2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Power Trainautomatic Transmissionparkneutral Start Interlock Switch Problems

CAR WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING WITH NO ONE IN THE CAR AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED INTO REVERSE, BEGAN BACKING UP AND PICKING UP SPEED. THE CAR TRAVELED IN A WIDE CIRCLE CROSSING BACKWARDS ACROSS ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC. A MAN AT THE SCENE CHASED THE VEHICLE GOT THE DOOR OPEN AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CAR ULTIMATELY PICKED UP MORE SPEED, JUMPED A CURB AND CRASHED INTO A METAL FENCE. THE MAN INJURED HIS SHOULDER AS HE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THANKFULLY THE ONLY OTHER VEHICLE AT THE SCENE WITNESSED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND MANAGED TO ESCAPE DAMAGE OR INJURY.*AK

WE OWN A SMALL STORE AND MY HUSBAND HAD PULLED UP TO THE GA TANK TO FILL UP THE JEEP. HE GOT OUT AND PROCEEDED TO PUT GAS IN THE TANK WHEN IT SUDDENLY JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND SPED BACKWARD. THE JEEP WAS GOING AT AN EXCESSIVE SPEED AND THE DOOR WAS OPEN, IT HIT A POST AND BENT THE DOOR BACK. MY HUSBAND PROCEEDED TO JUMP INTO THE JEEP AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SKIDDED TO A STOP. MY HUSBAND PULLED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS CHEST AND BRUISED SOME RIBS. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND A CONSULTANT HAS BEEN SENT OUT, BUT IN MY CALLS TO THE COMPANY I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TALK WITH ANYONE THAT CAN TELL ME WHAT TO DO OR WHERE TO CALL.*AK

SUV PUT IN PARK IN DRIVE WAY, EXITED SUV AND WALKED AROUND BEHIND SUV TO TALK TO CHILD IN YARD, LEFT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED. TURNED FROM TALKING TO CHILD TO RETURN TO VEHICLE AND NOTICED IT WAS MOVING QUITE FAST IN REVERSE. ATTEMPTED UNSUCESSFULLY TO ENTER CAR FROM PASSENGER SIDE. NOTICED SUV TURNING INTO SAFE DIRECTION FROM PEOPLE, PETS, AND PROPERTY AND TOWARD TREES. CLOSED DOOR ON PASSENGER SIDE. SUV DRIVER SIDE DOOR HIT TREE, BENDING THE DOOR COMPLETELY FORWARD INTO THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND RIPING INTERIOR OF DOOR OFF. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED, OR MORE PROPERTY DAMAGED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL, VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER AT THIS TIME.*AKI

GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM *DB 14-1421-486

I LEFT MY JOB SITE, EXITING AT A GATED DRIVEWAY. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, OR SO I THOUGHT, AND OPERATED THE PARKING BRAKE. I THEN EXITED THE VEHICLE WITH THE MOTOR STILL RUNNING, IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE GATE BEHIND THE VEHICLE. AS I TURNED BACK TO THE VEHICLE, AFTER LOCKING THE GATE, I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE "REVERSE BACK-UP LIGHTS" WERE ON. THAT WAS A POSITIVE INDICATION THAT THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WAS IN "REVERSE" NOT "PARK." LUCKILY, THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE TOWARDS ME. I THEN RE-ENTERED THE VEHICLE VIA THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND OBSERVED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER WAS ACTUALLY IN "REVERSE" CONFIRMING WHAT WAS INDICATED BY THE BACK UP LIGHTS BEING ON. PUZZLED THAT THIS HAPPENED, I ATTEMPTED ON SEVERAL TRIES OF SHIFTING THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER TO ASCERTAIN IF I COULD RECREATE THE SAME CONDITION (I.E., OF SHIFTING INTO "PARK" BY "FEEL"...

