1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Power Trainautomatic Transmissionparkneutral Start Interlock Switch Problems

MY WIFE HAD STOPPED TO GET MAIL FROM RURAL MAILBOX. STOPPED VEHICLE, PLACED TRANSMSSION LEVER IN PARK AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. UPON RETURN, COULD NOT START ENGINE. CALLED ME ON CELL PHONE TO COME TO HER AID. CAR WOULD NOT START AND SHIFT LEVER COULD NOT BE MOVED. SUSPECTED NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH, AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE SHIFT LEVER, WHICH CAUSED A "CRUNCHING" SOUND AND THE ENGINE THEN WAS ABLE TO START AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED. REMOVAL OF THE CONSOLE COVER REVEALED A PLASTIC "SWITCH" WITH PLACE FOR ATTACHMENT OF TWO CABLES. THE FRONT CABLE WAS DISENGAGED AND SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE STEERING/BRAKE PEDAL ( OUT OF VIEW). THERE IS A PIN IN THIS ASSEMBLY THAT ALIGNS THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS AND ALLOWS THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER TO MOVE BETWEEN POSITIONS. THE PIN HAD SLIPPED OUT, AND WAS RE-INSERTED.THE VEHICLE COULD NOW BE STARTED WITHOUT DEPRESSING...

CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE RUNNING. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, VEHICLE ROLLED BACK AND DAMAGED THE FENCING OF THE RESIDENCE. VEHICLE WAS STILL IN PARK. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL ONCE IT IS ENGAGED IN PARK. *JG

MFR# B02 & NHTSA# 02 V 053 000/INADVERTENT VEHICLE MOVEMONT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE HAVE DIFFICULTY OF SHIFTING OUT OF PARKED AT 50 DEGREE OR COOLER SINCE THE RECALL REPAIRS WAS MADE AT THE DEALER ADAM JEEP, IN ABERDEEN, MD. PHONE# 410/879 5800. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO PARK THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE AND STARTED TO MOVE IN REVERSE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE AND THE SECOND TIME THE CONSUMER HAD THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 7 HOURS WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE DRIFTING BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL CRASHING INTO A PILE OF ROCKS. VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. NO INJURIES. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

I STOPPED VEHICLE AND PUT GEAR IN PARK. I EXITED VEHICLE AND WAS OUTSIDE VEHICLE WHEN, APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE LATER, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED INTO REVERSE, ROLLED BACKWARDS & HIT A SMALL TREE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO VEHICLE AND STOP IT.*AK

THE GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE , ROLLED BACKWARD AND HIT ANOTHER CAR.44-3087-594

VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY AND INTO NEIGHBORS FENCE. 14-1123-692

GEAR JUMP. 59-V646-461

VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARKING ROLLED INTO AN EMBANKMENT. 59-V261-302

CONSUMERS VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACK AND HIT THE GARAGE DOOR, CLAIM 25-5473-216. *SLC

VEHICLE POPPED INTO REVERSE FROM PARK AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, ENGINE REVVED WHEN CONSUMER HIT BRAKE, CLAIM 49-3276-215. *SLC

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, HE PUT THE SHIFT LEVER IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, AND THE BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED, THEN BEGAN TO WALK TOWARD THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO BACK UP, HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP IN THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR BUT THE DOOR JAMB CAUGHT CONSUMER AND THREW HIM TO THE GROUND PARTIALLY UNDER THE CAR AND THE FRONT TIRE ROLLED OVER HIS BODY WHICH CAUSED INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE TOO. *YD

UNOCCUPIED PARKED VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT A CAR. 13-7418-982

THE GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. 48-51-90-745

THE GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND HIT THE GARAGE AND DAMAGED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR.38-J734-403

GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND ROLLED DOWN THE HILL. 42-1197-256

AS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE CLIENT STATED, THE CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF FASTENING THE SEATBELT ON THE CHILD. IMMEDIATELY AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE JEEP, SHE REALIZED IT WAS IN REVERSE AND WAS GOING DOWN THE INCLINE OF THE DRIVEWAY. SHE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE RAN OVER THE SIDE OF HER BODY, INCLUDING HER HEAD, THE CONSUMER DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE SUFFERED ANY SERIOUS PERMANENT INJURY (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT).

VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND STRUCK POLE.38-J281-981

GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK AND VEHICLE ROLLED INTO WATER. 18-02660-689

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND STRUCK A HOUSE, CLAIM 22-V202-702. *SLC

CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, AND IT SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED, CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, CLAIM 44-3038-336. *SLC

ENGINE WAS RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARDS. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, OPEN DOOR GOT STUCK ON A PARKED VEHICLE, NO INJURIES.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY KICKED INTO REVERSE AND TOOK OFF, 2 YOUNG CHILDREN INSIDE. VEHICLE ENDED UP IN A DITCH, NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK THE VEHICLE HAS LONG CRANK TIME WHEN COLD DUE TO FUEL UPMP MODULE FAILURE. THE RIGHT FRONT WINDOW MULFUNCTIONS BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. YH

VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN SUDDENLY VEHICLE TOOK OFF IN REVERSE, AND HIT A MOVING VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE LEAVING VEHICLE IN PARK AND IDLE VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, AND WENT ACROSS THE STREET, STOPPED WHEN HITTING A TREE.*AK

WHILE PARKED AND IDLING VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, AND AT THAT MOMENT, VEHICLE SHIFTED TO REVERSE AND HIT A MAILBOX. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 3100.00.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT, CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE FOR A FEW MINUTES, LATER THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, AND HIT A POLE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE ACCIDENT CAUSED DAMAGE TO PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, REAR BUMPER AND SIDE DOOR. *YH

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, HE PUT THE SHIFT LEVER IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, AND THE BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED, THEN BEGAN TO WALK TOWARD THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO BACK UP, HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP IN THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR BUT THE DOOR JAMB CAUGHT CONSUMER AND THREW HIM TO THE GROUND PARTIALLY UNDER THE CAR AND THE FRONT TIRE ROLLED OVER HIS BODY WHICH CAUSED INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE TOO. *YD

I PARKED CAR IN A PARKING SPACE; PUT CAR IN PARK; AS I WAS LOOKING IN MY HANDBAG I HEARD A CRASH.MY CAR HAD BACKED UP AND HIT A CAR IN THE NEXT AISLE. I THEN COULD NOT GET THE CAR OUT OF GEAR OR SHUT THE CAR OFF. THE MANAGER OF THE STORE ALSO COULD NOT GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK OF REMOVE THE KEY. THE POLICE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO DO THIS AND SAID THAT MY CELL PHONE CHARGER CORD STOPPED THE CAR FROM ENGAGING TOTALLY IN PARK. I PLAN TO DISPUTE THIS BECAUSE I CANNOT RECREATE THIS.*AK

PLACED IN PARK/EXITED CAR/CAR ROLLED AND DID NOT STOP/RECHECKED PARK POSITION & CONFIRMED THAT CAR WAS IN PARK, HOWEVER CAR STILL ROLLED & DID NOT STOP UNTIL BRAKES APPLIED. CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO USE PARKING BRAKE. DEALER DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON PROBLEM. CAR TO GO TO TRANSMISSION SHOP TO DETERMINE DEFECT. PLAN TO SAVE ALL REPAIRED PARTS. *AK

