1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

MY NEPHEW DIED IN A FIRE AFTER HE WAS IMPACTED FROM THE REAR WHILE AVOIDING DEBRIS/PEOPLE IN THE HIGHWAY. WWW.WGGB.COM/2013/11/11/STATE-POLICE-SAY-THEY-HAVE-TRUCK-LINKED-TO-I-91-DEADLY-CRASH-INVESTIGATION/ ..UPDATED 02-04-14 *BF THE JEEP WAS TRAVELING SLIGHTLY FASTER WHEN IT SWERVED SUDDENLY INTO THE PATH OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER TO AVOID DEBRIS IN THE ROAD. THE JEEP'S LEFT REAR IMPACTED THE TRACTOR TRAILER'S FRONT (RIGHT FRONT?); THE JEEP SPUN 180 DEGREES, IMPACTED THE OPENED LIFT GATE OF A PICK-UP TRUCK STOPPED ON THE BREAKDOWN LANE, BOUNCED OFF AND IMPACTED THE GUARDRAIL. IT APPEARS ALL THREE IMPACTS WERE TO THE REAR OR LEFT REAR OF THE JEEP. IT APPEARS THE JEEP'S DRIVER WAS ON FIRE BEFORE HE WAS EJECTED FROM THE JEEP. UPDATED 2/12/14*CN

S10 DIRECT REPLY-LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM CONSTITUENT REQUESTING HELP TO SAVE FAMILIES OTHERWISE DESTINED TO BURN TO DEATH IN A JEEP BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT. WH CONTACT GALEN MAIN (202) 456-2176- CASE: WH 02072013-296. *TGW THE CONSUMER WROTE IN CONCERNING A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE THAT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND IN STOPPED TRAFFIC AND BURST INTO FLAMES, BEFORE THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE. THE 1993-2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS A PLASTIC TANK LOCATED BEHIND THE REAR AXLE. THE GAS TANK IS LARGER AND EVEN EXTENDS BELOW THE REAR BUMPER WHERE A LOW-FRONT-END VEHICLE CAN RIDE UNDER IT AD RIP THE TANK OPEN.

VEHICLE PUT IN PARK, LEFT UNATTENDED FOR 10 SECONDS WITH MOTOR RUNNING. AS I TURNED TO GET BACK INTO THE CAR, THE CAR WAS MOVING BACKWARD, UNDER IT'S OWN POWER ON THE LEVEL STREET. THE REAR END OF THE JEEP STRUCK THE REAR END OF A PARKED CAR IN THE STREET. A MAN WAS UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE PARKED CAR PERFORMING AN OIL CHANGE. THE PARKED CAR PINNED THE MAN WHO SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES AND DIED THE NEXT DAY IN THE HOSPITAL. *AK

TL* THE DRIVER OWNED A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED WHEN HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED DURING THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE STARTED TO BACK OUT IN REVERSE AND HIT A GARAGE OF A HOUSE, RESULTING IN 1 FATALITY.*AK

MY HUSBAND, WANYE FURFEY, WAS GOING TO PLAY GOLF AT 6:30 AM WHEN HIS 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HIT A GARAGE IN REVERSE AT A HIGH SPEED KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE IS THAT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT CAUSED THE CAR TO UNEXPECTEDLY SLIP INTO REVERSE.*AK

ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 1, 1998, I HAD MY 1998 GRAND CHEROKEE IN PARK WITH THE DOOR OPEN WHILE I WAS GETTING MY MAIL FROM A BANK OF MAILBOXES. WHILE I WAS OUT OF THE CAR, IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SITTING ON LEVEL GROUND. THE OPEN DOOR HIT THE BANK OF MAILBOXES AND I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE CAR TO STOP IT. I REPORTED THIS TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY SINCE I NEEDED TO HAVE THE DRIVERS DOOR REPLACED. THE CAR WAS IN PARK, AND AFTER I GOT IN TO STOP IT FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS, IT WAS STILL IN PARK. I NEVER REPORTED THIS TO JEEP BECAUSE NO ONE BELIEVED ME AND IT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE THEN. THE JEEP WAS LEASED, AND I TURNED IT IN ON JUNE 27, 2001 TO GENE'S CHRYSLER IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. HOWEVER, AFTER READING ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER JEEPS IN THE LA TIMES, I WANTED TO FILE MY COMPLAINT ALSO.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH UP AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND THEN FLIPPED OVER. THE DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE ENGULFED INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AS A RESULT OF VEHICLE FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

