Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints (1995)

719 consumer complaints on file.

#897753October 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN PUTTING KEY IN IGNITION AND TURNING IT ON WILL ALLOW DRIVER TO PUT VEHICLE IN ANY GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE A SMALL CHILD COULD GET BEHIND THE WHEEL, PUT KEY IN IGNITION, AND PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING BRAKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563689October 12, 2001
PARKING BRAKE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN PARK WITH THE HAND BRAKE ENGAGED AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND THEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVERSED ITSELF AND SURGED BACKWARD HITTING A PARKED CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563137September 18, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE, A FEW SECONDS LATER VEHICLE HAD MOVED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN.*JB CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752195September 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AT 35 MPH VEHICAL WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN ,TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MACHANIC WHOSE FINDINGS ARE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT PAN WAS FULL OF METAL SHAVINGS IS GOING TO COST 1500.TO REPLACE.TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST WAY LONGER THAN 74,000MI.I HAVE A SUBURBAN WITH OVER 250,000MI AND ORIGINAL EVERYTHING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563039September 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING AFTER THE DRIVER STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND PUT THE GEAR IN PARK. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752104September 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE JEEP WAS PLACED IN PARK WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING, I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO HAND MY HUSBAND HIS BILLFOLD JEEP WENT INTO REVERSE THE DOOR WAS OPEN IT HIT A UTILITY POLE AND THEN A CURB SIGN WHICH WENT UNDER THE REAR END WHICH STOPPED THE JEEP FROM CONTINUING DOWN THE SIDEWALK. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896061September 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WILL JUMP OUT OF PARK GEAR INTO REVERSE WHILE IDLING. CONSUMER HAS EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE APPLIED, AND VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE TWICE, AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751933September 8, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
I PARKED THE JEEP ON LEVEL GROUND, SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. I GOT OUT, WENT AROUND TO THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR, GOT MY BAGS OUT, SHUT THE DOOR AND WALKED ABOUT 100 FT. TO THE HOUSE AND WENT INSIDE. ABOUT 1/2 HR. LATER MY HUSBAND HOLLARED AND TOLD ME TO LOOK OUTSIDE, AND WHEN I DID, I SAW THAT THE JEEP HAD ROLLED DOWN INTO A DITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562960September 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT AND TOOK SIX TO EIGHT STEPS AND THEN REALIZED THAT VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS ONTO THE CURB AND THEN HIT A TREE AND STOPPED, CONSUMER THEN NOTICED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT WAS BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE, CONSUMER STATES INCIDENT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES, BUT WAS ABLE TO STOP IT, CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562964September 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND LEANED OVER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND SUNK INTO A POND.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751777September 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AFTER PULLING IN A PARKING SPACE AND PUTTING IT IN PARK. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND GEAR IN PARK TO REMOVE A SHOPPING CART FROM PARKING PLACE. MY JEEP SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND BACKED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562942September 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND INTO REVERSE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS HELPING HER ELDERLY MOTHER OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE KNOCKED THE PASSENGER DOWN AND RAN OVER HER LEG (CONSUMER IS NO LONGER THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE). YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#6901155August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER STARTED JEEP, THEN PUT IT IN PARK, GOT OUT. JEEP TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, HIT A TREE, THEN STARTED FORWARD AND HIT TREE IN FRONT OF IT, CONSUMER TRIED TO CATCH THE CAR BUT WHEN SHE REACHED FOR IT STUMBLED AND FELL IN THE STREET HURTING HER KNEE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6901216August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
STATE FARM INSURANCE STATED, INSURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF HER GARAGE, WHEN SHE HAD TRIED TO SHUT THE DOOR IT CAUGHT ONTO A FLOWER POT. AS SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT TO MOVE IT, THE VEHICLE DEPT GOING AND INSURED TRIED TO HIT THE BRAKE BUT HIT THE GAS AND SHE HIT THE GARAGE DOOR. 46-0198-756
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6901258August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CLAIM 11-3411-986. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6901261August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE RUNNING AND VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 05-4503-909. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#6901262August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO FIXED PROP WHILE IN PARK AND WITH PARKING BRAKE APPLIED, CLAIM 33-0190-782. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6901263August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 75-A217-745. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6901264August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER DROVE OUT TO MAILBOX, PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT TO GET MAIL, AND VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK INTO VEHICLE TO STOP IT, HOWEVER WAS RUN OVER AND INJURED, CLAIM 49-2082-476. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#6901265August 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER PARKED ON SIDE OF STREET, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 52-2116-222. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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