I own a 1995 jeep grand cherokee limited. The federal safety agency issued a safety recall: "secondary detent system to floor shifter." there was no problem w/ shifter of any kind before taken into factory authorized dealership. Immediately after recall work was completed my car was returned to me in unsafe & dangerous condition. Shifter now barely stays in gear positions, & without depressing release button on the shifter, & while driving, using gentlest of touches, ***the shifter can be moved from reverse to neutral and back, from drive to neutral & back, & occasionally btwn all 3 gears. Two tucson fact. Auth. Dealerships refuse to even acknowledge this easily demonstrations physical problem exists, & daimler-chrysler headquarters only 'accepts' 'the truth' being what their reps say. Therefore, no problem or 'incident' report will be filed. I've taken all 'proper' complaint steps w/ dealerships & d-c headquarters, but they refuse to acknowledge any type of problem, even though I have personally demonstrated it to them. Thought this pattern of denial was just because they didn't want to 'pay' to correct their damage to my car, but after reading complaints on this sight, they don't want the gov. Or public to know there is a problem w/their safety recall 'fix,' or their factory mechanics are incompetent &/or careless, or probably both. They keep saying my shifters behavior is "normal, or "has no problem," or "they can't make it happen when they try." suspicious they are doing this to others for they are extremely well practiced at this trickery & lies. Situation has been going on awhile due to my serious health conditions. Since this was regarding safety recall work, d-c corp. Did say there was no time limit on pursuing this issue. Little did I know they are experts at deception & burying the truth. The dealerships & daimler chrysler are intentionally preventing problems from being properly reported.
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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Dt: 1995 jeep grand cherokee, consumer feels that the vehicle was unsafe and dealer refused to acknowledge consumer's safety concern. Dealership will not write down the safety concerns substituted terms like it felt differently instead of consumer's safety concerns , the vehicle has already had the secondary detent system of floor shifter in a recall, the item that was used to replace the recalled part was unsafe, dealer told the consumer that the gear shift should feel different. Gear shift will not stay in gear. Consumer found that the automatic stick shift will still move even when the release button has not been pushed, the gear shifter does not line up with the letters (p, n, r, etc.
Dt: consumer complained about a safety recall concerning automatic transmission: lever and linkages: floor shift. The replacement part, according to the dealership, was designed to work this way. It made car unsafe. The gear shift line didn't match the gear. Will not lock into position. With the smallest of nudges it will come out of drive or reverse without pressing the release, and it will go between all three gears. The car was working perfectly before recall repairs were done. Currently, the car is unsafe to drive. Breck dodge dealership claimed the car was suppose to work like this, burt refused to say the car was unsafe. Contacted manufacturer's regional manager, and did not call me back. Dealership claimed that consumer refused to bring car in. Consumer call another dealership and their remedy was the same as the last dealership. The second dealership stated that this was a common thing ,and they have received similar complaints.
While struck in snow was accelerating and rocking vehicle out of hole consumer smelled smoke. Stopped vehicle got out looked unerhood and saw flames comning from behind engine. Vehicle burned completely.*jb *sb
Recall 02v053000 concerning inadvertent vehicle movement. When the vehicle is in the drive position and the ignition is shut off the vehicle moves backwards unassisted. Consumer has contacted the manufacturer, and has been told that the vehicle has to be placed back in park before turning off the vehicle to keep it from moving backward. *ak
The vehicle was parked when it suddenly began to move in reverse. *nm the vehicle rolled across a street and crashed into a parked vehicle. There were two small children belted in the back seat of the vehicle at the time of the accident. The were no injuries.
Cv joints on front failing, need to be repaired. This is second time since vehichle was purchased in 1996. Safety, drivability hazard.
Torque converter failed, sending metal shaving into transmission-replaced in 2001. May 2004 shows signs of torque converter failing again. Neighbor man owns same type of jeep and is experiencing same problems.
With only 42,958 miles, the transmission started to make a whining sound when in reverse, neutral and forward. A few months ago it would not engage in reverse twice. *la when the consume took the vehicle in for an oil change, and to have the noise checked out, the consumer was informed the transmission had a lot of internal damage.
In shop for 3rd transmission replacement over about 70,000 miles. Also, a list of repaires too numerous to list cost $3,500 out of pocket since 1999. That does not count thousands of $ in warranty work.
On 3 separate appointments after waiting 2 1/2 - 3 hours to have recall 02v053000 repairs performed consumer was told that parts were not available.
While driving on the highway, smelled an awful smell, like rotten eggs, pulled over and stopped and then smoke started flowing out from under the hood. It was towed to a dealership, then told axle shaft damaged, all bearings damaged, differential damaged,rack and pinnion (sp) also damaged, coming to $1700 in replacement parts.
