While idling in park vehicle jumped into reverse, resulting in a collision, and causing injury to driver. *ak
1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission complaints
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While idling vehicle shifted itself from park to reverse. Contacted dealer and dealer stated nothing to be done. *ak
My car was in park and switched to reverse by itself. I was standing outside of the car by the open driver's door and was dragged down the driveway with the car. The car turned at a 90 degree angle as I was released and rolled over in the opposite direction. Much of the skin on the left side of my back was scraped off and I had to go to the hospital. There were several other minor scrapes on my arms and legs. I also developed muscle pain in my neck and lower back and was put on muscle relaxers.
Vehicle apparently came out of park into reverse resulting in property damage as well as personal injury.
Not only does the transmission slip out of gear going down the highway, but I have already went thru one set of new brake pads on the front and now the second set is squealling like crazy so there has to be a problem with the brakes to, could you please make diamond chrysler do recalls to fix these problems before any one else is killed or seriously hurt, I have been to your web site and seen and read hundreds and hundreds of complaints about these sqame problems. Thank you.
On 3 different occasions vehicle jumped into reverse from park. Engine was on. Please add additional information.
Vehicle was parked with engine running, emergency brake not applied. Vehicle suddenly went backward, coming to a stop when it hit an iron post. Damage to vehicle was $ 3000.00.
While driving in 2 wheel drive on a highway at @50 MPH, the car shifted itself into 4-wheel drive. We were approx 10 miles from a dealership, so we took it to darling automall in ellsworth, me. They test drove it and could not get the car to go back to 2-wheel drive. They disassembled parts of the transmission and found some components in the transfer case had failed. It has taken 5 days for the repair to be completed (we have not picked up vehicle at this writing) we contacted jeep regarding this problem.
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I have taken my jeep cherokee numerous times to have an engine knock...a whining noise and a banging noise checked out. Everyone except the service people can hear these noises. I was told by a mechanic that used to work for chrysler that they know there is a problem with the engine and the transmission and that they are not acknowledging it. I watched the today show on august 4th and heard about the problems that exist with the transmission on the jeep cherokee and became concerned. I have repeatedly voiced these concerns to the service department and also spoke to a chrysler rep directly in a 3 way conversation. I was told that they would have my complaint on file. The whining and banging noise has now turned into a grinding noise that I am afraid is effecting the power train to the point that it will fail. The service dept. Has replaced (unnecessarily) the shocks,the battery, and the drive shaft,saying that this will remedy the problem. It has not>
Transmission seems to shift very rough from 2nd to 3rd. If driving at speeds around that shift window (20-30), rough kick in back end like getting hit from the rear. Transmission also seems to stall the engine on sharp turns. This has happened to me at least 3 times in the last couple months. Vehicle has been in to dealer for first complaint at least twice. No error codes detected in PCM either time. Dealer went ahead and reloaded software, but did not solve problem. Also reported problem to mfg, who recommended taking vehicle to local dealer. Local dealer can't fix though. Chrysler not helping with problem.
Vehicle was in park and not turned off. Consumer was out of vehicle at the time when it started rolling backwards down a hill, across a 2 lane street, up a hill, hit a stop sign, and stalled out. Consumer was responsible of $1000 or more for repairs.
While vehicle was in park and without any indication it went into gear, causing vehicle to travel forward. Please provide further information.
I parked my car while it was idling. When I got out the car was not moving. About 5 seconds after I shut the door and was walking away, the car started rolling backwards almost hitting a pedestrian. There was a passenger inside of the car who had locked the doors when I got out and then was unable to put the car into park and stop it. She stopped it by turning the car off and pulling the emergency brake. Due to the doors being locked and the speed the car was eventually rolling, I was unable to get into the car to stop it.
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Also had fuel pump failure in conjunction with transmission failure w/in the first year to year and a half of ownership of this vehicle. The dealer contacted chrysler, but I was not eligible for lemon law coverage. They did extend the warranty on this leased vehicle. (dealership) I have never felt safe in this vehicle, and I cannot believe that we paid $32500 for something that is only worth less than $10000 today. Chrysler should buy these vehicles back from people, but they have been unwilling to assist.
The car was idling in park;went into reverse and struck a utility pole at a marathon station.
Jeep went into reverse gear without applying the brake then shifting. 12 year old daughter was in the passenger seat with the car running. She reached over to the keys in the ignition to check on a house key when the car suddenly started rollong backwards. The jeep rolled backwards with the passenger door open, hitting a minivan and a ram van. Open door is what stopped the jeep from rolling further, but caused extensive damage to passenger side of car. Dealer was notified of incident. Dmx investigator was called. Dmx investigastor found no defect.
