1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee Transmission Problems

A PURCHASED 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- THE DAY I PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM A LOCAL BRISTOL AUTO DEALER (KING PHILIP MOTORS) THE CAR STALLED WHILE SHIFTING GEARS... THIS CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING A CONSTANT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STRUGGLED TO SHIFT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. IT REVVED. THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK THAT I DISCOVERED AND IN ONE DAY ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT OF IT. UPON PARKING THE CAR IT STALLED OUT AND WHILE IDLE THE CAR WOULD REV HEAVILY AND SHAKE. DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY, (WHILE IN DRIVE) I COULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 750 MPH FOR FEAR OF BREAKDOWN AS THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO A HIGHER GEAR. THE NEEDLE THAT SHOWS THE RPM WAS DANCING WILDLY BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD GEAR. *TR

NHTSA ID

10236734

Incident

Aug 1, 2008

Mileage

145,153 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. HE HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY START WHEN IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE DEALER REPAIRED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LEVER AND LINKAGE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 02V053000). THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SECONDARY DETENT SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED. THE DETENT SYSTEM HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ON TWO OCCASIONS, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 188,000.

NHTSA ID

10198932

Incident

Jul 27, 2007

Mileage

188,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE. RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 02V053000, CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER. THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. WHEN PARKED WITH ENGINE SHUT OFF VEHICLE COULD ROLL FORWARD OR BACKWARD IF INCLINED. ALSO, WHEN PARKED WITH TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND WITH ENGINE RUNNING VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL IN REVERSE. THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT FUNCTION-RELEASE BUTTON ON LEVER AND CONSOLE SEPARATED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10154540

Incident

Apr 4, 2006

Mileage

113,000 mi

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NUMBER 02V053000 CONCERNING TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED PRIOR TO RECALL. TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT WAS NOT COMPLETELY IN PARK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARD. SINCE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10073870

Mileage

125,077 mi

REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT OF PART ON THE TRANSMISSION.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE DEALER CONTINUED TO TELL HER IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. *JB

NHTSA ID

10053537

Incident

Sep 1, 2002

Mileage

163,547 mi

CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO HAVE THE RECALL FOR THE INADVERTENT VEHICLE MOVEMENT 02V053000 PERFORMED. THE PART WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT YEAR PER THE DEALERSHIP. *PH

NHTSA ID

10050031

Incident

Dec 4, 2003

Mileage

93,000 mi

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FRONT LEFT TIRE COMING COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMERS VEHICLE HIT A GUARD RAIL AND ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA ID

10031635

Mileage

92,000 mi

CONSUMER HAD SHIFT LEVER RECALL 02V053000 REMEDIED ON 12/03/02. NOW GEARS ARE NO LONGER LOCKED. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO MOVE FROM PARK TO ALL OTHER GEARS WITHOUT DEPRESSING SHIFT LOCK RELEASE BUTTON. TS

NHTSA ID

10001362

Incident

Dec 3, 2002

CONSUMER STATES TOOK VEHICLE TO DLR REGARDING RECALL REMEDY 02V053000. DLR ADVISED WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REMEDY FOR 4-6 MONTHS. DLR NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE REMEDY DATE/APPT. TS

NHTSA ID

8021537

Incident

Oct 2, 2002

MFR# B02 & NHTSA# 99 V 243 000/ INADVERTENT VEHICLE MOVEMENT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. RESULTING IN A COLLISION, TOTALLING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA ID

8019370

Incident

Aug 27, 2002

CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOR PARTS FOR TRANSMISSION RECALL TO BE AVAILABLE. PROBLEM STATED IN RECALL LETTER HAPPENED, AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.DRIVER WAS INJURED.*AK

NHTSA ID

8017761

Incident

Aug 29, 2002

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNINNG VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR. AND ROLLED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND HIT SEVERAL TREES. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8017531

