ABOUT 10 MPH TOWARDS A HEAVILY TRAVELLED ROAD SO I RAN AFTER IT AS FAST AS I COULD. I WAS ABLE TO DIVE INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND JAM THE SHIFT LEVER INTO PARK JUST AS THE JEEP CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED AND THOUGHT SINCE THE INCIDENT THAT I WAS SOMEHOW AT FAULT. I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT, JUST SOME SCRAPES AND BRUISES AND TORN CLOTHES FROM BEING KNOCKED DOWN. IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME AND NOW I WONDER HOW MANY OTHER HERTZ JEEPS HAS THIS HAPPENED WITH.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, CLAIM 38-1592-200. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT BEGAN TO GO INTO REVERSE, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET IN AND STOP IT, HOWEVER THE VEHICLES DOOR KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND, VEHICLE THEN HIT STONE WALL, CLAIM 52-2119-321. *SLC

CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE UP AND PUT IT IN PARK, VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL HITTING TWO PARKED VEHICLES, CLAIM 22-P397-428. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THIS IS THE SECOND TIME VEHICLE HAS JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE, CLAIM 22-P402-189. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES INSTEAD OF VEHICLE GOING INTO PARK IT WENT INTO REVERSE, CLAIM 32-V328-437. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN SHE EXITED, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO NEIGHBORS TREE, WHEN CONSUMER GOT BACK IN VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN THE PARK POSITION, CLAIM 13-9784-237. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND WAS DRAGGING CONSUMER, CLAIM 43-R626-676. *SLC

CONSUMER STOPPED AT MAILBOX AND PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, EXITED VEHICLE AND IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CLAIM 35-W691-557. *SLC