Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints

29,433 consumer complaints on file.

#6900345August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE, CLAIM 37-3158-660. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900346August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER STATES THIS IS THE SECOND TIME VEHICLE HAS JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE, CLAIM 22-P402-189. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900348August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900347August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#6900349August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND ROLLED INTO A POLE, CLAIM 40-2058-894. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900350August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, CLAIM 38-1592-200. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900472August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE POPPED INTO REVERSE FROM PARK AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, ENGINE REVVED WHEN CONSUMER HIT BRAKE, CLAIM 49-3276-215. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900473August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND STRUCK A HOUSE, CLAIM 22-V202-702. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900474August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, AND IT SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED, CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, CLAIM 44-3038-336. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751448August 31, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), SEATS
I WAS SITTING AT RED LIGHT WHEN I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY FORD PASSANGER VAN AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT THE BACK SEATS WERE DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS BEING USE IN THE UTILITY SINCE OF THE SUV TITLE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN I WAS SRUCK THE RECLINING SEAT BACK COLLAPSED AT THE SAME TIME THE BACK SEAT BEGAN RIGHTING ITSELF DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT AS I WAS HURLED BACK WITH NO SEAT BACK TO STOP ME I STRUCK MY HEAD ON THE RISING BACK SEAT TOP A RIGID BOARD COVERED IN CLOTH THIS DEFECT HAS CAUSED BRAIN DAMAGE TO ME OF VARYING SORTS THIS SEAT HAS ONLY ONE RECLING GEAR EVEN THOUGH YOUR OFFICE SUGGESTED TO THE INDUSTRY PRIOR TO1994 THROUGH A STUDY AT THE UNIV. OF VIRGINIA I AM(WAS) A 220 LB. BODY BUILDER I WAS REACHING ACCROSS TO THE OTHER SEAT AT POINT OF IMPACT THE TEETH MAY NOT EVEN HAVE HAD TO SHEER OFF THE TWISTING FORCE MAY JUST HAVE PULLED TOP TEETH OUT OF BOTTOM TEETH UNLOCKING ENTIRE MECHANISM EITHER WAY WHEN I OPENED MY EYES AFTER THE IMPACT I WAS LAYING FLAT DOWN IN THE MOST RECLINED POSITION I STARTED OUT INA NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITON PLEASE HELP JEEP ADVERTISES TO GUYS JUST LIKE ME A ROUGH TOUGH VEHICLE THAT CAN GET YOU THROUGH ANYTHING AND THEN THEY PUT A SEAT IN THAT WON'T PROTECT THE VERY MARKET THEY ADVERTISE TO THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BEING HERE TO REPORT THIS TO. SINCERELY [XXX] HUSBAND FATHER OF THREE AND NOW BRAIN DAMAGED BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE SEAT IN A 1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO (TOP OF THEIR LINE) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#751457August 31, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN APPLIED AT HIGH SPEED. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AT 13200 MILES AND WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562859August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATED THAT, AFTER GEAR WAS PLACED IN PARK THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OF IN REVERSE INJURED THE OWNER AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED TRANSFER TRUCK. THE COLLISION CAUSED THE GEAR TO JUMP INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING FORWARD BUT THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO STOP IT, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON TWO OCCASIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#895613August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE HAS A TICKING SOUND WHEN T APPROACHING A HILL. ALSO, TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD DRIVE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895617August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER HAD PUT VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE IT WAS IDLING, CONSUMER SAW THAT VEHICLE WAS GOING IN REVERSE AND TRIED TO JUMP IN TO STOP IT, HOWEVER IT RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLES DOOR AND STOPPED. ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED BEFORE WARRANTY ENDED DUE TO VEHICLE WAS JERKING WHILE BRAKING, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE HOTLINE IS WORTHLESS, SHE STATED SHE COULD NOT GET THROUGH AND THEN WHEN SHE DID, SHE WAS ON HOLD FOR 15-20 MINUTES. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751493August 31, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
SEVERE AND DANGEROUS BRAKE ROTOR PULSATION HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN LESS THAN 35OOO MILES, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT ROTORS (DEALER DID NOT COVER).*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562849August 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING BOAT ON TRAILER DOWN BOAT RAMP, THE CONSUMER LET THE BOAT FLOAT OFF THE VEHICLE, SO THAT THE TRAILER WAS OUT OF THE WATER, THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE KNOCKING THE CONSUMER DOWN AND DRUG HIM INTO THE WATER, THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE AND WAS COVERED W/ ROAD RASH FROM NECK TO HEELS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#562851August 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE CAR WAS PLACED IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE THEN NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUDDENLY ROLLING BACKWARD, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BUT WITH NO LUCK, THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN A 12' BANK INCLINE, ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WHILE IN A PARKING LOT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562841August 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO CLOSE THE TAILGATE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#562865August 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WITH GEAR SELECTOR IN PARK AND VEHICLE IDLING, THE GEAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE PROPELLING CONSUMER ACROSS A PARKING LOT AND THEN CRASHING INTO A TREE, THE FORCE WAS SO GREAT THAT IT WEDGED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL UP UNDER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR SEATS, DECIMATED THE REAR TRUNK DOOR, BENT THE CHASSIS, BUCKLED THE ROOF, AND BROKE ALL THE GLASS FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BACK, DUE TO THE INJURIES CONSUMER SUSTAINED, HE HAD TO RESIGN FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT AND HAS HAD TO GIVE UP CERTAIN HOBBIES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#562831August 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CONSUMER PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE TO CLOSE A GATE AND WHEN SHE TURNES AROUND THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE COMING TOWARDS HER ALMOST PINNING HER AGAINST THE GATE, THE VEHICLE CRASHES THROUGH THE GATE DAMAGING THE ENTIRE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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