Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 93 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 93, in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT TRANSMISSION DETENT CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 02V053000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT). THE DAY AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THROUGH ALL OF THE GEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO APPLY THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 120,000.
DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE PARKED IN CONSUMER'S DRIVEWAY. WHEN THE CONSUMER CHECKED THEE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STARTED MOVING BACK SLOWLY. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE CONSUMER AND THE MOTOR HOME. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SHIFTER, AND THE CONSUMER HAD T RECALL REPAIRS DONE. THE CONSUMER HAD A PREVIOUS PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS ONE. *AK
VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED, WENT IN REVERSE CAUSING DAMAGE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH THE PARKING BRAKE APPLIED AND THE DOOR OPENED, THE CONSUMER THEN WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE, ROLLED AND HIT A TREE WHICH CAUSED $3000 IN DAMAGES. WHEN THE CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER THE NEXT DAY, SHE WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING MECHANICALLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER 7 YEARS LATER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE CONFIRMING THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. *JB
ENGINE WAS LEFT RUNNING WHILE IN PARK, I GOT OUT OF JEEP IT SHIFTED ITS SELF INTO REVERSE IT TRAVELED ABOUT 30 FEET THAN HIT A TREE. THIS MODEL IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE A FEATURE . *AK THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THE SHIFTER TO MOVE UNTIL BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED.
CONSUMER HAD RECALL 02V053000 REMEDIED ON 05/16/03. VEHICLE STILL INCURS PROBLEM WITH ROLLING BACKWARD WITH GEAR IN PARK. CONSUMER CONTACTED SERVICE, DEALERADVISED CONSUMER THAT RECALL WAS DONE PROPERLY AND WILL NOT SERVICE AGAIN WITHOUT CHARGE.*AK
THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING WHEN THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE AND ROLL DOWN THE STREET. *NLM *SCC
NAR 02/25/2003. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED SHORTLY AFTER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE. THE CONSUMER DAUGHTER PARKED THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND LOCKED DOORS, HOWEVER MINUTES LATER SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLING. SHE TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT CONSEQUENTLY IT CRASHED INTO A TOWNHOUSE. *JB
CONSUMER STATES AFTER RECALL#02V053000 INADVERTENTLY VEHICLE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THEIR VEHICLE THEY ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE THE DEALER NAME, ADDRESS, AND NUMBER. TS
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED TRANSMISSION UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITHOUT MANUAL OPERATION, WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO HIT A TREE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
VEHICLE WILL DISENGAGE FROM PARK INTO REVERSE WHILE PARKED. *AK
WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN DRIVE JUMPED FORWARD WITHOUT ACCELERATING.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WITH ENGINE RUNNING. CONSUMER PUT CHILD IN VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS ABOUT 150 YARDS AND ROLLED INTO SOMEONES LAWN. COSNUMER STATES TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT 68,000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY. NLM
WHILE ENGINE WAS ON AND IN PARK CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, AND ABOUT 1/2 MINUTE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS LIKE IT WAS IN REVERSE, AND ROLLED INTO A GARAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE WHILE IT WAS PARKED. CONSUMER WAS STANDING BEHIND VEHICLE. DEALER INDICATED THAT VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE BECAUSE FRONT TIRE WAS A DIFFERENT BRAND THAN OTHER 3 TIRES. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK *YH
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND KEY WAS TURNED ON IN IGNITION VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF IN REVERSE, SMASHING THE DRIVER, WHO WAS BEHIND THE VEHICLE, INTO THE BUILDING.*AK
VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN PARK ON A FLAT SURFACE WITH ENGINE RUNNING. DRIVER GOT OUT OF CAR AND WALKED TO THE REAR, AND VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, HITTING THE DRIVER. *AK. THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED BEHINE THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*JB
CONSUMER STATES BRAKES HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *SLC
THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OR ACCELERATE IN THIRD GEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *YH
CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE. COULD FEEL A DELAY AND JERKING. THEN, WILL GO TO REVERSE, AND AT SAME SITUATION SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO PARK. WHILE DRIVING COULD NOTICE THAT GEARS WILL SKIP. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED, AND SEALS REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN A GEAR VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES ACCERLERATE WITH CONSUMER'S FOOT ON BRAKE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALE, AND DEALER FIXED SOME OTHER PARTS ON , VEHICLE BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION REPEATEDLY, BUT PERIODICALLY, SLIPS OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. ALSO, IT WILL AT TIMES NOT GO INTO GEAR WHEN FIRST SHIFTED FROM PARK OR NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE. *AK
VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITH ENGINE IDLING AND GEARSHIFT IN PARK, I GOT OUT OF JEEP AND THEN HEARD A LOUD CLUNK. THE JEEP THEN BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWNHILL UNTIL IT HIT A FENCE WHICH CAUSED IT TO STOP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MCKEAN'S JEEP EAGLE IN PITTSBURGH, PA WHO TOLD ME THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MC KEAN'S SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGES ME $2,500 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE.
CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED SOMETHING ON THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS PUT IN PARK, PULLED HAND BRAKE, GOT OUT AND LEFT THE DOOR. CONSUMER WAS OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE WHEN IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD TOWARDS CONSUMER. DOOR KNOCKED CONSUMER DOWN. CONSUMER GOT UP, AND JUMPED INTO VEHICLE, STEPPED ON BRAKES, AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF. *AK
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