1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

PE01-021, SHIFTING INTO PARK WITH ENGINE IDLING ,VEHICLE WILL ROLL BACKWARDS, CONSUMER NOTICED GEAR SHIFT POPPED INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN. *AK CONSUMER STATED AS SOON AS SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE, THE VHEICLE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO GO IN REVERSE. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. DEALER HAS REPLACED TRANSFER CASE. CHAIN INSIDE TRANSFER CASE AND MODULATING VALVE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK *SLC

WHILE IDLING IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION, AND CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER. *AK *ET

WHILE IDLING VEHICLE SHIFTED ITSELF FROM PARK TO REVERSE. CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER STATED NOTHING TO BE DONE. *AK *JB

I PURCHASED MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, IN JANUARY OF 1999. SINCE I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS SERVICED FOUR(4) TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS AUGUST 30, 2000, AT 30,070 MILES. THE SECOND TIME WAS DECEMBER 12, 2000, AT 36,242 MILES. THE THIRD TIME WAS MARCH 16, 2001, AT 41,560 MILES. THE FORTH TIME WAS AUGUST 1, 2001, AT 44, 288 MILES. THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE SERVICED, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AT MCCAFFERTY HAD TO CUT THE FRONT ROTORS. THE 2ND THRU THE 4TH TIMES THE FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE RESURFACED. I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR SERVICE, ALL 4 TIMES, THE DEALER SAYING IT WAS FROM NORMAL "WEAR AND TEAR". ON ONE OCCASION I TALKED TO MR. BOB GUNDY, WHOM I BELIEVE IS THE SERVICE MANAGER AT MCCAFFERTY JEEP. I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD BEEN TOLD THAT I HAD BEEN ASKED, BY ANOTHER SERVICE ADVISOR, IF I HAD A HEAVY FOOT ON THE BRAKES, BEING TOLD THE DAMAGE MIGHT BE FROM THIS. I TOLD THE ADVISOR, AT THE TIME, I DID NOT. MR. GUNDY STATED THAT IT WAS NOTHING WRONG THAT I DID, BUT A DEFECT CAUSED BY THE WHEELS GETTING BIGGER, THE BRAKE PADS GETTING BIGGER, BUT THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS STAYING THE SAME SIZE. THIS, HE TOLD ME, CAUSED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS TO WARP, AND BECOMING DAMAGED. HE STATED, TO ME, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS. I KNOW, FROM TALKING TO SEVERAL OTHER GRAND CHEROKEE OWNERS, THAT THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURED WITH THEIR VEHICLES. THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMYING, WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGH SPEEDS. ALTHOUGH NOT YET A GENERAL RECALL, I BELIEVE THAT THE NHYTSA SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS MATTER, WITH A POSSIBLE RECALL JUSTIFIED, DOWN THE ROAD. I THANKYOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.*AK

MY CAR WAS IN PARK AND SWITCHED TO REVERSE BY ITSELF. I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR BY THE OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR AND WAS DRAGGED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE CAR. THE CAR TURNED AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AS I WAS RELEASED AND ROLLED OVER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. MUCH OF THE SKIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BACK WAS SCRAPED OFF AND I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER MINOR SCRAPES ON MY ARMS AND LEGS. I ALSO DEVELOPED MUSCLE PAIN IN MY NECK AND LOWER BACK AND WAS PUT ON MUSCLE RELAXERS.*AK

VEHICLE APPARENTLY CAME OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL AS PERSONAL INJURY.*AK

NOT ONLY DOES THE TRANSMISSION SLIP OUT OF GEAR GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, BUT I HAVE ALREADY WENT THRU ONE SET OF NEW BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT AND NOW THE SECOND SET IS SQUEALLING LIKE CRAZY SO THERE HAS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES TO, COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE DIAMOND CHRYSLER DO RECALLS TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE ANY ONE ELSE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY HURT, I HAVE BEEN TO YOUR WEB SITE AND SEEN AND READ HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE SQAME PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. *AK

ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE FROM PARK. ENGINE WAS ON. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD, COMING TO A STOP WHEN IT HIT AN IRON POST. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 3000.00. *AK