NHTSA Complaint #10639252 — 2006 JEEP LAREDO

COMPLAINT FOR ANOTHER JEEP OWNER WHEN DRIVING MY 2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO THE LIGHTS AROUND THE PND21 WILL CIRCLE ALL OF THE GEARS AND EITHER GO INTO NEUTRAL OR 1ST GEAR ON ITS OWN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING IT, IT HAPPENS AT LEAST 2-3 TIMES A WEEK. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD - HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER SAID IT NEEDS ELECTRONIC SHIFT MODULE AT A COST OF $750. CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE JEEP THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP WITH THE COST OF REPAIR. I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE A LOT OF THESE SAME 2006 JEEPS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY SAID MY JEEP HAS TO MANY MILES 85,000 - BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAPPENS TO CALL JEEPS NO MATER WHAT THE MILEAGE - I THINK THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND THEY SHOULD MAKE IT RIGHT - NOW MATTER HOW MANY MILES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN 3 ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ISSUE WITH MY JEEP LAREDO - EXACTLY THE SAME! I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT THING! I WILL BE DRIVING (REGARDLESS OF SPEED) AND EVERYTHING LOCKS UP AND I CANNOT SLOW DOWN, STOP, OR SPEED UP, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE LIGHTS AROUND "P-N-D-2-1" WILL ALL BE HIGHLIGHTED. THE ENGINE REVS UP ON ITS OWN, SOMETIMES GETTING INTO THE RED ZONE, AND AFTER WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER IT ALL RELEASES AND STARTS TO DRIVE NORMAL AGAIN. I'VE HAD IT LOOKED AT NUMEROUS TIMES, TRANSMISSION [XXX] NEAR REPLACED, STARTER REPLACED, ETC., AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. THIS LAST INCIDENT I WAS INFORMED OF THE CODE "P0700" WHICH HAS TO DO WITH A FAULT IN THE TRANSAXLE CONTROL SYSTEM. OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. JEEP NEEDS TO COME OUT WITH SOME SORT OF RECALL, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE OR WARRANTY, TO FIX THIS BEFORE THERE'S A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, HOPEFULLY NOT ONE THAT WOULD TAKE ANY LIVES! IT'S APPARENT THAT IT'S NOT AN "OPERATOR ERROR" BUT INSTEAD A MANUFACTURING ERROR. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR