The transmission will not lock into the park position. It will slip into gear without pressing the button on the automatic stick shift.
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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Vehicle was parked with engine running, emergency brake not applied, and vehicle suddenly went backward. Consumer was able to jump in ,and stop vehicle. No injuries.
Vehicle had come to a stop, engine running, put vehicle in reverse, and it started backward slower than normal. He then applied brakes to come to a stop, applied brakes, and put vehicle in drive. Suddenly vehicle went backward, consumer applied brake hard to get vehicle to stop. No injuries.
Vehicle was placed in park position and vehicle suddenly disengaged and jumped out of gear into reverse which caused vehicle to accelerate into traffic. Consumer has contacted dealer. Please provide any further details.
Vehicle has been to dealer 5 times now for very rough idle, engine sag, idle undershoot, etc. Pcm has been reprogrammed with current software, etc. Dealer called chrysler and was told no fix is available for this condition. Vehicle shakes and tries to die. Very unsafe to drive as may die when trying to pull out. Dealer basically says chrysler knows of the problem but won't fix it properly.
Uncommanded transmission shift from park to reverse.
Vehicle jumped out of park into reverse and hit another vehicle. Consumer was not in vehicle when this happened.*ak
Vehicle indvertently jump out of gear into reverse and ran into a tree; dealer was notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
When vehicle was in park and was idling consumer went to exit vehicle and walked around the door. She attempted to jump back into vehicle when it started moving in reverse, and she was thrown from vehicle. She suffered bruises, and was almost run over. Vehicle was stopped by running into a brick mailbox. *ak
Rear differential rebuilt twice, thus far. Dealer indicated common problem on this vehicle. Am in process of tradining vehicle in, as I don't want to experience this problem again. Having to pay $5,000 for negative equity, but worth every penny. Manufacturer should seriously consider recall of vehicle.
My vehicle was parked in my garage (backed in). I started the vehicle and moved forward several feet so that I could unload something from the rear storage area. I believed that I had shifted into "park" and exited the vehicle. Vehicle then began moving in reverse, stopping when it struck some cabinets at the rear of the garage. Rear liftgate bent and caused the rear glass to shatter. Although I was fairly sure I had shifted into "park" I assumed responsibility and did not report the incident except to my insurance company.
Vehicle powers backward by itself when stopped unless foot is constantly, forcefully on the brake pedal.
I put the vehicle into park got out to spray windows heard a loud pop turned around and the vehicle was rolling backwards. I tried to jump in to stop it but was knocked over by the door and the vehicle ran over my right leg causing severe bruises and pulled muscles with a posible hairline fracture reasulting in my being on crutches and in a leg brace for 2.5 months and a knee brace for 6 weeks after that causing loss of work for 2.5 months.
The jeep was in parked in my garage. The transmission was in the park position. The keys were in the ignition. The ignition was in the off position. It was morning. I had not driven the car that day. I got out of the car to go into the house to get my wallet. The garage is in the basement level. I went up to the second floor and heard a crash. I looked out the window and saw my car. It had rolled out of the garage, down an incline into the side of my neighbor's van. The van was totalled. The car had jumped out of park and rolled out of my garage.
Pe 01 021: vehicle was parked and idling, when it jumped out of gear into reverse and ran into a tree with 6 year old son in the vehicle. No injury was reported. Dealer/manufacturer were not notified at this time. Feel free to provide any further information on this matter.
In 1998 within 30 days of purchasing th ejeep, I parked in the driveway of my home to pick up the mail,. I put the jeep into park. The gear jumped into reverse after I got out of th ejeep and it started to drive in reverse. I grabed the open door but it was going so fast it knocked me over and the tires rolled over my leg. The jeep proceeded to drive in reverse, across the street -onto a neighbors lawn and backed into a tree. Someone had to put the jeep into park, again and shut the car off. I was taken to the hospital by amblance where I had a series of operations on my leg. The dealer and the manufacturer claimed that I must have put the jeep into reverse instead of park. I had the jeep repaired and still have it.