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING. TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. THEN VEHICLE JACK KNIFED A TRAILER, WHICH WAS HOOKED UP TO JEEP. *AK *YD

AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK POSITION, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS, ACROSS CITY STREET INTO PARKED VEHICLE. *AK *TT

AFTER LEAVING VEHICLE IN IDLE IT STARTED OT ROLL BACK AND RAN INTO TRAFFIC, HITTING TWO OTHER VEHICLES. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO ROLLING FORWARD. I JUMPED IN TO BRAKE BUT VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. ROLLED FORWARD HITTING MY HOUSE AND KEPT GOING ACROSS LAWN AND HIT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. COPS DID NOT REPORT WHAT I TOLD THEM HAPPENED INSTEAD THEY WROTE WHAT THEY THOUGHT HAPPENED BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE VEHICLE MOVED WHEN IT SHOULDN'T HAVE, BRAKES DIDN'T RESPOND, AND THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. HOW CAN I PUT MY FAMILY IN THIS CAR EVEN AFTER THEY FIX IT?*AK

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK GEAR, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ACTIVATED. WHEN DRIVER WALKED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE TO ADJUST A REAL-ESTATE SIGN VEHICLE STARTED MOVING FORWARD AND PINNED DRIVER BETWEEN SIGN AND VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS BRUISED FROM BEING PUSHED INTO A POST, AND WAS FORCED TO THE GROUND WHEN DRIVER'S LEFT FOOT WAS RAN OVER BY THE WHEELS. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CHASE DOWN VEHICLE, MOVING APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 6 MP, ON A BROKEN FOOT AND BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. REFERENCE INVESTIGATION: EA 01-017. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WAS IDLING IT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND STARTED GOING DOWNHILL, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

WHILE PARKED AND ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET BEFORE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP, DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.*YD

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, ENGINE RUNNING/ EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. CONSUMER GOT OUT, AND AT THAT MOMENT VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD. VEHICLE HIT GARAGE DOOR BEFORE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE ABOUT $ 4500.00. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND UPON PUTTING GEAR INTO PARK IT SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED BACKWARD INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD AND HIT A CEMENT POLE, AND THEN HIT VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD NECK SURGERY PREVIOUSLY, AND SUFFERED NECK INJURIES DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE. *AK.*JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. WHILE FUELING VEHICLE IT SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, AND CAUGHT CONSUMER'S LEG BETWEEN DRIVER'S DOOR AND PROTECTIVE BARRIER OF FUEL PUMP. PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS $ 1555.OO, CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES TO RIGHT LEG. VEHICLE WAS RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE.*AK

PE 01-021/ROLL AWAY IN PARK: WHILE PARKED AND IDLING, VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND COMMENCED TO ROLL BACKWARD ONTO DRIVER'S FOOT WHILE HE WAS OPENING AN ENTRANCE GATE. VEHICLE CONTINUED ON INTO WOODED AREA BEFORE STOPPING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *JB

ON THE ROAD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, I PUT MY JEEP INTO PARK WITH THE ENGINE IDLING. I GOT OUT OF THE JEEP, WALKED UP MY DRIVEWAY AND PICKED UP MY NEWSPAPER. WHEN I TURNED AROUND I SAW MY JEEP ROLL UP OVER THE CURB AND ACROSS MY FRONT LAWN. I RAN AFTER THE JEEP AND JUST AS I WAS JUMPING INTO THE DRIVER SEAT, I WAS KNOCKED OUT OF THE JEEP, WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CRASHED INTO A STREET LAMP POST AND SMASHED INTO ME. MY JEEP ROLLED DOWN THE ROAD AND THROUGH NEIGHBOR'S YARDS FOR APPROXIMATELY .2 OF A MILE. MY JEEP CASHED INTO AND DAMAGED A CABLE AND TELEPHONE UTILITY BOX, TWO SECTIONS OF A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, 2 SECTIONS OF A WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE, BUSHES, ONE TREE, AN ELECTRIC OUTLET AND TWO CLAPBOARDS ON THE BOTTOM OF A HOUSE. WHEN I FINALLY CAUGHT UP...

