My wife put the jeep in park and left it idling to go back into our house to rtieve something she had forgotte. Once in the house she heard a loud noise and looked out and saw that the jeep had crashed into a tree located just behind where she had left it in park. I called the jeep business where I have been having it serviced for the past few years and asked if they had a record of this type malfunction and or a recall cotice for the problem. They checked their computer and told me that they did not. I had it repaired which cost state farm and probaly a rate hike for me and a $500 deduct that I paid, plus a $275 car rental fee I had to pay to have a car for thee weeks. Later I saw an article saying that several people had the same problem and I called chrysler about a month ago and they cold shouldered me, and stated that they were not accepting responsibility. I want to kanow how to proceed to get my expenses back and get the problem fixed before someone is killed.
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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Vehicle was in park position at a gas station when the it took off in reverse. Driver jumped in vehicle, and applied brakes. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Vehicle was parked in garage and suddenly took off into reverse, causing drivers side door to be torn off. Dealer has seen vehicle and could not find a problem.*ak
Vehicle was parked with engine running, emergency brake not applied. Vehicle suddenly went backward and hit another vehicle.
While car was idling in park, vehicle jumped out of park into reverse, rolled back and hit a parked car. Consumer has yet to contact the dealer.*ak
My transmission has come out of "park" more than once while idling. Once, I bumped into another car at a parking lot.
Put car into park and opened front driver door. The car slipped into reverse and the door and front fender were damaged when they hit a steel post. On the other two occassions I was able to apply the brake before any damage or injury.
The vehicle was briefly left in park with engine running and driver's side door open. The transmission slipped into reverse, resulting in a collision between the vehicle and a building which was used as a mini-store at a gas station. This was reported to my insurance compant (geico) at that time. My expenses include replaceing the driver's side door, bodywork to the jeep, and increased insurance premium.
When sitting at a stop sign or light when I apply gas the vehicle hesitates then jumps into gear and lurches forward. I have had the transmission serviced(new fluid,filer,etc) 3 times and the jumping into gear will stop for approximately 20,000 miles and then it will start again.
In regards to your ongoing investigation into the automatic transmission shifting from park to reverse when ideling, this has happened to me twice since I have owned this vehicle, approx. 4 months. The first time, when parked on my level driveway, the second, when sitting in a mcdonald's drive-thru line, also level. No one was injured and no damage from hitting other objects, but it scared the crap out of me. Now, I put the emergency brake on when I idle in park for long periods. I called a jeep dealer about it, and they said "I wasn't paying attention". Please do something about this, I don't want to see anyone get hurt or killed.
Vehicle was in park position, idling, when it jumped into reverse position and ran over a friend who was taking a night deposit for a business. The body of the vehicle was not damaged as the vehicle stopped against a curb in the bank parking lot and occurred around midnight when no others were in the parking lot. She was taken to northeast georgia medical center where she was treated for related injuries on another date as well. She was then seen by dr. Rios who was the workman's comp. Doctor. She has been released from his care but still suffers from neck problems and anxiety about it happening again. We would like to have the transmission repaired so we can eliminate that fear. We were not at all sure why this happened, but when we saw info on a possible recall on the internet that described exactly what happened, we felt it necessary to report our incident.
Automatic transmission popped out of drive into reverse while traveling at 60 miles per hour.
Vehicle was parked with engine running, emergency brake not applied, and vehicle suddenly went backward. Came to a stop, when it hit another vehicle. Damage unknown.