FLIPPED JEEP AND ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY ON FIRE AND THEN GAS TANK BLEW UP. ME AND GRANDSON ESCAPED. NLM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A DITCH AND THEN A TELEPHONE POLE. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AXLE FRACTURED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND THE RIGHT SHOULDER THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN HE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. THE CONTACT WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED SCRATCHES ON HIS ARM. AS OF OCTOBER 12, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 124,000. UPDATED 11/16/07 *TR

AFTER SAFELY PLACING THE GEAR LEVER INTO THE PARK POSITION AND LEAVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARDS, KNOCKING ME DOWN, HITTING ANOTHER CAR AND CRASHING INTO A HOUSE. *JB UPDATED 10/24/07.

I OWN A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO. IT WAS IN PARK WHEN IT SUDDENLY WENT INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN. IT KNOCKED MYSELF OVER AND DRAGGED ME WITH MY HAND SLAMMED IN THE DOOR. IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT HIT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. I FOUND OUT AFTER THE CRASH THAT THERE WAS A RECALL THAT I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF FOR THE FAULTY SHIFTER. I ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENTS LIKE MINE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AND THAT I SHOULD CALL DAIMLER-CHRYSLER. I CALLED DAIMLER AND THEY REFUSED TO GET ME A RENT-A-CAR AND ONLY SAID THAT A PERSON WOULD BE OUT TO LOOK AT MY VEHICLE. I WANT MY MEDICAL BILLS PAID AND MY JEEP FIXED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS TOO MUCH TO ASK. HELP ME GET SOME JUSTICE AND STOP THESE INCIDENTS BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE INJURED AND KILLED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIT A TREE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK THE CONSUMER ALMOST WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AS THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT CAME OFF OF ITS BASE. *TC

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AT 45 MPH. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *NM WHEN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, IT WENT OFF ROAD AND HIT A TREE HEAD-ON. CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES ON THE NECK, SHOULDER, KNEE AND BACK. *LA

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS WRIST.*AK ALSO THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT KNEE AND SIDE. *CB *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVE IN AN ACCIDENT. THE JEEP WAS HIT ON THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL. THE SHOULDER HARNESS OF THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER IN WHICH SHE WAS THROWN FORWARD HITTING HER HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD.*AK *JB *NM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK IN THE CRASH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID LOCK AND THE DRIVER HAD WITNESS MARKS AND BRUISING FROM THE BELT WEBBING. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WAS THROWN FORWARD AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD WHEN HITTING WINDSHIELD. THE PASSENGER HAS NECK SPASMS AND SUSTAINED BRUISING ON EXTREMITIES. THE VEHICLE IS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY IN THE EVENT. THE SEAT WAS IN THE FULL REARWARD POSITION AND WAS SEATED NORMALLY. THE PASSENGER CLAIMS THAT THEY WERE NOT OUT OF POSITION. CW CONSUMER CALLED BACK STATING THAT THEY INSPECTED THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT AS PER A REQUEST BY ODI. THE WEBBING WAS TUGGED NUMEROUS TIME BUT WOULD SELDOM LOCK UP AS A RESULT OF THE QUICK JERKS ON THE WEBBING. ALSO STATED THAT THE PASSENGER HIT HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO BREAK. CW

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM DUE TO CHEST INJURIES. *AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON 5/9/2003. RECALL # 02V053000. ON 5/7/2003 THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY MOVED BACKWARDS, DRAGGED THE CONSUMER, AND THEN HIT A TREE. *JB