Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints

29,433 consumer complaints on file.

#893551August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER STOPPED AT A GAS STATION, GOT OUT AND LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS, AND BY THE TIME THE CONSUMER GOT IN, VEHICLE HAD ALREADY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. A WEEK BEFORE, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE OF HEARING A GRINDING SOUND WHEN IN REVERSE. DEALER AT THAT TIME REPLACED THE VALVE SYSTEM. *AK THE SHIFTER CABLE WAS LOOSE RIGHT AFTER THE VALVE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893554August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHILE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. WITHIN MINUTES VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT HIT HOUSE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#893557August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. ALSO, IT HAS A LONG DELAY BEFORE IT GOES INTO GEAR.*AK THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893564August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND WENT OUT OF VEHICLE TO DROP SOME MAIL, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED. AFTER SHE GOT OUT OF VEHICLE IT THEN JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND INTO REVERSE, CAUSING DOOR TO FALL OFF. DEALER DID NOT FIND DEFECT FOR TRANSMISSION. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893570August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.*AK CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP IN VEHICLE, BUT WAS KNOCKED DOWN, CONSUMERS FOOT WAS CAUGHT IN THE DOOR AND WAS ALMOST RUN OVER BY JEEP.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893572August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING ITJUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE.CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED FILE WAS CLOSED.*AK DAMGE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE AND CONSUMERS HOME. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893580August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE STOPPING AT LIGHT VEHICLE JUMPED FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND BRAKES LOCKED. CONTACED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING TO BE DONE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893583August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE FROM PARK. ENGINE WAS ON. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893584August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE, ACCELERATING ALMOST 30 MPH. DEALER PREVIOUSLY REPLACED TRANSMISSION FOR "IT WAS NOT GROUNDED PROPERLY". PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893585August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE INSIDE OF VEHICLE WITH ENGINE ON AND PARKING PAWL IN PARK IT COULD JUMP AND MOVE TO REVERSE. THIS PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED THREE TIMES WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893588August 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK, ITWILL JUMP FROM PARK TO REVERSE. HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, JUST LIKE IT WAS SEEN ON THE NEWS.*AK CONSUMER STATES ONCE IT DAMAGED A FENCE AND INJURED ONE PERSON, ANOTHER TIME IT OCCURRED IT ROLLED OVER A CURB WRECKING INTO AND CRASHING INTO A BUILDING. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#749873August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. WHEN YOU SHIFT INTO PARK, THEN RELEASE THE SHIFTER, THE SHIFTER MOVES BACKWARD INTO PARK. VERY DANGEROUS. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749881August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
JEEP MOVES OUT OF GEAR WHEN STARTING ENGINE IN PARK. GRINDING SOUND OCCURS AND JEEP DOES NOT START.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749883August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CAR WAS PUT IN PARK AND AS I STARTED TO EXIT CAR IT STARTED TO ROLL. I WAS ABLE TO THEN STOP CAR AND PREVENT ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749892August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY AT @50 MPH, THE CAR SHIFTED ITSELF INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE. WE WERE APPROX 10 MILES FROM A DEALERSHIP, SO WE TOOK IT TO DARLING AUTOMALL IN ELLSWORTH, ME. THEY TEST DROVE IT AND COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO GO BACK TO 2-WHEEL DRIVE. THEY DISASSEMBLED PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND SOME COMPONENTS IN THE TRANSFER CASE HAD FAILED. IT HAS TAKEN 5 DAYS FOR THE REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED (WE HAVE NOT PICKED UP VEHICLE AT THIS WRITING) WE CONTACTED JEEP REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749894August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN PUT INTO "PARK" VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN INCLINE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749900August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
POPED INTO REVERSE AND HIT ANOTHER TRUCK. WHILE I WAS 8 FT AWAY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749901August 5, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
FAN MOTOR FAILED WITH AIR CONDITIONER ON ALSO AFFECTING DEFROSTER,HEATER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749904August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO GEAR AND PINNED MYSELF AND OUR 4 YR. OLD DAUGHTER BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. WHEN MY HUSBAND CALLED AND SPOKE WITH A JEEP ENGINEER, THEY DENIED ANY OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE HAPPENING. I CAN OBATIN POLICE REPORTS AND HOSPITAL BILLS TO CONFIRM THE ACCIDENT. ALSO THE PERSON WHO HAD TO BACK THE VEHICLE TO UNPIN US STATES THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK!! THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#749864August 5, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE PARKED AT BOTTOM OF DRIVEWAY WITH IGNITION RUNNING.VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE CAUSING VEHICLE TO BACK UP HILL. JUMPED IN VEHICLE STOPPING IT BEFORE GOING INTO DITCH ACROSS THE STREET.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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