Tl*the contact owns a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle surged forward until the contact turned off the ignition. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed. The failure and current mileages were 150,000. The VIN was unavailable.
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee: sudden unintended acceleration
18 of the 1,447 complaints about the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 18
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- typical mileage
- 75,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
2000 jeep grand cherokee -- sudden acceleration -- pulled up to a gas pump, stop went to shift to park and the vehicle suddenly accelerated. If I had not quickly turned off the key I would have gone through the station.
2000 jeep grand cherokee has in past revved up and accelerated suddenly. But I was able to stop it with brakes. Today, 8/4, I was parallel parking and went into reverse. When I went into drive, the jeep revved up and accelerated on its own. I applied brakes but car kept accelerating and tapped car in front of me. Luckily no one was hurt, but easily could have been.
My jeep grand cherokee 2000 sporadically has power loss continued by a sudden acceleration, the problem is more frequently now too.
While my son was pulling into a parking spot the accelerator on our 2000 jeep grand cherokee ltd suddenly accelerated. You can see the skid marks from him applying the brakes but it went full throttle and took it into a concrete wall. The jeep has been totaled. I have been finding a lot on the internet now that shows this has been happening to the jeeps for some time. I have filed a complaint with chrysler - have been transferred to several different departments, and am still waiting to see if they will accept any responsibility.
My 2000 jeep grand cherokee also has the acceleration problem (without notice) when shifting from or to park. I've had a dozen instances including some while stopped behind other vehicles at a red light and when I take my foot off the brake the car wants to surge forward. I've taken to staying back a bit further in those instances. I instruct my wife and son to do the same when driving my vehicle.
I a saw a story on the news regarding sudden "unexplained acceleration" in 2000 jeep grand cherokees which has been resulting in accidents, and one fatality. Link to story: http://www.wcpo.com/wcpo/localshows/dontwasteyourmoney/14765976.html I too own a 2000 jeep grand cherokee and experienced the unexplained sudden acceleration issues. I have had too many close calls to mention, especially at stop lights, stop signs and when pulling into parking spaces. Situations that require the car to progress slowly, such as the situations above or in traffic. I thought it was just mine, as my jeep has been nothing less than high maintenance, but after seeing this story, it appears that I am not the only one experiencing this issue. I saw on the news/read in the article that the ky attorney general was participating in the investigation. I have also contacted the oh attorney general and filed a formal complaint, to bring this to his attention and in hopes that he too will join in this effort.
While idling the vehicle would surge or suddenly accelerate. This problem occurs while driving and is becoming more frequent. The vehicle will be inspected by a dealership.
While pulling into a parking space vehicle surged forward while the consumer was depressing the brakes. Vehicle jumped the curb and collided with a tree. There were no injuries involved.
On two occasions the vehicle had placed itself in neutral while driving and experienced sudden acceleration. Also the service dealer added a co-pilot to the vehicle. Immediately after the co-pilot was installed, the consumer parked the vehicle on a flat surface with the emergency brake up, while still running, and the vehicle started to roll backwards. Scc 8jb
I was braking at a stoplight. And had almost come to a complete stop, when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and shot forward. My foot was on the brake the entire time but it made no difference. What stopped me was the car in front of me. I rear-ended it with enough impact to push that car into the car ahead of it.
Vehicle was in drive and it suddenly lunged forward while going around a bend. Another time consumer slightly accelerated, and applied brakes and vehicle lunged forward. Consumer slammed on brakes hard to keep from lunging forward. Dealer was unable to duplicate the problem.
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Related recalls
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Questions about the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
18 of 1,447 owner complaints about the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee (1%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
There are 0 recalls and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Stalling 65Door locks 61Premature wear 59Overheating 53Grinding brakes 31No deployment 28Jerking 23Headlights 22Fuel pump 21Airbag light 19Fire or smoke 16Won't start 16Brake failure 15Shudder 15Pulling 14Whining noise 14Engine failure 13Loss of power 13Check engine light 12Fuel leak 11Power windows 9Transmission failure 9ABS 7Harsh shifting 7Hesitation 7Power steering loss 7Slipping 7Ball joint 6Seat belt 6Steering noise 6Won't shift 6Tire blowout 6Wipers 6Adaptive cruise 5Steering lock-up 5
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