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VEHICLE WILL DISENGAGE FROM PARK INTO REVERSE WHILE PARKED. *AK

WITH GEAR SELECTOR IN PARK AND VEHICLE IDLING, THE GEAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE PROPELLING CONSUMER ACROSS A PARKING LOT AND THEN CRASHING INTO A TREE, THE FORCE WAS SO GREAT THAT IT WEDGED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL UP UNDER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR SEATS, DECIMATED THE REAR TRUNK DOOR, BENT THE CHASSIS, BUCKLED THE ROOF, AND BROKE ALL THE GLASS FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BACK, DUE TO THE INJURIES CONSUMER SUSTAINED, HE HAD TO RESIGN FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT AND HAS HAD TO GIVE UP CERTAIN HOBBIES. *SLC

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN DRIVE JUMPED FORWARD WITHOUT ACCELERATING.*AK

WHILE ENGINE WAS ON AND IN PARK CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, AND ABOUT 1/2 MINUTE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS LIKE IT WAS IN REVERSE, AND ROLLED INTO A GARAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. CONSUMER WAS STANDING BEHIND VEHICLE. DEALER INDICATED THAT VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE BECAUSE FRONT TIRE WAS A DIFFERENT BRAND THAN OTHER 3 TIRES. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK *YH

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND KEY WAS TURNED ON IN IGNITION VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF IN REVERSE, SMASHING THE DRIVER, WHO WAS BEHIND THE VEHICLE, INTO THE BUILDING.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN PARK ON A FLAT SURFACE WITH ENGINE RUNNING. DRIVER GOT OUT OF CAR AND WALKED TO THE REAR, AND VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, HITTING THE DRIVER. *AK. THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED BEHINE THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*JB

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN A GEAR VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES ACCERLERATE WITH CONSUMER'S FOOT ON BRAKE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALE, AND DEALER FIXED SOME OTHER PARTS ON , VEHICLE BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITH ENGINE IDLING AND GEARSHIFT IN PARK, I GOT OUT OF JEEP AND THEN HEARD A LOUD CLUNK. THE JEEP THEN BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWNHILL UNTIL IT HIT A FENCE WHICH CAUSED IT TO STOP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MCKEAN'S JEEP EAGLE IN PITTSBURGH, PA WHO TOLD ME THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MC KEAN'S SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGES ME $2,500 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.

THE TRANSMISSION REPEATEDLY, BUT PERIODICALLY, SLIPS OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. ALSO, IT WILL AT TIMES NOT GO INTO GEAR WHEN FIRST SHIFTED FROM PARK OR NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF. *AK

CAR STOPS WHILE FOOT IS ON GAS, THEN LURCHES FORWARD; CAR ROLLS BACKWARD WHEN IN PARK OR DRIVE; CAR DIES IN TRAFFIC WHILE IDLING; STEERING KNUCKLE BOLTS STRIPPED, HAD TO BE REPLACED, HAD TO REPLACE TIRES TWICE, HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES REPEATEDLY, WORN TO ROTORS, CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION, INTERMITTENT, HARD TO RECREATE AT MECHANIC, BUT OCCUR IN TRAFFIC, CREATING SAFETY HAZARD. BPRAVE HA. *AK

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED SOMETHING ON THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS PUT IN PARK, PULLED HAND BRAKE, GOT OUT AND LEFT THE DOOR. CONSUMER WAS OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE WHEN IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD TOWARDS CONSUMER. DOOR KNOCKED CONSUMER DOWN. CONSUMER GOT UP, AND JUMPED INTO VEHICLE, STEPPED ON BRAKES, AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF. *AK

I PULLED UP INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND PUT MY CAR INTO PARK. I PROCEEDED TO GET OUT OF MY CAR TO RUN INTO THE HOUSE FOR A MINUTE. I LEFT THE THE CAR IDLING, IN PARK. HOWEVER, AFTER I WAS OUT OF THE CAR, IT BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS, DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. I TRIED TO GET BACK IN TO REACH THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR DOOR BEGAN DRAGGING ME DOWN THE DRIVEWAY WITH IT. I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND IT ROLLED BACK INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S MAILBOX AND BROKE IT OFF. IT DENTED MY CAR BADLY AND THE INCIDENT TORE OFF MY TOE NAIL AND INJURED MY FOOT.*AK

