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1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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Vehicle would not start. Towed to dealer, replaced failed fuel pump. On 15 june, 2001 vehicle again did not start. Dealer replaced failed fuel pump. Second fuel pump lasted 25 miles before it too failed. Dealer stated it was a known problem with chrysler.*ak at times vehicle will not move when put in gear.
At 40000 miles vehicle was at a stop in park, consumer then put vehicle in reverse, and vehicle did not move. Less than a minute later, vehicle suddenly went backward. Gear indicator showed it was in reverse. Dealer suggested consumer might have had vehicle serviced, and wrong transmission fluid was used. Since then, this happened at least 4 more times, also, once vehicle was put in drive from park, and it took about a minute before vehicle lurched forward. Gear selector also showed it was in drive. Dealer could not remedy.*ak fuel pump assembly and fuel tank was replaced, vehicle would crank, but would not start.
Consumer left the vehicle running with the shift lever in park, and when he turned around after hearing a noise, he saw that vehicle was rolling backwards.
Vehicle was parked. It popped out of park into reverse. Driver's and passenger's doors were open when vehicle was moving backwards. Passenger's side door was damaged due to hitting garage support pillar post. Passenger's door became bent.
Vehicle while parked jumped from park to reverse, causing thirty-five hundred dollars damage. Consumer no longer owns vehicle. Please provide further details.
Transmission shifted into reverse while in park and idling. Damaged driver door.
Vehicle was parked in front of consumer's yard. Vehicle was running, and without prior notice vehicle slipped into reverse, and hit another vehicle. Dealership was aware of problem.
Vehicle jumped gears from park to reverse, causing automatic locking system to engage, and the front driver's side door to break away at hinges. Consumer was parked on a slight incline. Dealer was not contacted. Please provide further details.
While vehicle was in park with a boat hooked on back, it took off into reverse without warning ,causing boat to come through back window. Also, causing vehicle to roll backwards into water. Driver had to jump in car and put the car in drive to get control again. Dealer said vehicle was functioning properly at time of incident.
Vehicle was placed in the park position on running; consumer exited vehicle when vehicle suddenly jumped out of gear into reverse, almost hitting consumer. Vehicle crashed into the consumer's gate. Consumer has contacted dealer, dealer unable to determine cause. Please provide any further details.
Consumer exited out of car and left vehicle running in park. While walking to other side of vehicle it started to roll backwards and hit some property. Driver's side door came off in process. *ak
While entering vehicle without any indication it jumped into reverse and threw consumer out of vehicle, causing vehicle to run over consuem's leg. Please provide further information.
After parking vehicle with engine runniing vehicle jumped into reverse without consumer depressing brake pedal.*ak vehicle rolled backward down a parking lot of shopping center and collided with another vehicle. * slc
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.
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.
Vehicle was left running, idling and door left opened. When consumer got out to checked mail box vehicle rolled back in reverse very fast. Vehicle jumped a curb, crossed a residential street, and on its way back across and up a small hill, consumer ran and jumped inside to stop vehicle.*ak
Vechile in park jumped into reverse ran over me.
Vehicle was left in driveway in park with engine running. While owner was inside the house, vehicle slipped into reverse (in 4 wheel drive). Steering wheel was left in a turned configuration, so vehicle did nearly a 360 degree turn in reverse and impacted a tree and owner's home causing damage to vehicle in multiple locations.
Jeep has had problems in 2 other occasions but dealer said fuel system carbind up,the jeep did not want to shift through gears,they said they cleaned throttle body sent me home seemed o.k.,now they have found metal in the pan at bottom of transmission. They want 1700 dollars to fix ,rebuild it. Thats how much they charged me for the extened warrenty. My wife drives the jeep and takes the highway to work . They four wheel function also failed functioning first time tryed to use . Other drivers were blowing thier horns.
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.
When parked on an incline/engine low overnight, transmission does not engage when shifting from park to drive. If the driver depresses the accelerator, a hard engagement into drive may occur with a sudden and unexpected jump forward of the vehicle. This cause of this problem could not be identified by the dealer. The owner of the vehicle insisted upon complete replacement of the transmission. Dealer has agreed to replace the transmission after the vehicle had been out of service for 30 days.
Put vehicle in park and got out to check mail, walked around back of vehicle to move trash cans, and noticed vehicle moving backwards. It kept moving. Was able to grab bumper, but not stopping vehicle. Driver's door was still open , and was not able to get in. Vehicle went down an embankment, backwards, but was not totaled. Vehicle landed on driver's door.
Vehicle started rolling backward while idling in park. No other consumers/vehicles were involved in this incident. Driver's side door, left open when consumer exited the vehicle, was damaged when it impacted a mailbox. *ak
Vehicle was idling in "park" unattended in street, slipped into reverse with no person in vehicle. Vehicle drove itself in reverse smashing into neighbors frontyard, mowing down trees and boulder. Almost colliding into living room! Have photos of incident available.
Car was put into park with the engine running. My daughter stepped out of the vehicle to get mail out of the mailbox. The car started rolling backwards. She tried to get in to stop it, but was knocked to the pavement (no injury). The car backed thru a feance and into a tree. The rear window was broken out the trunck hood demolished and the back bumper scrapped.
I parked the car. Walked away. The car started moving in reverse. I ran back to the car,jumped in to stop it.missed the brake and hit the gas pedal.the car jumped a curb and went through a large plate of glass on a commercial bldg. Since than the car has jumped from drive to neutral and almost caused accidents on at least 3 other occasions. I don't trust this car's transmission. My insurance has gone up because of the accident. I would like the accident removed from my record because now I'm hearing I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. I read in the san jose mercury news on july 4 & aug 3 that this is a common problem. Please advise me on what I need to do to rectify this problem.
Yes I got out of my jeep left it run and it jumped out of gears andmy doodrive side got miss up.
I was driving down the road and had to stop to remove something that was in the road. I placed the jeep in park and left my vehicle. After I left the vehicle, it started rolling backwards and struck the car behind me. I thought at the time that the transmission had slipped from park to reverse but I did not have it checked out since it only happened once. Now I am reading that there is an investigation into the exact problem with the jeep.
Vehicle was parked in driveway with emergency parking brake in up positon when it jumped from park to reverse, causing front driver's side door to be knocked off the hinges, and the rear of vehicle to be smashed in. Estimated damage to vehicle was four thousand dollars. Consumer contacted dealer for problem, but informed consumer that situation was impossible for that vehicle. *ak
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