While vehicle was running it slipped from park to reverse and hit a brick wall then into drive and hit a house. 12-0446-925
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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Owner thought vehicle was in park and got out of vehicle, but the vehicle rolled down driveway in to neighbors house. 48-5026-795
Vehicle placed in park, five minutes later the owner walked away and vehicle rolled backwards. 55-s118-096
Gear jumped and vehicle rolled into another vehicle. 06-5314-004
Gear jumped from park to reverse and hit another car. 35-w693-418
The vehicle jumped out of gear and drifted over the drivers legs pinning her under the vehicle, the door hit her cheek and she laid pinned under the vehicle until a passer by stopped to help, there was slight damagr to the jeep.
Vehicle rolled back while it was in park. 46-0467-561
Gear jumpe and vehicle rolled backwards. 20-5396-776
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.
Gear jump while parked. Vehicle jumped in reverse while parked at atm machine. *db 04-1051-871
The vehicle has moved out of its position while it is in park and key was out of ignition. In addition, it often jerks like it is trying to move forwards or backwards while it is in park with the motor running and when turning right or left it makes a jerking motion.
My front differential needs a major overhaul again. This will be the second. It was replaced at 21000 miles and now, less than 40000 miles later it needs to be replaced again. I have contaced the manufacture and they refuse acknowledge any type of design problem. Since I have exceeded the mfg warranty, they don't want to have anything to do with me. I researched in the federal safety agency and have found numerous similar complaints. This is becoming costly.
Had vehicle in "park" standing in front of vehicle by garage for at least 5 minutes when noticed jeep going down the driveway and chased after but got across street to tree along curb and crashed into. Jeep was in "reverse" when got into and then drove into driveway and was able to recreate after calling insurace co and police dept. Sat inside put in drive, then park without it locking completely, saw orange indicator in window in "park" and had air conditioning running along with radio on. Waited awhile and saw it slowly move down into "reverse" and start rolling until I hit the brakes. The jeep dealership in town is unable to recreate or see a problem when I took in to have them look at of course but I feel after seeing articles that this is a serious issue that should be handled before more serious injuries occur.
While unoccupied and idling in park, the car shifted into reverse and drove into a tree, damaging driver side door--I assumed I improperly put it into park--but recent publicity about a similar problem with the same car caused me to contact you so my situation can be counted among the statistics you are compiling.
Vehicle was in park position, turned completely off on an incline and vehicle jumped out of gear into reverse. Vehicle hit a tree that did not prevent vehicle from stopping and continued to hit another tree. Please provide any further details.
Rotated and balanced tire, aligned front wheels, repacke wheel bearing. Also, transmission needed an overhaul.
The jeep cherokee in question was parked in the owner's garage. When a visitor started it, it immediately jumped into reverse and flew ata high speed out of the gargage. This caused it to cross a street, hit a retaining wall and a main waterline. The collapse of the wall made the neighbor's garage door fall off the hinges. Her car was stuck inside for over a week and she was without water until the next day. The 1995 jeep grand cherokee limited was totaled. The driver sustained neck and back injuries and has been treated by a doctor.
The vehicle rolled out of the driveway on its own and hit a telephone pole damaging the rear end, the vehicle was parked.
While the engine was running I put the transmission in park and let the automobile. It then started to roll backwards for several yards and crashed into a parked car with no passengers in it. There was no one else in my car. I believe that it kicked out of park into reverse. I have learned that there have been several incidents regarding the transmission in jeep cherokee's doing this kind of thing.
Consumer was parked on an incline with emergency brake engaged when gear shifted from park to reverse. Vehicle was unresponsive when brakes were applied. No accident was reported. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further details.
Vehicle in car wash when it started to suddenly came out backwards , and was picking up speed. Was not able to get in vehicle to stop it. Had a lot of torque behind it. Vehicle hit a wall next to car wash. Apparently vehicle jumped out of park into reverse.*ak yh
While my 1995 jeep grand cherokee was parked with the automatic transmission in park position and engine running, suddently the car took off on its own in reverse and crashed into a tree.
Put jeep into park and got out to get the mail-noticed it had started rolling backwards. Luckily, I was able to get back in and stop it from rolling further down the street, however the door caught on the mailbox and there was $2268.00 in damage to the body.
Backed jeep into garage at 2:30 p.m.. Power failure at 4:30 p.m.. At 6:00 p.m. Opened electric garage door by pulling release cord. Pulled jeep out of garage front first. To close garage door, put jeep in park, left driver side door open and went back into garage to pull release cord. Looked up, for some reason, and jeep was backing into garage on its own. Jumped out of the way, hitting my face on car and twisting my back. Jeep's door caught on garage frame and finally stopped vehicle. Jeep door nearly torn off. Called jeep and investigator came out to do tests on car the next day. Said the computer inside car would show if the car had acted on its own. Investigator said tests showed everything to be ok. Everything may show ok now, but that doesn't change the fact that it changed gears on its own. I didn't give myself a black eye! How do I proceed?
Vehicle would be reluctant to shift out of 4 wheel drive. Grinding noises would be heard when trying to steer the jeep. Finally, a 2 x 3 inch chunk blew out of the housing of the transfer case assembly. After researching the federal safety agency site, it looks like many have had problems with this assembly. Most described the same problem I had. It cost me $1500 to replace this defective part.
The vehicle was placed in park with the emergency brake engaged and the engine still running, as the driver opened the door to exit the vehicle it suddenly accelerated forward then backwards hitting a parked car. Nlm
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
The transmission slips out of gear while sitting in drive. Though it has not caused any accidents because my foot is on the brake. The transmission also does not want to change gears while driving. The driver has to punch the gas and let the engine reach about 4 rpms before it will go to the next gear. Taken to several transmission places and no one can figure out why this is happening. This problem has occurred since I bought the vehicle with about 60000 miles. I spoke with previous owner and it did the same thing. It has continuously gotten worse. I saw the special on tv and that is when I decided to proceed with my complaint.
Jeep moves out of gear when starting engine in park. Grinding sound occurs and jeep does not start.
Transmission slipping into reverse when vehicle in "park" with engine running. Two incidents. First when reversing out of garage - no damage. Second when parked in post office parking lot. Unattended vehicle, no driver and no pasengers, reversed across lot and into mailboxes. Damaged mailbox, no personal injury. Driver's door was open and I was able to reach in and push gearlever into "park" as vehicle hit mailboxes.
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