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 1995 Jeep Wrangler submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 27 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 27, in the owner's own words
NORMAL DRIVING WHEN 5TH GEAR WENT OUT. LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. FEELS LIKE NEUTRAL. I HAVE ALSO HAD FRIENDS WITH JEEP CHEROKEE'S HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IF ANYONE ELSE HAS THIS PROBLEM AND FEEL LIKE MORE THAN ONE VOICE IS EASIER TO HEAR, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AT [email protected]. *AK
THE SHAFT IS DEFECTIVE AND PER THE SERVICEMAN HAS FOUND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF THE DEFECTIVE SHAFT WHICH IN TURN HAS CAUSED THE GEARS TO GRIND AND COSTING ME 2 TRANSMISSIONS TO RESOLVE.
5TH GEAR WENT OUT - IN FEBRUARY 2001 I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AS THE 5TH GEAR QUIT WORKING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN FOR AN EXIT RAMP THE GEAR SHIFT POPPED OUT OF 5TH GEAR AND WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO 5TH GEAR. YOU COULD ACTUALLY SHIFT INTO 5TH POSITION BUT WAS LIKE PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT THAT TIME BUT IT RECENTLY DID THE SAME THING AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO SLOW DUE TO A TRAFFIC JAM, THE SHIFT POPPED OUT OF 5TH GEAR AND 5TH GEAR NO LONGER WORKED. I WAS IN THE HOV LANE AND IT WAS VERY SCARY AS TRAFFIC WAS VERY HEAVY AND I COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO GEAR. *NLM
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION ON 1995 JEEP WRANGLER. NAR 06/27/2003*MR THE CONSUMERS TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IT LOST 2 GEARS WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY AND DAMAGES COST APPROX $1873.93. AFTER DURING RESEARCH THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT SEVERAL JEEPS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS SO IT WAS EVIDENT THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM, SO THE CONSUMER WISHES TO BE FULLY REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS. *CB THE CONSUMER HAD BRAKES AND SHOCK WORK PERFORMED IN THE PAST. *JB
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. *AK *JB
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT TO 1ST GEAR CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE. ALSO, WHEN TURNING VEHICLE OFF IT WENT INTO REVERSE, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN INTO STREET, AND STOPPED WHEN CONSUMER JUMPED IN AND APPLI ED BRAKES.*AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKED POSITION IT ROLLED AWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.*AK
I ORIGINALLY DIDN'T CONSIDER FILING A COMPLAINT UNTIL I HAD THE THIRD MAJOR COMPLICATION OCCURRED. I'VE SINCE TALKED TO OTHER JEEP OWNERS WITH THE 4.0 AND HAVE FOUND MOTOR MOUNT AND TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE MORE PREVALENT THAN THEY SHOULD BE. AFTER THE THIRD PROBLEM (TRANNY), I BEGAN MY SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THIS SITE. IT CONFIRMED MY SUSPICIONS ABOUT THE SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS THAT DC IS USING IN MAJOR COMPONENTS. I TRIED TO REASON WITH A SERVICE REP AT DC BY EXPLAINING THAT I'M A DIED IN WOOL JEEP FANATIC (5 JEEP JAMS) BUT SHE BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANNY PROBLEMS AT THESE EARLY MILES IS PART OF THE VEHICLE OWNERSHIP PACKAGE. THAT MAY BE TRUE AT DC, BUT NOT AT OTHER CAR MAKERS LIKE TOYOTA AND FORD. THIS IS DEFINITELY MY LAST DC PRODUCT. I'M GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE; I KNOW WHERE TO GO IN THE FUTURE.*AK
WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED HOME THEY NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND HIT A PILE OF ROCK AND LUMBER, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE OR THE TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM. (CONSUMER DID NOT SPECIFY FAILURE) NLM
NO SUMMARY
CONSUMER JUST REPLACED 5TH GEAR ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO, AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. CONSUMER CAN BE RIDING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE FIFTH GEAR COMPLETELY GOES OUT. *AK
NO SUMMARY
WHILE DRIVING 65MPH, THE FIFTH GEAR WENT OUT, AS IF IN NUETRAL. THE OTHER GEARS STILL WORKED. DEALER SAID GEAR SEPARATED. *AK
NO SUMMARY
IDLER PULLER FAILED CAUSING LOCK UP AND OVERHEATING OF BELT. MJS
NO SUMMARY
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
CURRENTLY, AFTER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO WARRANTY THE VEHICLE, I HAD TO TAKE THEM TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 16, 1999. I AM FURIOUS AT THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED, AND CHYSLER HAS GIVEN NO CUSOMER SATISFACTION, AND HAVE TURNED THEIR NOSES UP IN THE AIR, AND AL OF MY COMPLAINTS PREVIOUS TO TRIAL, BOTH MAIL, AND THROUGH THE PHONE AND PERSONAL FELL ON DEAF EARS. IF YOU WISH, PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE CONTACT ME, I HAVE PLENTY MORE TO SAY ABOUT THE DEFECT, IT'S CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE OVERALL ASPECT OF HAVING TO SPEND EXTRA TIME AND MONEY TO GO TO COURT TO HAVE A PROBLEM FIXED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BY CHRYSLER A LONG TIME AGO, THANK YOU. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILS. CANNOT SHIFT GEARS OUT OF SECOND AND THIRD. THE VEHICLE MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING OUT OF THIRD GEAR.
GEAR SHIFT LEVER POPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, ROLLED DOWN THE STREET PINNING EMPLOYEE, CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES. QCAW
ENGINE/TRANSMISSION CASE BROKE.
TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO 5TH GEAR.
WORN CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER, CAUSING EXCESS CLUTCH FREEPLAY/RATTLING OF PEDAL. *AK
CONNECTION ON TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE OVERHEATS AND MELTS, TRANSMISSION OIL DRIPS ONTO HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM, HAS CAUSED FIRE AN ANOTHER JEEP. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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