I am trying to get more details on media reports of a federal investigation now going on regarding jeep cherokees from 1995 through 1999 models regarding defect in shifting mechanism from park to reverse. My car has an erratic,rough and noisy shift from park to reverse. I feel there is some problem. So far I cant get anyone to talk about it. How about some help???
Over a period of several weeks, the transmission behaved erraticallty, often shifting out of gear into neutral or from neutral into drive. These shifts would occur when the engine was running but with no one touching the gear shift lever. Most often, this occurred at stop signs or lights. Then, on june 20, the transmission shifted into low gear on its own and remained locked there. Fortunately, no accidents or injuries have occurred. However, since taking the vehicle in for transmission repair or replacement, the dealer seems unable to fix the vehicle and has not been able to return it to me. This suggests a substantial and potentially inherent transmission problem with serious safety implications.
My jeep popped out of park with engine running and reversed into street, through the neighbor's yard, before finally coasting to a slow enough speed reversing up a hill that I could jump in and stop it. I was injured trying to catch up to the vehicle and open the door to get in just as it started rolling backward. Damage was to the neighbor's yard.
I drove the vehicle to the end of the driveway, placed it in park and got out to check the mail. While at the mailbox, I realized the car was in reverse backing up the driveway. It hit my fence causing extensive damage to the fence as well as the vehicle. I never gave it much thought as to who was at fault. I was the only one there. After hearing of the problem with this car, I am convinced that I too, have experienced the car jumping into reverse from park.
Experienced auto slipping from park into reverse while vehicle was running and unoccuppied. Same situation reported in article on cnn.com on 4 jul 2001.
Car rolled backwards on slight incline while in park once with engine on and once with engine off. I took it in to my dealer and they said nothing was wrong. Today I read about your investigation and since I had a similar problem thought I should file a report. Now I always use the parking brake so I'm not sure if there is still a problem.
Several times prior to complete power failure, vehicle decelerated on its own with a small jar as if tapped from rear, then @ 45 MPH I lost complete power, no steering ability, power brakes gone, coasted to stop. No indicator lights prior to power loss, turned off A/C, radio etc. Vehicle re-started. I took to dealer next day. They had it for 3 days, & only replaced battery. Picked up vehicle on 6/28 & 6/30 vehicle shut down @ 45-50 MPH same scenario, took back to dealer and they replaced module-powertrain control. Picked up 07/03, drove less than 10 mi & vehicle started the deceleration problem again.
The vehicle slipped out of park and advanced forward until crashing.
After reading about a recent investigation into the grand cherokee going into reverse, it prompted me to report the problems I have had with this vehicle. My grand cherokee had gone into reverse unexpectedly twice now. Once it resulted in damage. The second time I caught it. It appears that when shifting into park, the shifter will bounce back into reverse without warning. On both occasions I was exiting the vehicle when it began to go into reverse. The second problem involves the front disc assemblies. It appears that they warp early in their lifespan. I noticed a lot of vibration when applying brakes at speeds greater than 40 MPH. This started at about 15000 miles and gets progressively worse. Several other grand cherokee owners have said to me that they have experienced the same problem.
When using cruise control and driving uphill, vehicle will downshift to first gear, causing driver to be thrown forward. Dealer stated this was a known problem, and chrysler did not have a remedy. *ak
Transmission slipping ..randomly from a stop,the transmission would slip untill the RPM's of the engine got to 2or 3 x then slam into gear ..causing a feeling of being rearended at 5 to 10 MPH .. We also feel the front brakes were warped ..as they shook severly when they were applied at higher speeds . *ak.
Been hearing grind noise in rear of car . Mechanic says needs differential rebuilt .
Transmission would be dragging. Would be in right gear, but not pulling. This is a leased vehicle. Rear wheel bearings are failing on vehicle. Have taken vehicle to dealership 3 times for bearings.
On three occasions vehicle has rolled from park position while parked. Also, noticed shifter could be moved without applying the brakes. Dealer notified and unwilling to help in this matter: feel free to provide any further details on this on this matter..
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