WITH GEAR SELECTOR IN PARK AND VEHICLE IDLING, THE GEAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE PROPELLING CONSUMER ACROSS A PARKING LOT AND THEN CRASHING INTO A TREE, THE FORCE WAS SO GREAT THAT IT WEDGED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL UP UNDER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR SEATS, DECIMATED THE REAR TRUNK DOOR, BENT THE CHASSIS, BUCKLED THE ROOF, AND BROKE ALL THE GLASS FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BACK, DUE TO THE INJURIES CONSUMER SUSTAINED, HE HAD TO RESIGN FROM HIS EMPLOYMENT AND HAS HAD TO GIVE UP CERTAIN HOBBIES. *SLC

WHILE SITTING IN PARK ON A SLOPE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED BACK ABOUT 10 FEET. CONTACTED CHRYSLER, AND CHRYSLER RECOMMENDED CONSUMER TO CALL NHTSA TO FILE COMPLAINT, AND CHECK ON RECALL.*AK

JEEP WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE WAS PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE WHEN IT, ON ITS OWN, LUNGED BACKWARDS AT MAXIMUM ACCELERATION, KNICKED MY SON WHO JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY, KNICKED ANOTHER CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY, AND SMASHED ACCELERATING BACKWARDS INTO A TREE, TOTALING THE CAR IN THE PROCESS. I KNOW YOU ARE INVESTIGATING 1995-1999 GRAND CHEROKEES FOR THIS DEFECT, BUT YOU NEED TO INCLUDE 1994 MODEL YEAR AS WELL. THERE ARE AT LEAST 23 SIMILAR INCIDENTS FOR 94 JEEPS ON YOUR WEBSITE. I HAVE PRINTED THEM ALL OUT. WE HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY CHRYSLER AT THE TIME AND THEY CLAIMED DRIVER ERROR. WHAT A TOTAL COVER-UP, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS OUR FAULT!!*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND BABY WAS IN BACK SEAT, CONSUMER'S WIFE STARTED GOING TOWARDS HOUSE WHEN VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. MOTHER AND GRAND MOTHER SUSTAINED CUTS AND BRUISES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP VEHICLE. THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE AND SHOVE GEAR INTO PARK. *NOTE: CONSUMER'S WIFE STATED THAT VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK INTO DRIVE TWICE DURING NORMAL OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE DATE IS AN ESTIMATE. IN HAPPENED IN NOVEMBERISH; I HAD THE CAR SERVICED ASAP BECAUSE IT TOTALLY FREAKED ME OUT... I QUESTIONED MY DRIVING SKILLS BECAUSE HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN OTHERWISE. I HIT A 1999 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR: BACKED RIGHT INTO IT. THE LADY WAS SOO MAD (IT HAPPENED AT A SCHOOL DROP-OFF) SO OF COURSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A KID. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED OF COURSE NOTHING WAS WRONG... LEAVING MY HUSBAND AND I THINKING WE SHOULD GET A NEW CAR. WHICH WE DID; SO I DONT HAVE THE VIN # SUPER HANDY; IT WAS SOLD APPR 1-15-00 TO MY UNCLE THAT I DONT SEE VERY OFTER. BUT YES I COULD PROBABLY HUNT THE # DOWN SOMEWHERE. *AK

I PARKED CAR ON A HILL, PUT IN PARK AND LEFT ENGINE RUNNING. I GOT OUT OF CAR WALKED OVER TO A TRASH CAN TO PUT TRASH IN. WALKED TO GET BACK IN CAR, CAR STARTS TO TAKE OFF BACKWARDS KNOCKS ME DOWN AND ROLLS DOWN HILL INTO BUSY TRAFFIC, MAKES A U TURN BACKWARDS. CUTS BACK INTO PARKING LOT NEXT DOOR BUT DEMOLISHES DOCTOR'S SIGNS AND HITS TREE.*AK

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE, AND CONSUMER OPENED DOOR BEFORE REALIZING WHAT HAPPENED, CONSUMER WAS HURT.*AK

THE DATE IS AN ESTIMATE. IN HAPPENED IN NOVEMBERISH; I HAD THE CAR SERVICED ASAP BECAUSE IT TOTALLY FREAKED ME OUT... I QUESTIONED MY DRIVING SKILLS BECAUSE HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN OTHERWISE. I HIT A 1999 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR: BACKED RIGHT INTO IT. THE LADY WAS SOO MAD (IT HAPPENED AT A SCHOOL DROP-OFF) SO OF COURSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A KID. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED OF COURSE NOTHING WAS WRONG... LEAVING MY HUSBAND AND I THINKING WE SHOULD GET A NEW CAR. WHICH WE DID; SO I DONT HAVE THE VIN # SUPER HANDY; IT WAS SOLD APPR 1-15-00 TO MY UNCLE THAT I DONT SEE VERY OFTER. BUT YES I COULD PROBABLY HUNT THE # DOWN SOMEWHERE. *AK

