1995 Jeep Cherokee Transmission Problems

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT . TS

NHTSA ID

8022173

Incident

Oct 19, 2002

CONSUMER STATED SHE PARKED HER VEHICLE IN THE CARPORT, WHEN SHE CAME OUT THE NEXT MORNING THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED 90 FEET AWAY DOWN IN THE WOODS, BACKWARDS AND AGAINST A TREE, CONSUMER STATED SINCE THE INCIDENT VEHICLE HAS INCURRED OTHER PROBLEMS.*JB

NHTSA ID

566867

Incident

Dec 15, 2000

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN DRIVEWAY SUDDENLY IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT CONSUMER. CONSUMER WAS INJURED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8012677

Incident

Jun 17, 2002

VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. CONSUMER WAS INJURED BY VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8012245

Incident

Jun 7, 2002

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE TURNED OFF. VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK, AND ROLLED BACKWARDS OVER CONSUMER. *AK *YH

NHTSA ID

8012241

Incident

Jun 17, 2002

DRIVING 1-95N TO BALTIMORE,HEARD A CLUNK AS IF SOMETHING HAD HIT CAR FROM BENEATH, LOST 5TH GEAR. GOT OFF AT NEXT EXIT, LOST REVERSE GEAR IN PARKING LOT OF HOTEL. NEXT MORNING TOW OPERATOR STARTED CAR, ENORMOUS CLATTERING, SEVERED PIECE OF PLASTIC HAD JAMMED RADIATOR FAN. TOWED TO AAA APPROVED GARAGE. THEY TEMORARILY FIKED CAR BY HOLDING ENGINE UP WITH A CHAIN. GOT BACK TO BOSTON. IDEAL GARAGE, SOMERVILLE MA IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. THE ATTACHMENT OF ENGINE TO ENGINE BLOCKED HAS FAILED. THE ENGINE WAS ATTACHED ON LEFT SIDE AND ANGLED DOWNWARDS, MAKING 5TH AND REVERSE UNATTAINABLE. THIS IS THE SECOND JEEP CHEROKEE, SAME YEAR THAT HE HAD SEEN IN A WEEK - SAME PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO, THIS CAR HAS LOW MILEAGE, IS UNDER 80,000 MILES . PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND ALERT MAKERS.AR

NHTSA ID

760834

Incident

Mar 31, 2002

THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF IN AN ACCIDENT ENGINE COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THIS WAS SECOND TIME THAT MOUNTS HAVE BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

898666

Incident

Oct 29, 2001

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE OF GARAGE, IT WAS ON AND IN PARK. THEN, VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, AND PINNED CONSUMER AGAINST THE WALL. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

896467

Incident

Apr 23, 1996

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, CONSUMER WENT TO THE BACK OF VEHICLE OPENED THE HATCH DOOR, AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP IN THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE BRAKE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND VEHICLE HIT A PARKED CAR. *JB

NHTSA ID

563001

Incident

May 13, 1999

PE 01 021/ROLL AWAY IN PARK: WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE AND ENGINE STILL IDLING WITH CONSUMER STANDING IN BETWEEN OPENING OF VEHICLE DOOR, GEAR INADVERTENTLY JUMP OUT OF PARKED INTO REVERSE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

895334

Incident

Jul 15, 2001

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND RUNNING, CONSUMER STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STARTED TRAVELING BACKWARD, HITTING A WALL. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN VEHICLE HIT THE WALL, IT JOLTED INTO DRIVE AND WENT THROUGH THE GARAGE. *SLC

NHTSA ID

894381

Incident

Sep 1, 2000

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, AND THEN IDLED UP. THIS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE OVER WHILE SLOWING DOWN , ANDVEHICLE JOLTED FORWARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

894191

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL IT GOES INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN.*AK

NHTSA ID

893931

Incident

Aug 8, 2001

CONSMUER PUT THE JEEP IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE BACK HATCH LEAVING THE DRIVERS' DOOR OPEN. JEEP POPPED OUT OF GEAR GOING IN REVERSE AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. CONSUMER WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY DOOR AND FRONT WHEEL RAN OVER CONSUMERS' FOOT AND PART OF LEG. JEEP CONTINUED TO ROLL IN REVERSE UNTIL IT SMASHED INTO A BUILDING.

