The vehicle , on its own with the engine running, went into reverse while the driver was at the rear hatch getting some personal items. The vehicle was in the garage at the time of the mishap. The driver was nearly run over but escaped injury as the drivers door was open and the door hit side of the garage door opening which stop the car. Severe damage was done to the door.
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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Parking gear does not engage. Drivers says that vehicle will roll back while in park.
Upon turning ignition, gear went from park to reverse without ever being touched. There were no injuries. *ak
In very cold weather vehicle shifts very hard, rpms go up to 3000 and it takes 15-20 minutes before transmission shifts smoothly.
Ea 01 017/inadvertent roll away in reverse in park: while parked and idling vehicle commenced to roll backward, consumer was able to jump into vehicle and applied the brake. Dealer was notified. Feel free to provide any further information concerning this matter.
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I left the vehicle running on an incline to put my groceries in the passenger side. When I went around to the passengr side and opened the rear door the vehicle started rolling backwards. It rolled back and hit another vehicle causing damages to both vehicles.
The consumer pointed out that there were two incidents of the vehicle rolling from parked position. The first incident, the vehicle was parked and the engine was shut off. The second incident, vehicle was parked and engine shut off, gear was in park, the consumer was just about to get out when the vehicle started to move in reverse.
Vehicle would make a whining sound like it wanted to shift gears. Also, when slowing down it would make the same noise. Consumer could hear a banging noise in rear end of vehicle. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated needed to replace transfer case. When trying to order a new or rebuilt one they were on back order. *ak
Vehicle was placed in reverse, then consumer placed vehicle in drive, and vehicle suddenly took off in reverse, jumping over a curve, and crashing into neighbors yard.vehicle was in drive it was found. Please provide further details.
Vehicle is hard to put in gear. It feels like gear shift is not clicking into drive or park. Please provide any other further information.
Vehicle was parked, with the engine running and emergency brake not applied, and vehicle suddenly went backward, consumer jumped in and shut off engine.*ak consumer stated the transmission slipped out of parked, vehicle suffered damage.
We were never told of the need for a brake shift interlock, altho we were advised of other recall defects.
The retainer on the shift linkage inside of the transmission body can fall off or fail and the transmission will not lock in park. When this occurs the operator can put the transmission into park and think that the transmission is locked up but it is not. Then the operator can get out of the vehicle and if it is on any incline at all the vehicle can and will roll away out of control. This happened to my wife at the exact moment that I was about to walk between the rear of my truck and the front of the forementioned jeep cherokee. If I had not seen it start rolling I would of had both my legs crushed between the two bumpers. As it was I jumped back and watched the jeep roll into my truck. It didn't hit hard enough to damage either vehicle but if I had been between them they probably would had cut my legs off. I took this vehicle to louisburg garage, cuba city, wi. To be repaired and they were the dealership that repaired the problem. They had to remove the valve body from the transmission to repair the linkage. They were the ones who told me that the retainer had failed. If this happens to anybody else the results could be disastrous with maybe someone getting maimed or killed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The vehicle kept going after the driver stepped on the brake and put the gear in park.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Vehicle jumped out of park while idling, damage is minor, claim 22-p276-745.
Vehicle was parked and unoccupied when it rolled down the driveway, pulling a consumer under the tires, does not say that any damage was done to vehicle, claim 50-0439-770.
Consumer parked on side of street, and vehicle started to roll backward causing damage to vehicle, claim 52-2116-222.
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.
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