1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

WHEN MAKING A HARD TURN, EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT WITH TRANSMISSION / 4-WHEEL DRIVE IN NEUTRAL, WHEELS AND IGNITION LOCKED UP.*AK CONSUMER STATES THIS OCCURS WHEN BEING TOWED BEHIND A 36 FOOT MOTOR HOME, FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN AND WAS DISCOVERED AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES, SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 75 MILESCONSUMER STOPPED AND STARTED AGAIN HAVING MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN. *SLC

PE 01 021/ R0LLED AWAY IN PARK: VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING WHEN IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, AND RAN INTO A NEIGHBOR'S HOME. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK JEEP ALSO SIDE SWIPED VEHICLE WHERE THERE WAS A CHILD, LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *SLC

I PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND LEFT IT RUNNING TO RUN INTO A STORE I WAS HALFWAY IN THE STORE WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD IN REVERSE. IT PROCEEDED TO BACK UP OVER A CURVE AND HIT A BUILDING AFTER I MANAGED TO REACH INSIDE AND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL I WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND. FORTUNALTELY MY CHILDREN WHO WERE IN THE CAR WERE NOT INJURED ONLY FRIGHTENED. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AND IN PARK IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE BY JUMPING INTO VEHICLE. CONSUMER SUSTAINED SCRAPES AND BRUISES. MANUFACTURER HAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE TO CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK AS A RESULT OF THE VEHHICLE JUMPING OUT OF GEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WAS BENT BACKWARD BY COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE SIDEWALL. NLM

WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE FEELS AS IF IT IS PULLING IN REVERSE. THIS HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE BUCKS AND PULLS BACK WHILE DRIVING. *SLC

IN RESPONSE TO RECENT REPORTS ABOUT 1997 GRAND CHEROKEE TRANSMISSIONS GOING INTO REVERSE WITHOUT SELECTING REVERSE--MY JEEP'S TRANSMISSION SEALS DETERIORATED EARLY WITH PIECES OF THE SEALS FOUND IN THE GEAR FLUID; COULD CAUSE BLOCKAGE OF SCAVANGER SYSTEM OR INTERFERENCE WITH GEARS THEMSELVES--POSSIBLE CAUSE OR EXPLANATION; CONTACTED JEEP AND LOCAL DEALERSHIP--THEY DENIED EVERYTHING.*AK

I PUT MY JEEP IN PARK, AND RAN TO A MAILBOX. WHEN I TURNED AROUND, I SAW THAT MY JEEP WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE. ORIGINALLY, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I SOMEHOW OR OTHER LEFT IN REVERSE AND JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR, BUT I KNOW THAT I DIDN'T DO THAT. NO ONE WOULD BELIVE ME THEN. HOWEVER, I'VE JUST LEARNED THAT SIMILAR INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE. I JUST WANT TO LET U KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED TO ME TOO.*AK

WHEN I PARKED TO WATCH A FIREWORKS DISPLAY THE LEVER SLIPPED BACK INTO REVERSE. MY WIFE YELLED OUT TO ME AND I WAS ABLE TO GET MY FOOT BACK ON THE BRAKE BEFORE HITTING A LADY AND YOUNG CHILD WHO HAD WALKED BEHIND THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHEN LEFT IN PARK, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THIS 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS (PERHAPS SIX OR EIGHT TIMES) SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND MOVED BOTH FORWARD AND BACKWARD ON IT'S OWN. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THERE WAS NO DRIVER IN THE CAR WHEN IT BEGAN MOVING. IN THE LATEST EPISODE, IN MAY OF 2001, MY WIFE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO REENTER THE CAR WHICH SHE HAD LEFT IN PARK. THE JEEP MOVED BACKWARD UNTIL COMING TO REST ON A HEDGE AND A CABLE TV BOX ON THE STREET NEXT TO OUR HOME. THE DAMAGES WERE ABOUT $200. MY WIFE WAS BRUISED, BUT NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. WHAT SHOULD WE DO? IS THERE A RECALL? WILL THIS BE REPORTED TO JEEP?*AK

I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY GEAR SHIFT DOESN'T ALWAY GO ALL THE WAY INTO "PARK" ALTHOUGH IT CLICKS LIKE IT DOES. I HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA CARE THAT IT DOES GO INTO "PARK".*AK