WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND LEANED OVER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND SUNK INTO A POND.*JB
1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints
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THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND INTO REVERSE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS HELPING HER ELDERLY MOTHER OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE KNOCKED THE PASSENGER DOWN AND RAN OVER HER LEG (CONSUMER IS NO LONGER THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE). YD
I WAS SITTING AT RED LIGHT WHEN I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY FORD PASSANGER VAN AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT THE BACK SEATS WERE DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS BEING USE IN THE UTILITY SINCE OF THE SUV TITLE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN I WAS SRUCK THE RECLINING SEAT BACK COLLAPSED AT THE SAME TIME THE BACK SEAT BEGAN RIGHTING ITSELF DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT AS I WAS HURLED BACK WITH NO SEAT BACK TO STOP ME I STRUCK MY HEAD ON THE RISING BACK SEAT TOP A RIGID BOARD COVERED IN CLOTH THIS DEFECT HAS CAUSED BRAIN DAMAGE TO ME OF VARYING SORTS THIS SEAT HAS ONLY ONE RECLING GEAR EVEN THOUGH YOUR OFFICE SUGGESTED TO THE INDUSTRY PRIOR TO1994 THROUGH A STUDY AT THE UNIV. OF VIRGINIA I AM(WAS) A 220 LB. BODY BUILDER I WAS REACHING ACCROSS TO THE OTHER SEAT AT POINT OF IMPACT THE TEETH MAY NOT EVEN HAVE HAD TO SHEER OFF THE TWISTING FORCE MAY JUST HAVE PULLED TOP TEETH OUT OF BOTTOM TEETH UNLOCKING ENTIRE MECHANISM EITHER WAY WHEN I OPENED MY EYES AFTER THE IMPACT I WAS LAYING FLAT DOWN IN THE MOST RECLINED POSITION I STARTED OUT INA NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITON PLEASE HELP JEEP ADVERTISES TO GUYS JUST LIKE ME A ROUGH TOUGH VEHICLE THAT CAN GET YOU THROUGH ANYTHING AND THEN THEY PUT A SEAT IN THAT WON'T PROTECT THE VERY MARKET THEY ADVERTISE TO THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BEING HERE TO REPORT THIS TO. SINCERELY [XXX] HUSBAND FATHER OF THREE AND NOW BRAIN DAMAGED BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE SEAT IN A 1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO (TOP OF THEIR LINE) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE STOPED VEHICLE, LEFT IT RUNNING, PLACED IN PARK EXITED VEH. LEFT DOOR OPEN AND WENT INSIDE STORE. LOOKED UP AND SAW HIS VEHICLE GOING BACKWARDS. *DB 52-2069-989
PARKED VEHICLE UPON RETURNING VEH HAD ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *DB 05-0709-370
GEAR JUMPE AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS. 20-5396-776
VEHICLE ROLLED BACK WHILE IT WAS IN PARK. 46-0467-561
THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND DRIFTED OVER THE DRIVERS LEGS PINNING HER UNDER THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR HIT HER CHEEK AND SHE LAID PINNED UNDER THE VEHICLE UNTIL A PASSER BY STOPPED TO HELP, THERE WAS SLIGHT DAMAGR TO THE JEEP.
GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. 35-W693-418
GEAR JUMPED AND VEHICLE ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. 06-5314-004
VEHICLE PLACED IN PARK, FIVE MINUTES LATER THE OWNER WALKED AWAY AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS. 55-S118-096
OWNER THOUGHT VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY IN TO NEIGHBORS HOUSE. 48-5026-795
WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IT SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND HIT A BRICK WALL THEN INTO DRIVE AND HIT A HOUSE. 12-0446-925
PULLED INTO THE PARKING GARAGE AND PARKED HER CAR. LATER WENT BACK TO LEAVE AND SAW THAT HER CAR WAS MISSING. SHE TRACKED DOWN A POLICE OFFICER AND THEY TOLD HER THAT SHE MUST NOT HAVE PUT HER PARKING BRAKE ON AS IT ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, DAMAGING THE BUMPER OF THE CAR BEHIND HERS. HER CAR WAS TOWED AND ONLY SUSTAINED A MINOR SCRATCH.
CONSUMER STARTED JEEP, THEN PUT IT IN PARK, GOT OUT. JEEP TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, HIT A TREE, THEN STARTED FORWARD AND HIT TREE IN FRONT OF IT, CONSUMER TRIED TO CATCH THE CAR BUT WHEN SHE REACHED FOR IT STUMBLED AND FELL IN THE STREET HURTING HER KNEE.
