NHTSA Complaint #10457468 — 2010 JEEP WRANGLER

AROUND 1,500 MILES MY BRAND NEW 2010 JEEP WRANGLER "SPORT" WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION POPPED OUT OF 1ST GEAR VERY VIOLENTLY - THOUGHT I HAD HIT SOMETHING. ABOUT EVERY 100 MILES OR SO AFTER THAT INCIDENT, IT WILL POP OUT OF 1ST GEAR INTO NEUTRAL - OR - GRIND GEARS. IT WAS HAPPENING SO OFTEN, I CONTACTED MY DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT WASN'T "A PROBLEM OF CHRYSLER" MAYBE I WASN'T DRIVING IT CORRECTLY. I STARTED TO "PUSH" IT INTO 1ST GEAR WITH MORE ATTENTION, HOLDING MY HAND ON THE SHIFTER, THIS SEEMED TO WORK OKAY, UNTIL ONE DAY, AFTER I PUSHED IT INTO 1ST GEAR, IT POPPED OUT SO HARD IT ALMOST BROKE MY WRIST! IT SEEMS TO POP OUT OF 1ST SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK NOW, DRIVING AROUND TOWN (STOP AND GO TRAFFIC); ONCE IT POPPED OUT OF 1ST SO HARD IT WENT RIGHT INTO 2ND GEAR! ITS EXTRA SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS AT A RED LIGHT INTERSECTION AND WHEN I START TO PROCEED, IT WILL POP OUT LEAVING ME WITHOUT POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, WITH PEOPLE BEHIND ME - I HAVE TO QUICKLY THROW IT INTO 2ND BECAUSE IT WON'T GO BACK INTO 1ST. I HAVE 23,000 MILES ON MY JEEP NOW. I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY IT HAS HAPPENED OVER A 1,000 TIMES!! I HAVE STARTED TO "FEEL" WHEN IT MIGHT HAPPEN, WHILE MY HAND IS ON THE SHIFTER, IT SEEMS TO START TO WOBBLE - AS IF SOMETHING ISN'T CONNECTED RIGHT. I HAVE TRIED PULLING IT OUT OF 1ST GEAR WHEN I STOP, RE-SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR/1ST GEAR - DOESN'T FIX IT. I HAVE TRIED TO BABY IT, SHIFTING SOFTER, AND EVEN REV THE ENGINE AND "PEEL" OUT - IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT HAPPENS NO MATTER WHAT I DO. I'M TAKING IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALER THIS AFTERNOON, MAYBE THEY WILL LISTEN TO MY PLIGHT. I WILL HAPPILY TESTIFY TO A GRAND JURY THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 JEEP WRANGLER 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. *TR