1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- RURAL HALL, NC
GEAR SHIFTED OUT OF PARK TO REVERSE AFTER THE OWNER, LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING, PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE TO REPLACE THE GAS CAP. AFTER COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE GEARS SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND ACCELERATED FORWARD BEFORE THE OWNER WAS ABLE TO RE-ENTER THE VEHICLE, APPLY THE BRAKES AND STOP THE VEHICLE.
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- RAY, MI
DROVE VEHICLE ON A FEW ERRANDS, NEXT DAY WENT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THERE WAS NO REVERSE, REPLACE TRANSMISSION.
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- CONCORDE, NC
TRUCK WAS PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING ON A FLAT INCLINE, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARD AND HIT THE NEIGHBOR'S VEHICLE. NOBODY WAS IN THE TRUCK AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. BUT WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO RETRIEVE THE TRUCK IT WAS STILL IN THE PARK GEAR. *AK
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- RUMSON, NJ
WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO PARK, VEHICLE DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE PARK GEAR PROPERLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO REVERSE GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- DERONDA, WI
VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, SHIFTED INTO PARK, AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. AFTER DRIVER WALKED AWAY VEHICE BEGAN MOVING. TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. DRIVER JUMPED INTO VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE HAND BREAK. PASSENGER IN FRONT SEAT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT LEVER BACK TO PARK.
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- ANACORTES, WA
AS SOON AS THE VEHCILE REACHES 66 TO 70 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTS TO VIBRATE AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECT BY TIRES, DRIVE SHAFT OR CHANGE OF TRANSFER CASE.
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- CENTERPORT, NY
WHEN LOCKING THE CAR WITH THE REMOTE, HORN IS SUPPOSED TO CHIRP INDICATING THAT THE ALARM IS ARMED, HOWEVER HORN STICKS UNTIL FUSE IS BLOWN.
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- DENDRON, VA
DRIVER WAS PUTTING THE TRUCK INTO REVERSE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN APPLIED THE GAS PEDAL JUST A LITTLE AND THE TRUCK TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, HITTING A TREE. THE TRUCK WENT ABOUT 150-175 FEET BEFORE HITTING THE TREE. THE TRUCK JUST PICKED UP SPEED ALL AT ONCE. *AK
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- SEASIDE PARK, NJ
AFTER MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS STEERING LOCKED UP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
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1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- LAFAYETTE, IN
WAS TRYING TO REVERSE VEHICLE BUT GEAR DID NOT ENGAGE DUE TO DEFECT IN A PART WITHIN TRANSMISSION, CAUSING ERRACTIC OPERATION. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN OF DEFECT. DEALER WILL REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK
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