1999 Jeep Cherokee Transmission Problems

I DROVE MY JEEP TO A HOME, PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, LEFT THE CAR RUNNING ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES. AS I WAS LOCKING THE DOOR LEAVING THE HOME I TURNED AND SAW THE JEEP GOING IN REVERSE TOWARD THE ROAD, I RAN TO THE JEEP TO TRY AND GET IN AND CONTROL THE JEEP, I SLIPPED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND IT RAN OVER BOTH MY LEGS. IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ABOUT 30-50 FEET AFTER IT RAN ME OVER. I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED. I HAVE NOT YET HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC. *JB

NHTSA ID

10184341

Incident

Mar 2, 2007

Mileage

105,115 mi

DT: THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN STEPPED OUT WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING. AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR AWHILE IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE CONTACT REACHED OVER TO ASSURE IT WAS IN PARK. WHEN SHE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE SHE ALERTED HER HUSBAND WITH THE HORN. HE CAME IN THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND REACHED OVER TO ASSURE IT WAS IN PARK AS WELL. HE THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND TOOK THE KEYS OUT. THE VEHICLE STOPPED ONCE IT WAS IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10145579

Incident

Dec 17, 2005

CRASH - I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN MY 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT. I WAS BRAKING WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, DRIVING ME INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT ONLY THIS TIME DID IT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED JEEP DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECK IT OUT. THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. I AM PRETTY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS. I KNOW HOW HARD I WAS BRAKING, AND IT JUST DIDN'T MATTER. THE CAR WAS WORKING AGAINST ME. I HAD TO THROW IT INTO PARK JUST TO STOP THE CAR. *AK

NHTSA ID

10074845

Incident

May 31, 2004

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE DRIVER PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND GOT OUT. AFTER GETTING OUT, THE VEHICLE HAD GONE INTO REVERSE, STRUCK THE DRIVER AND CRASHED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITHOUT TEARING APART THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *AK THERE WERE RECALLS FOR THE 1993-1998 MODELS. *SCC *JB

NHTSA ID

10044860

Incident

Oct 10, 2003

Mileage

40,000 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK, DRIVER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND LEFT THE DOOR OPEN. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE, AND HIT THE WALL, AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR CAME OFF. DRIVER JUMPED BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. JEEP, GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO ,1999. *AK

NHTSA ID

10024853

Incident

Jun 21, 2003

THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD AND SLIPPED ON ACCELERATION. FOUND WRONG FLUID IN TRANSMISSION. IGNITION CYLINDER LOOSE. DEALER ADVISED THIS WAS NORMAL. TRANSMISSION BANGED WHEN PUT IN REVERSE. *TT

NHTSA ID

8023609

Incident

Sep 2, 2002

Mileage

80,360 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, WAS INFROMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, PARTS IS BACK ORDER. TS

NHTSA ID

8021775

Incident

Oct 21, 2002

TRANSFER CASE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO REPLACED FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BEARINGS, AND O-RINGS IN FUEL PUMP. ALSO, VEHICLE MAKES LOUD "ROARING" NOISES, AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. *AK

NHTSA ID

8018894

Incident

Jul 2, 2002

WHEN SHIFT INTO PARK, VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD AND THEN ROLL BACK ON ANY LEVEL OF ROAD SURFACE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAIL.*JB

NHTSA ID

8014708

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY APPLIED BRAKES STEERING COLUMN SHOOK AND VIBRATED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK TO CORRECT THE STEERING COLUMN SHAKING, THE DEALER MACHINED AND REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT SOLVED. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS LEAKING OIL. *YH

NHTSA ID

8014256

Incident

Aug 1, 1999

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ACCELERATED. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA ID

8013222

Incident

Jun 17, 2002

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. TOWED VEHICLE TO MECHANIC . METAL PIN BROKE THAT CAUSED VEHICLE TO STOP SHIFTING.*AK

NHTSA ID

8010853

Incident

May 17, 2002

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND TURNED ON WHEN IT REVERSED ON FLAT SURFACE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