I have provided the details, due to a news article that I have just read, that the federal safety agency is investigating a possible defect with the 1995 model of the jeep grand cherokee inadvertently going into reverse. On the morning of 12/20/1994 @ 5.30 am it was very cold, and I drove my jeep out of the garage, put it into park, and got out of my jeep to close the garage doors, leaving my drivers door open, and after about a minute I heard the jeep's engine tone change, looked up to see the jeep reversing back, I just managed to get out of the way, and the jeep came back into the garage, removing the open drivers door. I reached in as it was moving and turned the ignition off. I knew the vehicle had a problem, and it was looked at by both the dealer and the manufacturer, who refused to repair under warranty. Although today I no longer own the vehicle, the dealer has all the complaint details. About 1 year later, the same problem happened again in a car park with the same vehicle. My wife and I pulled into a car parking bay, put the vehicle into park, left the engine running whilest we sat in the car and talked, suddenly after about 30 secs the jeep started to move back. Again I quickly turned the ignition off. Again I complained to the dealer, who remembered the same problem earlier, but stated that jeep had not issued any recall if there was an problem, so once again they just past it off as misoperation on my part. I would be extremely pleased to support the federal safety agency with any further help/info, due to my experience, I know a real defect exists with this model/year of jeep.
Consumer stopped to close a gate. Getting out of vehicle, and shift gear went into reverse. Door knocked consumer down. As consumer was getting out of way left front wheel ran over consumer's left leg. Dealer never heard of problem at the time. Manufacturer was to get in touch with consumer, but no contact has been in made.
Pe 01 021/roll away in park: while parked and idling in driveway vehicle inadvertently jumped out of gear into reverse and rolled into a tree. Dealer/manufacturer were notified*ak
After consumer backed out of the driveway and got out to drop off some mail; the vehicle was left on and then the vehicle went into reverse and was going backwards until it ran into a pile of dirt. Has not contacted dealer.
Car went into reverse hitting another car.
Hen shifting from park to reverse it would not shift into reverse, consumer had to try a few times. When shifting to drive, and as soon as vehicle started to go forward, it would pop back into reverse. After numerous visits to dealer, transmission was replaced. This did not remedy the problem.
Vehicle had been parked. Transmission slipped out of park into reverse and rolled backwards. Had not taken to dealership to have mechanic check.
Pe 01 021/roll away in park: while parked and idling in driveway vehicle inadvertently jumped out of gear into reverse, and rolled into a neighbor's yard. Dealer/ manufacturer were not notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Intermittently vehicle will shift suddenly and unexpectedly from park to reverse while idling. Dealer has replaced transmission at the owner's expense. *ak consumer contacted chrysler customer center line and had his claim denied.
Pe01021; vehicle was in park position with engine running and car door open when it popped into reverse on its own and pinned consumer between car door and wall of garage.prior to this incident, consumer has had transmission rebuilt a year ago. Vehicle was not taken to dealer to determine cause.
My husband had started the car and was sitting in the drivers seat. I was putting the baby in the car seat and had problems tightening the car seat. He came out to help me with the car seat, then the car began to back up. He quickly jumped back in to stop the car, however it had already hit the pole with the door and cracked the passenger mirror. He insisted he had it in park. I assumed he was at fault, however after hearing the reports, I believe it is possible that the car jumped out of park while idling.
While vehicle was idling in driveway it jumped out of park into reverse and hit a house. Contacted dealer. *ak
Exhaust manifold cracked at the weld seam where the two exhaust ducts join into a single pipe and just before the elbow connect between the exhaust manifold and the exhaust pipe, the manifold does not allow for the natural expansion and contraction of the metal, the new models have a redesigned manifold reengineered not to crack from natural thermal stress. All differential bearings replaced due to growling sound. Motor mount replaced.
My jeep rolled into reverse when I had it parked. I jumped into it and put it back into park. I just hurt my arm- not serious. However, I had to have the transmission rebuilt as it slipped a lot and failed around 58,000k.
Vehicle was parked with engine running, emergency brake not applied, when it suddenly went backward and hit another vehicle. No injuries. *ak consumer states vehicle was definitely in park.
Pe 01 021/rolled away in park: vehicle inadvertently jumped out of gear into reverse, and hit a parked car. *ak
Vehicle was parked with engine running and emergency brake not applied. Vehicle suddenly went backward across the street. Vehicle stopped at an uphill grade. Consumer ran after vehicle and shut off engine. No injuries.*ak consumer states the vehicle was put in park on a slanted highway, when it jumped out of park it sounded like someone was pressing the accelerator, consumer could not stop it by holding the door handle.
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