WHILE IDLING CAR DROPPED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, PINNING ME AGAINST REAR OF GARAGE AND CRUSHING SNOWBLOWER. CAR HAD TO BE IN PARK FOR ME TO GET OUT SINCE CAR ROLLS WHEN IN GEAR WITHOUT BRAKES. *AK

JEEP WAS LEFT RUNNING IN PARK. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND PROCEED AT A RELATIVELY FAST SPEED IN A CIRCULAR DIRECTION FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS UNTIL IT STRUCK A PARKED 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. IT CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. IT NARROWLY MISSED SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE AREA. WHEN I CONTACTED JEEP THEY STATED THAT THERE COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE A PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND STILL RUNNING, HAD SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH FOOT ON BRAKES, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS. STRUCK A TRUCK AND ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF GARAGE AND PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, WHEN SHE GOT OUT THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO HOP BACK IN AND STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SIDE SWIPED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE PROCESS.*AK *YH

VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE IT WAS IDLING AND PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. *AK JG

GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM *DB 14-1421-486

VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING IT TO ROLL INTO A MAIL BOX AND A TREE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *SLC

MY VEHICLE, SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, HAD JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THIS INCIDENCE WAS OVERLOOKED AS A POSSIBLE ERROR ON MY PART. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE, I PUT MY CAR INTO PARK WHILE IT WAS RUNNING, TO MOVE A TOY BEHIND MY VEHICLE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO GO TO REMOVE THE TOY WHEN I REALIZED THE VEHICLE WAS NOW MOVING. I MADE ONE ATTEMPT TO GET BACK IN, NEARLY SLIPPING UNDER IT AND MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT THIS TIME SUCCEEDING BUT NOT BEFORE THE DOOR HAD CAUGHT ONTO THE CORNER OF MY HUSBANDS COMPRESSOR CAUSEING $2700.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER, THEY CHECKED FOR A CAUSE, FOUND NOTHING. SHORTLY AFTER, ALL THE REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM SURFACED IN THE MEDIA. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY CLAIM THAT ONLY THE YEARS FROM 1995 TO 1999 ARE AFFECTED....

VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO GARAGE AND WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK. OWNER'S HUSBAND STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME IT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE ON IT'S OWN SLAMMING THE OPEN DRIVERS SIDE DOOR INTO THE GARAGE WALL. THIS SLOWED THE VEHICLE LONG ENOUGH FOR HIM TO JUMP IN AND PUT ON THE BRAKE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO DRIVERS SIDE DOOR REQUIRING BODY WORK. NO RESPONSE FROM MANUFACTURER TO DATE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE GARAGE. CONSUMER WAS ATTACHING A BOAT TO VEHICLE, AND HE WAS ON A HILL. VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, AND BACKED OUT OF GARAGE WITH BOAT, AND PINNED CONSUMER DOWN. *AK

WHILE IDLING, GEAR SHIFTER JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK *JB

WHILE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING CONSUMER GOT OUT AND OPENED GATE. VEHICLE STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE WHILE IN PARK.CONSUMER SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING IN REVERSE. THEN, SHIFTED VEHICLE INTO PARK WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, CUT VEHICLE OFF TWICE, AND IT KEPT GOING IN REVERSE. SECOND TIME, UPON STARTING VEHICLE, IT WOULDN'T START UP. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. TOW TRUCK DRIVER POINTED OUT THAT ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE BURNED, AND PLUG BENEATH WHEN IT WAS TOWED FIRST TIME, WAS GONE. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP.*AK

THE ENGINE WAS IDLING AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN THE OWNERS GARAGE. THE DRIVER EXITED THE CAR LEAVING THE CAR DOOR OPEN. THE VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF THE GARAGE. THE OPEN CAR DOOR FIRST HIT THE DRIVER KNOCKING THE DRIVER TO THE FLOOR, THE THE DOOR HIT THE FRONT EDGE OF THE GARAGE BENDING THE CAR DOOR BACKWARD AND PUSHING THE DOOR INTO THE VEHICLES' LEFT FRONT QUARTER PANEL.*AK

I WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF A STORE, AND GOT OUT TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE BACK SEAT.WHEN MY TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE AND HIT A CONCRETE BEAM. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT I HAD TIME TO GET OUT WALK TO THE BACK OPEN THE DOOR GET THE ARTICALES AND REMOVE THEM BEFORE IT POPED INTO REVERSE. *AK

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEEE PROBLEM. CAR SLIPPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, SMASHED INTO CAR BEHIND ME ON THE STREET. I'D PULLED OVER TO PUT IT INTO PARK TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT...ENGINE WAS RUNNING. I WAS AT CURB. GOT OUT, LEFT DRIVER DOOR OPEN, IT HIT ME, COULDN'T GET BACK INTO CAR TO STOP ANY OF THIS FROM HAPPENING, HAD TO LET IT GO BACK AND HIT A PARKED CAR.*AK

HEAVY TRAFFIC, STOP AND GO FOR APPROX 2 HRS, SHIFT LEVER SPONTANEOUSLY POPPED OUT OF DRIVE INTO REVERSE THEN IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK INTO THE DRIVE POSITION. THIS WHILE HAVING FOOT ON BRAKES. THIS CAUSED US TO COLLIDE WITH VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES RESULTED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, AND IT SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD, AND RAN INTO A BOAT TRAILER THAT WAS RIGHT BEHIND IT. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 540.00, NO INJURIES.*AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OPEN WHEN IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE RUNNING INTO BIKE AND WORK BENCH ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF THE GARAGE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK THE DOOR SUSTAINED DAMAGE WHEN IT HIT THE CENTER SUPPORT POST IN DOUBLE GARAGE AND THE GARAGE FOUNDATION WAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL SPOTS. NLM

WAS TOWING A BOAT TRAILER. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND PUT IN PARK. EXITED JEEP AND IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. VEHICLE BACKED DOWN STREET WITH BOAT ATTACHED. I CHASED AND TRIED TO JUMP IN, FELL, SCRAPING KNEE. FORTUNATELY THE TRAILER JACKNIFED AT THAT TIME JUST BEFORE THE CAR WOULD HAVE RUN OVER ME. MY BELIEF IS THAT THE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC COVER OVER THE BUTTON ONT HE SHIFT LEVER BECAME WEDGED IN THE BUTTON PREVENTING THE BUTTON FROM RELEASING AND ENABLING THE LEVER TO JUMP FROM PARK TO REVERSE.*AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM/ THE TRANSMISSION BANGS, AND I DO MEAN BANGS INTO GEAR. CHRYSLER SAID THIS IS NORMAL FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT IT DOES OCCUR AT ANY SPEED AND IN ANY GEAR EXCEPT 1ST. CHRYSLER DISTRICT REP SAID THIS IS THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT GEAR, HE CALLED IT A BURP. I HAVE FELT WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT, I HAVE DRIVEN MANY OTHER VEHICLES WITH ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THIS SUV ACTUALLY BANGS OR KLUNKS INTO GEAR SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN I FIRST DRIVE IT FOR THE DAY, IT WILL SLAM, NOT BURP,INTO SECOND GEAR . ALSO IT SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN WHEN GOING INTO 4TH GEAR, WHEN MY SPEED IS IN THE 45 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR RANGE. THIS SUV HAS SLAMMED INTO GEAR WHILE UP SHIFTING AND DOWN SHIFTING. THERE IS NO WAY...

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK WHEN IT JUMPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND INSTALLED A SAFETY LOCK ON GEAR SHIFTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

GRAND CHEROKEE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT SUDDENLY SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, AND WRECKED.*AK

PE O1 021/ROLLED AWAY IN PARK: WHILE PARKED WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED AND WITH THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, VEHICLE ROLLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND OVER A STOP SIGN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE IN PARK AND IDLING VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND TRAVELED ONTO A BUSY ROADWAY. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED CUTS, SCRAPES, AND AN UNKNOWN KNEE INJURY WHILE JUMPING INTO VEHICLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE . *SLC