WE WERE SITTING WITH THE VEHICLE IN PARK AT MCDONALDS DRIVE THROUGH, THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE. THEN TWO DAYS LATER WE WERE SITTING AT THE BANK DRIVE THROUGH IN PARK, WHEN IT STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE AGAIN. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE JEEP FROM ROLLING INTO THE CAR BEHIND US BY USING THE BRAKE. THEN LAST NIGHT I SAW ON THE NEWS THAT THIS IS AND ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE GRAND CHEROKEE. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT SINCE WE BOUGHT IT USED. BUT NOW IT MADE MADE SENSE. PLEASE RECALL THIS SO NO ONE ELSE GETS HURT OR KILLED.*AK

WE WERE HUNTING 20 MILES INTO THE WOODS IN MAINE ON GRAVEL LOGGING ROADS. WE HAD STOPPED 3/4THS OF THE WAY UP A STEEP INCLINE WHEN I SPOTTED A BIRD AND MY WIFE GOT OUT. SHE DID NOT SEE THE BIRD SO I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND STARTED GETTING OUT OF THE JEEP. WITH MYSELF HALF WAY OUT THE JEEP BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS, DRAGGING ME AS I WAS HOLDING ONTO THE DOOR AND MY 4 YR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. I HAD TO LET GO AND THE JEEP ROLLED APPROX. 200FT BACK AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE CULVERT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.*AK

CAR RUNNING WHILE IN PARK. SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, BACKED UP UNOCCUPIED AND RAN INTO METAL GATE WITH DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN. MY CONCERN IS THAT YOUR INVESTIGATION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 1994 MODEL.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS NOT TURNED ON EVEN KEYS WERE NOT IN IGNITION.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE, AND CHRYSLER HAS ALWAYS SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*JB

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK IT TOOK OFF IN REVERSE WITH CHILDREN ABOARD, AND RAN INTO THE STREET AND INTO A DITCH. CHRYSLER HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY.*AK

VEHICLE HAS SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE 4 TIMES. CURRENTLY, WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SMOKE. TRANSMISSION IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING AND HAS TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER'S SON PUT VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE IDLING AND STEPPED OUT, AND VEHICLE LUNGED BACKWARDS, PINNING CONSUMER AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. *AK

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACK INTO TRAFFIC WAY. SHIFT GEAR INDICATED THAT VEHICLE WAS IN PARK.*AK

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY I STOPPED TO GET THE NEWSPAPER. AFTER I HAS GOTTEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING. I HAD LEFT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN AND TRIED TO REACH THE FOOT BRAKE AND COULDN'T, SO I TRIED TO REACH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND COULDN'T. THE VEHICLE WENT OVER THE CURB INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD AND THEN THROUGH ANOTHER YARD BEFORE HITTING A TREE. THE ENTIRE FRONT-END OF MY VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED INCLUDING THE HOOD, GRILL, BUMPER, BOTH FRONT QUARTER-PANELS, THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND THE WATER PUMP.*AK

WHILE PARKED VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY ,JUMPED CURB INTO ANOTHER DRIVEWAY, HITTING A HOUSE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER TURNED ON THE IGNITION AND THE JEEP REVVED AND SLIPPED INTO REVERSE CAUSING IT TO CRASH INTO THE CAR BEHIND IT, AND THEN THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD CRASHING INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. *SLC

LEFT VEHICLE IN APPARENTLY LEVEL GARAGE, ENGINE TURNED OFF, GEAR SELECTOR IN PARK, KEYS REMOVED. APPROX 5 MINUTES LATER CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN DRIVEWAY INTO NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. I REPORTED THIS TO NHTSA WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT COULD NOT FIND MY REPORT IN YOUR DATA BASE TODAY. LOOKED AFTER HEARINGTV NATIONAL NEWS REPORT TODAY OF 32 SAME OCCURRENCES WITH 1995 MODEL GRAND CHEROKEES. *AK

MUST ALWAYS USE PARKING BRAKE BECAUSE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY SWITCH INTO REVERSE WHILE IN PARK. EVEN PARKING BRAKE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD WHEN ON A HILL. *AK

WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY AND IMPACTED A TREE, CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $10,000 IN DAMAGE TO REAR OF VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DROP OUT OF OVERDRIVE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK INTO A LOWER GEAR VERY HARD. CONSUMER SAYS IT WAS LIKE SLAMMING THE BRAKES VERY HARD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE NOT DESIGNED WITH A BRAKE PEDAL SHIFT INTERLOCK, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WHILE UNINTENTIONALLY DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL, RESULTED IN TWO ACCIDENTS PRIOR TO THE RECALL.