My son was driving my 1995 jeep grand cherokee laredo at 30 miles/hour when the truck suddenly accelerated with loss of all brake power causing him to drive up onto a parked car which caused the jeep to overturn onto the driver's side. Luckily for him, he sustained only a small cut from the driver's side window breaking on impact and was cleared medically when he was taken to the hospital via ambulance. A police car happened to be following him and witnessed this incident. When the officer ran to the jeep after the accident and helped my son climb out of the passenger side, he made my son turn off the jeep because the engine was still revving and sounded like it was racing although my son was not pressing the gas petal (he was standing on the seat).
The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a recall (02v053000) repair related to inadvertent vehicle movement. After a couple hours consumer checked on the vehicle. The service advisor told the consumer that the parts were not available and that the keys to his vehicle were lost. The dealer gave the consumer a file# 11388660. The consumer made two calls to the service manager but he never apologized or offered to pay for the lost keys. *ak *cb
When engaged from park to drive vehicle won't move, but if engaged in reverse vehicle is fine. Dealer notified.
The consumer received recall notice #02v053000 concerning inadvertent vehicle movement. The consumer made an appointment with mother lode motors on 5/30/2003. Upon arrival for the appointment the consumer was told there were no parts available. The dealer was suppose to call the consumer when the parts became available. Mother lode motors 13411 mono way, sonora, ca 95370. Phone # 209 532 5186.
The vehicle was running while in park and was unattended when it suddently accelerated in reverse and damaged the other vehicles. *nlm...
Replaced fuel pump on 2/27/03 after I purchased the jeep used on 2/26/03. Replaced fuel pump again on 3/37/03 (broke down in another state). Took jeep in for transmission failure on 4/3/03. Sat in shop for 30 days while warranty company decided what to do with it. Replaced transmission. Jeep dies in traffic on 5/5/03. Called shop got runaround. Called warranty company and took to another shop. Told it was fuel pump again (warranty company didn't pay the last 550.00 to replace fuel pump) and also the gas tank is deteriorating, warranty company will not cover due to high fuel pump replacement. Also told it could be crank sensor in 4.0l engines. Not happy to pay 9000.00 for a vehicle that has only been driven 3 weeks out of 3 months. Still fighting with warranty company.
While driving, the automatic transmission did not shift properly.
Consumer received a recall letter for the shifter, coming out of gear. The dealer stated there was no problem at this time. One month later vehicle was in park and jumped into reverse and hit a tree.
1995 jeep grand cherokee, 318v8 all time-all wheel drive. 294 transfer case. 59,900 miles. Vehical not used to tow anything. Viscus coupler is failing, causing wheels to lock up. Viscus coupler allows front wheels to rotate at differant speed when wheels are turned. When wheels start to lock up, this can and will be potentialy dangerous. I have confirmed many complaints from schaefer motor sales, 8320 washington ave., racine,wi. 53406. (262)-886-6800. Chrysler jeep needs to do a recall!! Please advise asap. Thank you.
Consumer stated that the dealer is taking to long to perform the recall#02v053000 inadvertent vehicle movement. Jeep long island city 718‑937‑3500 please provides the address. Mr
The vehicle was in park with the emergency brake applied, however the vehicle jumped out of gear, and crashed into an electrical pole.
Safety recall warning b02 shift detent fix caused new additional problems. (1.) shift mechanism binds, but don't appear to have positive position lock into park indication. Binding could be a possible problem for people with disability or limited strength. (2.)shift lever can be moved with very little (virtually no) resistance from a reverse position, thru neutral, and into drive. An inadvertant shift of such manner could cause damage to transmission. (3.)shift lever can be moved with little (virtually no) resistance from drive to neutral which could cause an enginge overspeed if inadvertantly occurs and if in cruise. This sudden disengagement of the transmission could also cause a sudden slow down without warning to following traffic creating a highway safety hazard. Dt
Vehicle cant go pass 30 miles per hour, it pulls it self forward when parked. Nlm
Consumer states vehicle jumped out of park position backing into another vehicle causing damage. This happended two times. Manufacturer notified.
While the vehicle was in park and ideling the vehicle went into reverse and ran into another vehicle. Nlm
The consumer started the vehicle while it was on park; after he started it, he stepped out from the vehicle. Suddenly the vehicle jumped from park to reverse and hit the consumer and the garage, consumer was injured in accident.
The car was parked, at a close range, facing the the wall next to my garage doors. When it was put to reverse in order to back up for maneuvering, the car drove forward instead, hitting the wall. I tried a number of times to set it on reverse but each time it would only go forward. Even on neutral, it would go forward. No serious damage resulted because the car was very close to the wall when it first went forward instead of backwards and after that it was pressed against the wall. I tried to contact the manufacturer but it was closed because it is a saturday. I did contact the dealer but I was told that "something must have broken". Since I read so many reports on incidents with jeep 1995's automatic transmission I thought I should report this incident immediately.
Transmission is still slipping and doesn't shift properly, also transmission is leaking on garage floor, service transmission and replace detent cable.
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