Car was parked and it jumped out of gear into reverse and hit air pump at the gas station.
1997 Jeep Wrangler transmission complaints
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When putting vehicle in park after about 2 minutes it will go into reverse, but the lever is still in park. Consumer has yet to contact dealer. *ak at times the car will go into neutral, but the lever is still in park. The head lights also short out at times. I have to move the blinker handle to get them on again.
Clutch, flywheel all related parts failed, water leaking on passenger side floor, clock and radio broke dealer cant fix, seat belts wont retract, sway bars come loose
Exhaust manifold cracked 6/21/01, local jeep dealer had no recall, not under warranty. I was in the process of finding a better aftermarket replacement manifold when on 7/19/01,while stopped w/ engine running, the plastic hydraulic line for the clutch melted from the excessive heat, and caught on fire.
On 09/07/99 as my jeep wrangler was parked in the parking lot of my bank it proceeded to roll backwards out of the parking lot, across a busy street, and into a canal ( ditch). It landed on its right side and was submersed. It took two tow trucks and 3 hours to pull it out. Once at the jeep dealership they investigated to see what had happened. They came to the conclusion that it was the gear shift ( which had been in the parked position) but never gave any specifics. My insurance and I ended up paying a total of about $9,000 dollars. The repairs took a month and a half, in which my insurance paid for a rental car. When I asked about having the powertrain investigated by an outside mechanic they offered to "sell" it to me for $1000 dollars. I filed a complaint with the manufacturer shortly thereafter, and never to this day have received a reply. After reading the artcile in the newspaper today about the defects in the grand cherokees it made me think about my jeep and what happened to me. The situations with others was exactly like my experience except that no one was injured. Please investigate the wranglers years 1995-1999 also for similar accidents. That jeep was my first vechicle after graduating college, I had always wanted one. It was the first and will be the last jeep I ever own after that horrible experience. I am just so thankful that no one was injured.
I was having problems shifting into second gear,at first,I was coming up to a stop sign and tried to down shift when the shifter would not go into any gear,it was locked up took it to a mechanic and he said that 5th gear was cracked and locked up all the shafts in the transmision. I have been having problems with shifting into second gear since I bought the vehicle and took it to the dealer 2 times and they said that nothing was wrong.
The vehicle experienced a leak from the transfer case and other transmission problems. Nlm
Transfer case broke apart from vehicle while traveling at approximately 70 MPH. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Gear shift froze in fifth gear pulled gear shift from transmission and couldn't shift into different gear. The fifth gear is now sitting in my closet. New part has been installed, now my check engine light is on due to faulty 4th cylinder ejecter. Dealer said all my valves needed to be replaced for $1400.00 gave him the finger and said nice try!
The faulty transfer case causes severe shaking of the entire transfer case and front driveshaft when accelerating from a dead stop, the driveshaft and crushed transfer case mount were replaced but this did not solve the problem. Nlm
Transmission sticks trying to shift into 2nd gear, has been serviced, still is sticking while shifting especcially into 2nd gear, which sometimes grinds. Dealer has changed the transmission fluid twice, 2nd time used synthetic fluid. 2nd gear feels like the syncronizer is not working properly, or very slowly. I must hold the clutch in for an extened period to allow 2nd gear to syncronize before shifting into it up and down shifting.
Clutch and catalytic converter both need replaced with only 20,500 miles . Also has had two driveshafts replaced with only 10,000 miles. Has seen very little 4-wheel drive use, and has 20,500 after 4 years as original owner.
2nd gear - difficult to engage, and often pops out of gear while driving or parked; 4wd low also difficult to engage, and often pops out to neutral while driving
The shift stick popped out of its fixed location. I believe this could be a hazardous problem, luckily it happened when I brought my vehicle to a stop. For further reference- this vehicle is adult driven by myself only and is never taken off road. I purchased it with 31k miles. After removing the shifter boot, we noticed that there is no bolt or any other type of feature that actually secures the shifter in its location. I would be than happy to answer any other questions regarding this, to prevent a serious accidents transpiring from this defect. Thank you.
Blew rear differential and have never taken it off road or driven hard. Very angry and disgusted!!!! It's in the shop now.
Noticed oil leaking. Had the vehicle serviced at the dealer who put a new seal on. After a second seal was put on, took it to the dealer to have the torque turning checked on the rear pinion gear. Was told that the bearings were all bad and needed to be replaced. Also, they had to rebuilt the rear end. *ak
Axle oil seals are leaking over the rear brakes (on both sides). I know at least 3 other persons with the same problem who had it fixed under amy warrenty has run out, there should be a recall.
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Driving in 5th gear attempted to downshift for stoplight, was able to get into neutral, but was unable to shift into any gear. Was stranded in the middle of busy intersection unable to move.
While shifting from second to third very quickly the stick becomes loose and falls off completely. The vehicle is not operable . This happened twice. Contacted dealer first time, and they put a pin which broke. Second time, dealer put another pin which also broke.
The engine stalls when shifting from first to second gear. Dealer has seen vehicle twice, and said vehicle needed a new fuel rail.
While driving in heavy traffic at highway speeds the vehicle will completely shut down without warning, cause unknown. Dealer cannot identify the problem. Please give any further details.
The rear differential was cracked, as was the exhaust manifold. Also the crank sensor harness and the tps were melted against the manifold. The dash leaked water and the brake shoes/lining and rack and pinion set needed replacing. The drivers side seatbelt would never retract and the dash lead water extensively causing the resstr-blower to go out. The radio was also broken for a couple of months
While driving on interstate at 65mph, front end of drive shaft fell out. Luckily it did not flip vehicle. Bent the drive shaft in half.
Whike driving at 65mph on interstate transfer case came apart and front driveshaft fell out. When this happened the airbags deployed,windshield wipers came on, washer squirted, dash lights came on. The passenger air bag busted the windshield, and the face of the passenger. Her jaw is broken in three places and her four upper teeth were removed from their sockets. She required extensive reconstructive surgery, and is still in the hospital. Noothers objects or vehicles were involved. The driver beat the airbag down and safely parked the car in the median. Why did airbags deploy and with such force?
When driver was pulling of from a stop, the gear shift lever came apart in the driver's hand. The dealer/manufacturer is aware of the problem. Please provide further details.
Instrument panel: all instrument panel gauges are driven by a microprocessor, such that it tells the panel what the gauges should read. When the instrument panel cpu fails, all gauges; fuel/temp/oil/volt and tachometer, speedometer an d odometer) fail simultaneously. This is disconcerting at best, highly dangerous (say if one were on a freeway) at worst. Also, transmission: the 5-speed transmission used with the 4.0l has major problems shifting into second when cold. Jeep's answer for years has been "they all do that" yet they have continued to use the same transmission and have no fixed for the problem to this date.
Transmission valve body failed. Yh
While driving at 55mph downshifted and the shifter would not release from fifth to forth, pulled out of gear and coasted, vehicle would not go into any gear at all. Dealer contacted and was not aware of the problem, awaiting a new transmission for vehicle. Provide further information.
Gear shifter came out of its housing as the car was being driven, due to weak lock, replacement of both upper and lower level shifter.
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