Incident

Aug 27, 2002

ENGINE WAS RUNNING CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, WENT INTO HOUSE AND VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND CRASHED INTO SOME TREES. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, PASSENGER HAD TO BAIL OUT OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

8016347

Incident

Feb 11, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

761497

Incident

Feb 13, 2002

1)IGNITION: IN COLD WEATHER DIFFICULT TO START. IGNITION COIL FAILED , 2)MOTOR MOUNTS CRACKED CAUSING ENGINE TO ROTATE ON AXIS, 3) SPEED SENSORS IN TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING LACK OF SHIFTING TO LOWER GEAR, 4) WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL UNIT UNDER DASH BURNED OUT, CAUSING SMOKE TO FILL COMPARTMENT, 5) TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED"COMING APART" ,6) BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED AS PER RECALL, BUT WITHIN 2000-2500 MILES REPLACED ROTORS DEFECTIVE (BENT/WARPED)/AND TOO THIN TO RESURFACE

NHTSA ID

758685

Incident

Feb 26, 2002

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

758684

Incident

Feb 26, 2002

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE IDLING IN PARK, THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO A LAKE, CONSUMERS LEG WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE VEHICLES RETAINING WALL. *YH

NHTSA ID

564394

Incident

Apr 3, 2000

TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT, IT JUST MELTED. ALSO, VEHICLE MADE A NOISE AND TRANSMISSION WENTOUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *AK *TT

NHTSA ID

899065

Incident

Oct 29, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP UNEXPECTEDLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND EXITED FROM TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *NOTE: PARTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.*AK

NHTSA ID

899052

Incident

Oct 19, 2001

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK WHILE RUNNING. SOMTHING MADE A LOUD POP AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE GEAR WITH EMERGENGY BRAKE APPLIED.. VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL DOWN DRIVE WITH DRIVERS DOOR OPEN... DRIVERS DOOR WAS CAUGHT ON A TREE AND FOLDED BACKWARD CAUSING SEVER DAMAGE TO DRIVERS DOOR AND MINOR DAMAGE TO FENDER.. DRIVERS DOOR WAS WARPED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE ENTIRE DOOR WILL NEED REPLACED.. FENDER DAMAGE IS REPAIRABLE.. *AK

NHTSA ID

753511

Incident

Oct 21, 2001

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL, THE ENGINE WAS ON AND EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS SET, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL ABOUT 70 FEET BEFORE CRASHING INTO A UTILITY POLE. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WAS NOT ON, VEHICLE WAS PARKED AGAINST CURB.*JB

NHTSA ID

897443

Incident

Sep 24, 2001

WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IN PARK IT THEN JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE AND TOOK OFF. *AK

NHTSA ID

897413

Incident

Sep 24, 2001

CAR WAS IN PARK IDILING WHEN I GOT OUT TO ACCESS MAIL. CAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND BEGAN GOING IN REVERSE. IT CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED AND WAS GOING IN A CIRCLE WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN. I WAS HIT, NOCKED TO THE GROUND AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO PICK UP SPEED. NEIGHBOR RESPONDED AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCESS CAR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CAR MADE THREE CIRCLES IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND THEN HIT THE MAIL BOX. FINIALLY A MAN WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE CAR AND GET IT STOPPED, I WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 5 DAYS WITH HEAD INJURY REQUIRING STITCHES AND OFF WORK AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITH VERTIGO WHICH IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM DESPITE TREATMENT AT A REHAB FACILITY. I ALSO HAD A FRACTURED WRIST AND SEVERE CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS OF THE FACE.*AK

NHTSA ID

752300

Incident

Jan 4, 2000

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK PARK WHILE RUNNING AND CONSUMER STEPPED OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN CONSUMER RETURNED NOTICED VEHICLE HAD SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND HAD ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A CEMENT POST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NHTSA ID

895212

CAR KNOCKED DRIVER UNDER CAR AS CAR STARTED TO ROLLAWAY IN REVERSE WHILE CAR WAS IN PARK.*AK

NHTSA ID

750830

Incident

Jun 22, 2001