STATE FARM INSURANCE STATED, INSURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF HER GARAGE, WHEN SHE HAD TRIED TO SHUT THE DOOR IT CAUGHT ONTO A FLOWER POT. AS SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT TO MOVE IT, THE VEHICLE DEPT GOING AND INSURED TRIED TO HIT THE BRAKE BUT HIT THE GAS AND SHE HIT THE GARAGE DOOR. 46-0198-756
CONSUMER WENT OUT TO HIS JEEP TO START IT AND WHEN HE WALKED AWAY THE JEEP POPPEDOUT OF GEAR AND STARTED ROLLING DOWN A HILL AND WENT INTO A POND AND SUBMERGED.42-1111-116
GEAR JUMP WHILE PARKED. VEHICLE JUMPED IN REVERSE WHILE PARKED AT ATM MACHINE. *DB 04-1051-871
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CLAIM 11-3411-986. *SLC
CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE RUNNING AND VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 05-4503-909. *SLC
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO FIXED PROP WHILE IN PARK AND WITH PARKING BRAKE APPLIED, CLAIM 33-0190-782. *SLC
VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 75-A217-745. *SLC
CONSUMER DROVE OUT TO MAILBOX, PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT TO GET MAIL, AND VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK INTO VEHICLE TO STOP IT, HOWEVER WAS RUN OVER AND INJURED, CLAIM 49-2082-476. *SLC
CONSUMER PARKED ON SIDE OF STREET, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 52-2116-222. *SLC
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED WHEN IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, PULLING A CONSUMER UNDER THE TIRES, DOES NOT SAY THAT ANY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 50-0439-770. *SLC
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK WHILE IDLING, DAMAGE IS MINOR, CLAIM 22-P276-745. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES THAT HE STOPED VEHICLE, LEFT IT RUNNING, PLACED IN PARK EXITED VEH. LEFT DOOR OPEN AND WENT INSIDE STORE. LOOKED UP AND SAW HIS VEHICLE GOING BACKWARDS. *DB 52-2069-989
GEAR JUMPE AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS. 20-5396-776
THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND DRIFTED OVER THE DRIVERS LEGS PINNING HER UNDER THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR HIT HER CHEEK AND SHE LAID PINNED UNDER THE VEHICLE UNTIL A PASSER BY STOPPED TO HELP, THERE WAS SLIGHT DAMAGR TO THE JEEP.
GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. 35-W693-418
OWNER THOUGHT VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, BUT THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN DRIVEWAY IN TO NEIGHBORS HOUSE. 48-5026-795
WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING IT SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND HIT A BRICK WALL THEN INTO DRIVE AND HIT A HOUSE. 12-0446-925
CONSUMER WENT OUT TO HIS JEEP TO START IT AND WHEN HE WALKED AWAY THE JEEP POPPEDOUT OF GEAR AND STARTED ROLLING DOWN A HILL AND WENT INTO A POND AND SUBMERGED.42-1111-116
VEHICLE ROLLED BACK WHILE IT WAS IN PARK. 46-0467-561
GEAR JUMPED AND VEHICLE ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. 06-5314-004
VEHICLE PLACED IN PARK, FIVE MINUTES LATER THE OWNER WALKED AWAY AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS. 55-S118-096
PULLED INTO THE PARKING GARAGE AND PARKED HER CAR. LATER WENT BACK TO LEAVE AND SAW THAT HER CAR WAS MISSING. SHE TRACKED DOWN A POLICE OFFICER AND THEY TOLD HER THAT SHE MUST NOT HAVE PUT HER PARKING BRAKE ON AS IT ROLLED BACK INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, DAMAGING THE BUMPER OF THE CAR BEHIND HERS. HER CAR WAS TOWED AND ONLY SUSTAINED A MINOR SCRATCH.
CONSUMER STARTED JEEP, THEN PUT IT IN PARK, GOT OUT. JEEP TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, HIT A TREE, THEN STARTED FORWARD AND HIT TREE IN FRONT OF IT, CONSUMER TRIED TO CATCH THE CAR BUT WHEN SHE REACHED FOR IT STUMBLED AND FELL IN THE STREET HURTING HER KNEE.
STATE FARM INSURANCE STATED, INSURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF HER GARAGE, WHEN SHE HAD TRIED TO SHUT THE DOOR IT CAUGHT ONTO A FLOWER POT. AS SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT TO MOVE IT, THE VEHICLE DEPT GOING AND INSURED TRIED TO HIT THE BRAKE BUT HIT THE GAS AND SHE HIT THE GARAGE DOOR. 46-0198-756
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, CLAIM 11-3411-986. *SLC
CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE IN PARK WHILE RUNNING AND VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 05-4503-909. *SLC
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO FIXED PROP WHILE IN PARK AND WITH PARKING BRAKE APPLIED, CLAIM 33-0190-782. *SLC
VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 75-A217-745. *SLC
CONSUMER DROVE OUT TO MAILBOX, PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, GOT OUT TO GET MAIL, AND VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK INTO VEHICLE TO STOP IT, HOWEVER WAS RUN OVER AND INJURED, CLAIM 49-2082-476. *SLC
CONSUMER PARKED ON SIDE OF STREET, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 52-2116-222. *SLC
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED WHEN IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, PULLING A CONSUMER UNDER THE TIRES, DOES NOT SAY THAT ANY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE, CLAIM 50-0439-770. *SLC
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK WHILE IDLING, DAMAGE IS MINOR, CLAIM 22-P276-745. *SLC
THE VEHICLE HAS MOVED OUT OF ITS POSITION WHILE IT IS IN PARK AND KEY WAS OUT OF IGNITION. IN ADDITION, IT OFTEN JERKS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS WHILE IT IS IN PARK WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT IT MAKES A JERKING MOTION.
WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS VEHICLE SURGED AND ACCELERATED UP TO 100 MPH. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHEN IT CRASHED TRHOUGH A FENCE AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE AND TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING THIS INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
MY FRONT DIFFERENTIAL NEEDS A MAJOR OVERHAUL AGAIN. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND. IT WAS REPLACED AT 21000 MILES AND NOW, LESS THAN 40000 MILES LATER IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACED THE MANUFACTURE AND THEY REFUSE ACKNOWLEDGE ANY TYPE OF DESIGN PROBLEM. SINCE I HAVE EXCEEDED THE MFG WARRANTY, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME. I RESEARCHED IN NHTSA AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THIS IS BECOMING COSTLY.*AK
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