Vehicle experienced major pulsation when braking, the brake and disc rotors were warped, dealer replaced those and a a pad kit, shoe kit parking brake, shoe kit rear disc brake, seal axle drive shaft, and brake shoe and lining assembly, about 6000 mile later, problem returned, brake pads and rotors were replaced along with the shoe kit front disc brake. Gear kit center differential, gear kit ring and pinion, bearing -drive pinion, shimdrive pinion, seal drive pinion, and shim differential pinion were replaced. About 12000 miles later, vehicle is experiencing brake pulsation again, dealership is stating the vehicle has rotor runnout front and rear, this will be the fourth set of brakes on this vehicle, consumer states this is a safety hazard that continues to occur.
We have had the rotors "shaved" at 12,000 miles, supposedly replaced at 22,000 miles and started having problems again at 31000 miles car vibrates violently, driver seat belt keeps jamming, the differential had to be replaced and the fuel pump had to be replaced
Key could not be taken out of ignition because of shifter not locking in the park position. Shifter would move form park to reverse and drive without depressing the button on the shifter. Usually, this has to be held in to shift in and out of gears. But now it will shift gears if it is even bumped.
While the jeep was in park, the gear shifted into reverse and hit a telephone pole.
When vehicle was shifted into reverse from the park it jumped backwards, approximately 7 to 8 feet, and was stopped when consumer slammed on brakes. Driver was experiencing back pain from this incident, and has not been examined by a doctor yet. *ak
Put car in park with engine running and got out to take a picture when someone told consumer to watch out because vehicle had started to roll backwards. Consumer's arm was injured trying to get out of vehicle's path. Consumer has yet to contact dealer. Please provide any further information.
The car was left running while in park. The vehicle evidently shifted into reverse it then rolled down an embankment and hit a mail box post before someone was able to get into the vehicle to get ist stoped. The only damage to the vehicle was the left front door hinge was sprung resulting in the door not closing properly. I have contacted chrysler and they sent someone to investigate. The reply I received back was that there was no problem and they would not be responsible for any damages to the vehicle.
Transmission jumps gears when accelerating. Dealer is aware of problem. Please provide further details.
Car was idling in park. Was there for about 5 minutes when I heard a crash - had gone into reverse and crashed into a light pole. Dealer said no way could that have happened, but I saw you were investigating this - I know that the dealer won't include this in a report. It is very dangerous and not my fault! Thanks!
Due to transmission ,vehcle will lurch forward when idling at a stop or at random, and driving at approximately 20mph with foot off accelerator. Vehicle will clunk very hard lifting consumer off seat. Vehicle was taken to dealer 6 times, but dealer could not find cause, and consumer felt dealer was in denial.*ak consumer states the transmission seems to be a problem, it experiences rough shifting, bumping, and clunking.
Vehicle shifted suddenly and unexpectedly from park to reverse while idling, resulting in a collision causing minor injuries. Dealer has inspected vehicle . Please provide additional information.
First, brake related problems: mileage 2341 complaint pulsatting when stopping 20-55 MPH , front brake rotors were resurfaced , complaint 2 mileage 16040 brakes pulsatting when stopping also shimmy in steering 45-55 MPH, front brake rotors were replaced reason warpage due to overheating design flaw? / complaint 3 mileage 17000, brakes pulsatting , vibaration in vehicle and steering wheel shimmy when brake are applied. Have not rportedto dealer at this time will schedule for week of 07/16/01. Secondly, transmission shift problems: started when vehicle was brand new when stopping it felt like someone was hitting you in the rear end. First repair ,mileage 4428 consisted of tsb0300799 and replacement of rear driveshaft,also rear axle carrier and pinion bearings were replaced.second transmission repair mileage 10453 due to harsh shiffting @ 20 MPH and again when stopping it felt like someone ran into the rear of the vehicle, this time the transmission yoke was replaced and another transmission update per tsb21-09-00,also during this service the front driveshaft was replaced due to a howling noise which started around 55-60 MPH, complaint three mileage 10818 vehicle still has whining noise coming from drive train. In addittion, transmission problems continue with harsh shifting at times at 20 MPH and 50-55mph,these shift points worsen as other problems were being corrected,dealer claims that thhis is adaptive memory and their nothing that will be done to correct it. According to casey jeep service manager daimlerchrysler does not see this as a problem only an issue. Fourth complaint mileage 16040 transmission continues to shift hard at times @ 20 MPH and 50-55 MPH. At this time dealer show no concern in correcting this problem . In summary, brake and drive train problems with this vehicle starting at 2341 miles, and they continue be on-going. I now question the safety of this vehicle.
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