NHTSA ID

9003299

Incident

May 25, 2001

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, SEVERAL HOURS LATER RETURNED TO VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE HAD POPPED OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING IT TO ROLL DOWN HILL, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

NHTSA ID

892572

"ROTATIONAL THUMPING" SOUND DURING ACCEL FROM STOP. ESPECIALLY NOTICABLE DURING ACCEL UPHILL FROM STOP. THUMPING SOUND UNTIL 15MPH OR SO. SOUND FROM BELOW DRIVERS SIDE. ORIGINALLY NOTICED PROBLEM MID TO LATE LAST YEAR. DEALER HAD OTHER JEEPS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM. SAID THEY TRIED REPLACING STEERING DAMPENER, U-JOINTS...ETC BUT PROBLEM CAME BACK. SAID THEY HAD SAME TYPE TRANSFERCASE. THEY FIXED OTHER JEEPS BY REPLACING TRANSFERCASE. ALSO NOTICE SLIGHT REAR WOBBLE WHEN ACCEL AND THUMPING NOISE. U-JOINTS OK. GOT NEW WHEELS, ALIGNED & BALANCED & NEW STEERING DAMPENER(OLD ONE LEAKING). PROBLEM BARELY NOTICABLE BUT WAS STILL THERE. MORE NOTICABLE AROUND FEB. CONTACTED DEALER AT THAT TIME. SAID THEY WOULD CALL IF FOUND A SOLUTION BUT HASN'T CALLED YET. NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. DEALER SAID EXPENSIVE TO FIX AND HARD TO FIND PARTS.

NHTSA ID

722236

Incident

Jul 1, 1999

WHEN GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP LAST BOLT, THAT SUPPORTS THE ENGINE, GAVE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THIS CAUSED THE TRANSMISION TO FAIL. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A BODY SHOP LAST THAN TWO MILES AWAY FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

854006

Incident

Dec 9, 1999

DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN A SAFTEY HAZARD. *AK

NHTSA ID

848182

APPROX. 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE NOTICED WHEN HITTING A SLIGHT BUMP IN THE ROAD THE ENGINE WOULD JUMP. NOT A CONSTANT PROBLEM BUT HAPPENS AT UNEXPECTED TIMES. AT FIRST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE TRANSMISSION BUT AFTER TECH FROM DEALER CHECKED SEEMED TO THINK MIGHT BE COIL DISTRIBUTOR AND PLUG WIRES AND CLEAN THROTTLE BODY. PROBLEM CONTINUED THEN WAS TOLD WAS PICK UP PLATE IN TRANSAXEL. MISS IN ENGINE CONTINUED AND STARTED GETTING WORSE. PUT IN SHOP AGAIN, DEALERSHIP SAID THEY REPLACED THE BRAIN IN THE COMPUTER AND REPLACED 3 MOTOR MOUNTS AND SAID THIS WOULD CURE THE PROBLEM. AFTER THAT HAVE HAD TO HAVE IN SHOP AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH WITH MISS GETTING WORSE AND OCCURING ON ACCLERATION. VEHICLE JUMPS UP TO 10 TO 12 TIMES WHEN THIS OCCURS. DEALERSHIP NOW SAYS DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND IS GOING THROUGH THE WIRING. A FLIGHT RECORDER WAS HOOKED UP AND DEALERSHIP SAID THE READING WAS CLEAN EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE MALFUNCIONED 3 TIMES. ALSO A/C KEEPS MALFUNCTIONING AND BLOWING WARM AIR. DEALERSHIP SAID WAS A LOOSE WIRE BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.

NHTSA ID

711401

Incident

Oct 1, 1998

MY VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION; I LEAVE IT IN REVERSE WHEN I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THERE IS NOT SAFETY SWITCH PREVENTING IT FROM STARTING UNLESS THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. NOW IF YOU FORGET AND TURN THE KEY IT WILL START IN GEAR AND TAKE OFF. ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE!! SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET INJURED OR WORSE. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY SWITCH THAT SHOULD BE INSTALLED. *AK

NHTSA ID

707477

Incident

Oct 15, 1998

DRIVESHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 27 TIMES FOR SERVICE. ALSO, CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING COLUMN/HEADLIGHT'S AND RADIO AND SQUEAKING AND NOISY TRANSMISSION. *AK

NHTSA ID

833989

Incident

Jan 1, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING AND TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE SPEED, AND EVEN WHEN TRYING TO PICK UP SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN. *AK

NHTSA ID

832550

Incident

Nov 12, 1998

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK THE GEAR INDICATOR RELEASED FROM THE SET GEAR AND WENT INTO REVERSE, HIT A TREE. THEN WENT FORWARD ACROSS THE STREET, OVER THE CURBAND HIT ANOTHER TREE WITH FRON RIGHT FENDER BUMPER. GEAR SHIFT WAS BETWEEN DRIVE AND NEUTRAL AFTER FRONT END CRASH. *AK

NHTSA ID

829694

Incident

Oct 15, 1998

WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD, CAUSING A COLLISION TO OCCUR. VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN #97I002000. ALSO, DEALER INSTALLED THE SHIFT INTERLOCK WHICH HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

826517

UPON STARTING VEHICLE/PLACING FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS/COLLIDED INTO NEIGHBORS HOUSE. VEHICLE THEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND IT ACCELERATED FORWARD. (QCAW)

NHTSA ID

540946

Incident

Jul 9, 1998