1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

VEHICLE PARKED AT BOTTOM OF DRIVEWAY WITH IGNITION RUNNING.VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE CAUSING VEHICLE TO BACK UP HILL. JUMPED IN VEHICLE STOPPING IT BEFORE GOING INTO DITCH ACROSS THE STREET.*AK

WHILE PARKED WITH TRANSMISSION SELECTOR IN PARK THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND BACKED INTO A TREE ON MY LOT AT HOME.*AK

MY WIFE DROVE UP TO AND OPENED A GATE. SHE DROVE THROUGH THE GATE. ON THE OTHER SIDE, SHE STOPPED THE CAR, PLACED IT IN PARK, LEFT THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN, THE SUV STARTED IN REVERSE TOWARD A BUILDING. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS SPRUNG AND DAMAGED FROM HITTING THE GATEPOST. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH THE VEHICLE, GET IN AND PUT IT IN PARK AND STOP THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT HIT THE BUILDING. THE DOOR SUSTAINED $ 1876 DAMAGE AND WE HAVE BEEN SURCHARGED ON OUR INSURANCE SINCE THE OCCURRENCE. WE FEEL IT WAS THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, NOT OURS. *AK

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK WHILE IDLING AND ROLLED BACKWARDS 25 YARDS THROUGH A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE, STOPPING VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

TRANSMISSION LOCKED IN PARK, ONLY WAY TO GET IT OUT WAS TO PRESS HARD ON GAS PEDAL, THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO DASH FORWARD, CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE BECAUSE CONSUMER DIDN'Y KNOW WHEN IT WAS GOING TO DASH FORWARD. *AK *JB

WHILE TRAVELING AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *DRIVER SUFFERED WHIPLASH.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE. SOON AFTER VEHICLE WOULD BUCK FORWARD AND BACKWARD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

UPON COMING TO A STOP AND SHIFTING INTO PARK, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND THE CAR WENT INTO REVERSE. I PUT MY FOOT BACK ON THE BRAKE BUT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT BACK INTO PARK OR ANY OTHER GEAR. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE SFIFTER CABLE HAD DETACHED ON ITS OWN. THE DEALER REATTACHED THE CABLE AND FOUND THAT A NEW ONE WAS NOT REQUIRED.*AK

PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE WITH THE SHIFT LINKAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. KEYS WOULD ALSO NOT COME OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET IT IN "PARK". AFTER PUTTING SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE SHIFTER, VEHICLE DID GO INTO PARK AND THEN WAS "OK". I DID CALL A LOCAL DEALER WHO SEEMED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED THE "HEAVY PRESSURE" FIX.*AK

I PUT THE JEEP IN PARK AT A VALET PARKING AREA IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ. MY WIFE AND I EXITED THE JEEP. WHILE I WAS RECEIVING MY TICKET, THE JEEP BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE JEEP AND HIT THE BRAKES INCHES BEFORE HITTING THE CAR BEHIND. I WROTE THE INCIDENT OFF TO HUMAN ERROR. THE JEEP WAS DEFINETELY IN REVERSE WHEN I RE-ENTERED. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED TO THE CURRENT FINDINGS BUT THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT IT. *AK