8001814

Incident

Dec 1, 2001

ROTORS WENT BAD. ALSO, PCM HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001732

WHILE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT HOLD VEHICLE WHILE IN REVERSE AND MOVING. CONSUMER HAD TO REAPPLY BRAKES TO HOLD VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8001151

Incident

Dec 19, 2001

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHIFT PAWL WAS IN PARK. CONSUMER WENT TO THE REAR OF VEHICLE TO OPEN REAR LIFTGATE, BUT SHIFT PAWL JUMPED INTO REVERSE. WHILE MOVING CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TO GRAB STEERING WHEEL AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKES, CONSUMER WAS DRAGGED, AND SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. *AK *TT

NHTSA ID

8001150

Incident

Dec 19, 2001

CONSUMER STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS ON THREE OCCASIONS.*YH

NHTSA ID

785631

CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE, THEN HAD TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE, LEFT IT IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING, AS HE STEPPED OUT OF VEHICLE, IT STARTED GOING BACKWARD. HE WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN GARAGE WALL AND DRIVER DOOR. HE MANAGED TO GET IN TO VEHICLE AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. CONSUMER SUFFERED BRUISES. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, VEHICLE STILL AT DEALERSHIP.*AK

NHTSA ID

899654

Incident

Nov 25, 2001

THE DEALER SAID THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN MANY WRANGLERS WITH THE SAME CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION. THE THROW-OUT BEARING HAS ROTATED ON THE CLUTCH FORK AND THE FORK HAS BEEN PUSHED DOWN OVER THE THROW-OUT BEARING, CAUSING THE CLUTCH SLAVE TO EXTEND TO THE MAXIMUM, WHICH CAUSES THE CLUTCH NOT TO BE ABLE TO BE DEPRESSED. THEREFORE, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH A NON-OPERATIONAL VEHICLE. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

NHTSA ID

754615

Incident

Nov 12, 2001

THE CHEROKEE WAS IDLING IN PARK WHEN IT LURCHED INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING AND RAN OVER THE DRIVER WHO WAS OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN TRAVELED DOWN THE ROAD COMING TO A STOP IN THE DITCH.*AK

NHTSA ID

752154

Incident

Jul 12, 1999

THE JEEP WAS IN PARK WITH THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND MY SON WHO IS FIVE YEARS OF AGE ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED THE CAR OUT OF PARK. IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND WENT DOWN THE DRIVEWAY ACROSS THE STREET AND UP IN TO MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD AND CAME BACK DOWN THE YARD AND WAS PHYSICALLY STOPPED BY A NEIGHBOR BEFORE IT HIT OUR RURAL MAILBOX. THER WERE APPROXIMATELY 20 CHILDREN PLAYING N THE CUL-DE-SAC. THIS ALL HAPPENED WITH MY FIVE YEAR OLD SON INSIDE THE VEHICLE. TO REPEAT THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE, YET IT COULD STILL BE MANUVERED INTO GEAR ACCIDENTLY BY A FIVE YEAR OLD. IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THE ACTIVITY LEVEL OF OUR STREET AT THE TIME. *AK

NHTSA ID

751494

WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLING DOWN AN INCLINE AND TRAVELING ABOUT 500 FEET BEFORE HITTING A MAILBOX AND COMING OT REST ON A NEIGHBORS FRONT LAWN. *AK

NHTSA ID

750381

Incident

Jul 21, 2001

WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE THERE IS A CLUNKNIG NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

894060

Incident

Jul 3, 2001

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK WHILE PUTTING ON SEATBELT. SUDDENLYAND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES, HARD TO STOP. IN THE PROCESS DRIVER HAD INJURED HIS BACK DUE TO JERKING OF THE VEHICLE AND BRAKES BEING APPLIED.*AK

NHTSA ID

893468

Incident

Jul 17, 2001

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE, CAUSING INJURIES.*NLM (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT).

NHTSA ID

562088

Incident

Apr 9, 2001