1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee

1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND REQUEST INFORMATION ON VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONS, DEFECTS AND MECHANICAL FAILURES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, IN WHICH HE WAS INJURED AND HIS COUSIN WAS KILLED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE ACCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF THE MALFUNCTION, REGARDING A POTENTIAL DEFECT, IN WHICH CHRYSLER PREVIOUSLY REFUSED TO RECALL THE VEHICLES FOR. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE LOCKED UP, AND WENT SOUTHBOUND AND ENDED UP IN THE WOODS. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. ALSO, THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. UPDATED 07/30/13.. *UPDATED 09-18-13 *BF

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURIES/ONE DEATH. (IOWA STATE POLICE REPORT) (OTHER VEHICLES ON 479641,479646 AND 479647) *SKD

THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS DEFECTIVE, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO CRASH AND FLIP OVER. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED RPMS RISE TO 3000 OR FROM START VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES. 2) TWO IMPACTS, NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BROKEN ARM AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION ON 11/5/2007 WITH EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND DRIVER (WHO WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT) SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO THE STERNUM WITH CONSIDERABLE PAIN AFTER. INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED THAT THE LEFT AIR BAG SENSOR WAS BROKEN AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT AIR BAG STILL DID NOT DEPLOY. AT NO TIME DID THE AIR BAG INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE FROM PARK INTO DRIVE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE BRAKES WERE FIRMLY APPLIED TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE APPLICATION DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE WALL ,CAUSING EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE. ALONG WITH THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER FROM THE TIRES THERE WAS A HOT SMELL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

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

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. IS THIS NORMAL. *AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO MAIN HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE T-BONED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. HOOD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WERE CRUSHED IN. UPON IMPACT,DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED ARM AND STOMACH INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL HEAD ON COLLISION AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DIDN'T RETRACT. PASSENGER'S HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES.*AK VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SLC

MY VEHICLE HAD MAJOR FRONTAL IMPACT DAMAGE, BECAUSE OF A SIGNIFICANT DECELERATION FRONTAL IMPACT, AND THERE WAS A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEGATIVE FORCE UPON CONTACT WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE PURPOSE OF MY COMPLAINT IS THAT MY VEHICLE'S DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO PROVIDED SAFETY FUNCTION AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, BECAUSE IT DID NOT DEPLOY, THIS ACCIDENT IMPACT SURELY TRANSVERSED THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF MY VEHICLE, AND EVEN BENT THE FRONT CHASSIS FRAME AND CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE, THE NATURE OF THE IMPACT AND DAMAGES WARRANT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIR BAG. *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****762224

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAY, I STARTED THE CAR, HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHILE I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE GEAR. WHILE MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, TOOK OFF AT TOP SPEED, CRASHED INTO A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BECAUSE OF THE SPEED AT IMPACT. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED BACK AND NECK INJURIES TO MYSELF.*AK

CONSUMER STATES SON WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN HIS REAR AXLE BROKE, CAUSING HIM TO ROLL OVER IN THE AUTO. HE SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES. NLM

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

AS SOON AS CONSUMER SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE AND IT HIT A BRICKWALL. CONSUMER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *YH

WHEN MY WIFE WAS PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR TO PULL FORWARD THE THROTTLE SEEMED TO STICK AT FULL FORCE SO WHEN THE SHIFTER WAS PASSING REVERSE TO GO INTO DRIVE IT FLEW OFF WRECKING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND INJURING A PERSON INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MOTOR WAS REVING TO PROBABLY 5500 RPM.*AK

I PULLED UP INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND PUT MY CAR INTO PARK. I PROCEEDED TO GET OUT OF MY CAR TO RUN INTO THE HOUSE FOR A MINUTE. I LEFT THE THE CAR IDLING, IN PARK. HOWEVER, AFTER I WAS OUT OF THE CAR, IT BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS, DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. I TRIED TO GET BACK IN TO REACH THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR DOOR BEGAN DRAGGING ME DOWN THE DRIVEWAY WITH IT. I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND IT ROLLED BACK INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S MAILBOX AND BROKE IT OFF. IT DENTED MY CAR BADLY AND THE INCIDENT TORE OFF MY TOE NAIL AND INJURED MY FOOT.*AK

THE CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK POSITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING. SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING CAR ACCELRATED FOWARD AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING.

JEEP WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE WAS PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE WHEN IT, ON ITS OWN, LUNGED BACKWARDS AT MAXIMUM ACCELERATION, KNICKED MY SON WHO JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY, KNICKED ANOTHER CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY, AND SMASHED ACCELERATING BACKWARDS INTO A TREE, TOTALING THE CAR IN THE PROCESS. I KNOW YOU ARE INVESTIGATING 1995-1999 GRAND CHEROKEES FOR THIS DEFECT, BUT YOU NEED TO INCLUDE 1994 MODEL YEAR AS WELL. THERE ARE AT LEAST 23 SIMILAR INCIDENTS FOR 94 JEEPS ON YOUR WEBSITE. I HAVE PRINTED THEM ALL OUT. WE HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY CHRYSLER AT THE TIME AND THEY CLAIMED DRIVER ERROR. WHAT A TOTAL COVER-UP, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS OUR FAULT!!*AK