DROVE CAR IN GARAGE, LEFT RUNNING, PLACED IN PARK WITH DOOR OPEN. CAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE BACKED ITSELF UP, CRASHING INTO HOUSE. DAMAGE TO LEFT DOOR AND FENDER, PLUS HOUSE DAMAGE.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AN ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS BACKED INTO A PARKINSPACE NEXT TO A UTILITY BOX PROTECTED BY 4 CEMENT PILLARS. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS OPENED PLACING THE DOOR BETWEEN 2 OF THE 4 PILLARS AND THE DRIVER WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE OPEN DOOR. THE VEHICLE LURCHED BACKWARDS FORCING THE DOOR INTO ONE OF THE PILLARS AND CAUSING THE DRIVER TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. THE DRIVER JUMPED BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND PUT THE BRAKES ON THEN RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO PARK AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND MADE SURE NONE OF THE PASSENGERS OR BYSTANDERS WERE INJURED, SURVEYED THE DAMAGE AND CALMED HIS NERVES. NO OTHER INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE. *AK

I STARTED MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN THE MORNING TO WARM UP. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, BUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT ON. I WENT BACK INSIDE MY HOUSE WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS WARMING. WHEN I WENT BACK OUT TO MY VEHICLE I NOTICED IT WAS NO LONGER IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MY NEIGHBORS YARD! I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. WHEN I GOT IN THE VEHICLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE YARD, IT WAS IN REVERSE. LUCKILY IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO MAKE IT UP THE BANK OF THE YARD OR IT WOULD HAVE WENT THROUGH MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE. NO ONE WAS INJURED NOR WAS THERE ANY DAMAGE TO THE JEEP. IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND SLIPPED INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN. I AM 100% SURE OF THIS!! I BOUGHT THE CAR BC I WANTED SOMETHING SAFE TO HAUL MY...

WHILE DRIVING AND UPON PUTTING GEAR INTO PARK, GEAR SLIPS FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. *AK ON BOTH OCCASIONS, CONSUMER JUMPED BACK INTO THE VEHICLE, APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND NOTED THAT THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK POSITION, BUT THE LINKAGE DID NOT ENGAGE POSITIVELY INTO PARK. *TT

WHILE DRIVING GEARS AUTOMATICALLY SLIP AND VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLS ON INCLINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY AND THEN GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE AND LEAVING VEHICLE IN IDLE, AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE WENT INTO REVERSE AND RAN INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. THEN, FINALLY STOPPED WHEN RUNNING INTO A TREE. WHEN LOOKING INTO VEHICLE IT WAS STILL IN PARK AND TRYING TO REVERSE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IT JUMPED OUT OF THE PARK GEAR AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 200 YARDS. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHEN IT HIT AN EMBANKMENT. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OR INJURY REPORTED. DEALERSHIP IS EXAMING VEHICLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. NOTE: CONSUMER REPORTED PREVIOUS INCIDENT OVER NHTSA WEBPAGE (ODI REFERENCE NUMBER 750164).*AK THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NLM

VEHICLE WAS STARTED UP WITH MOTOR RUNNING, THEN DOOR WAS OPENED, AND CONSUMER WAS STANDING ON OUTSIDE WHILE VEHICLE ROLLED IN REVERSE, CONSUMERS VHEICLE HIT 2 OTHER VEHICLES IN ITS PATHWAY. *AK CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK.*SLC

CLUNKS CONSTANTLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, GOES IN EXCESS OF 13MPH AND THERE IS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I AM ON MY THIRD BATTERY. IT'S BEEN TO 2 DEALERSHIPS NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE PROBLEM NOT BEING RESOLVED, INCLUDING ARBITRATION!

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE COLLIDING INTO A BUILDING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER WENT OUT TO START THE VEHICLE AND STOOD ON OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE, AND IT STARTED GRADUALLY ROLLING BACK IN REVERSE, HITTING PARKING GATE. CONSUMER WILL HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK IT AUTOMATICALLY JUMPS INTO REVERSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AFTER SHIFTING INTO REVERSE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO HOUSE DECK . DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER PUT CAR IN REVERSE, THEN IN DRIVE, AND VEHICLE HESITATED. THEN IT WENT FORWARD. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING/ EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD AND CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT HIT A TREE. $ 2000.00 DAMAGE, NO INJURIES. *AK