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Cynthia of Warfordsburg PA (09/17/08)
i have a question regarding the complaint from -----Mart of Oakdale PA (05/09/07) Jeep Commander: Stalling - The only reason my engine stalled on a few occasion was because my knee hit the key and turned off the engine.-----can you actually turn these vehicles off while they are still in gear????? my understanding is (and i think i've had this happen to me) - if you attempt to turn the key off without putting the vehicle in park - it won't turn off. am i incorrect?????
just a question..... Cynthia of Chattanooga, TN September 12, 2008
Cynthia of Chattanooga TN (09/12/08)
My 2001 Jeep excellerates when stopping and has a slow take off when excerlating. I stopped at a traffic light when applying the brakes the Jeep excerlated. I had to again apply the brakes. I never know when it is going to stop. The transmission light has come on and a gas cap was relaplaced when this first happened but now the excellerations have started again. I am afraid to drive the car close to any other car because I don't know if the Jeep will just take off. Also, the Jeep stalls when taking off or excellarating.
Heather of Bexley, OH September 4, 2008
Heather of Bexley OH (09/04/08)
I have had my JEEP Commander brand new since 2006-there have been no other drivers beside me. I've had no previous accidents or problems for almost two years with this JEEP. This summer my husband was filing the JEEP with gas and a woman came flying across the parking lot into the back of the JEEP. The JEEP was obviously in park and turned off but the crash sent the car flying 50 feet forward and it was still rolling as my husband jumped in to stop it. My 4 year old daughter and dog were luckily okay and belted in still. The car was repaired and the woman who caused the accident cited. Since I had no other problems to this point I am not sure if what happened next was a result of the recent accident or an original mechanical malfunction of the JEEP. The one thing that is certain is that no one wants to write anything thing down about the JEEP lurching forward without warning. So, the story... Just a few days ago while I was in the bank parking lot I had a crazy accident. My JEEP, after backing up, suddenly surged forward right toward the curb and slammed the curb. It hit so hard and went so fast I thought I was going to crash right into the bank. A bank teller ran out horrified and my daughter was screaming. No one was hurt. Luckily no one was in front of the car or it would have killed them. The teller saw the car excellerate unbelievably fast and couldn't believe we were okay. I have never had anything happen like this and have been driving for 22 years. I am really afraid of the car.
W of New Haven, CT August 21, 2008
W of New Haven CT (08/21/08)
I have a 2004 Jeep Cherokee Special Edition with 50,000 miles. The other day, I was in Drive and stopped at a red light on a small incline. The light turned green, I stepped lightly on the gas pedal and my Jeep suddenly lurched BACKWARDS, I pressed on the brake, it continued to go backwards, I had to put the car in Park (while moving backwards) and turn off the engine. Luckily no one was behind me. Although the Jeep was in Drive it malfunctioned to Reverse and my brakes failed. It was very frightening and Ive since looked online for others who have had similar complaints and clearly, I am not the only one. Thanks everyone for posting, I thought I was losing my mind. Something needs to be done about this!
Suzanne of Chester Springs, PA August 7, 2008
Suzanne of Chester Springs PA (08/07/08)
Jeep Accident as Result of Unintended Acceleration: On June 10, 2008, I drove up my driveway to put my 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland in the garage (I have been main driver since vehicle was purchased new and have put it in same bay of garage everyday since purchase; this is the seventh Jeep we have owned, so I am very familiar with driving Jeeps). Electricity was out from a storm so the automatic garage door opener did not operate. I parked in front of the bay, put the vehicle in park, turned off the engine and opened the garage door manually. I got back in the vehicle, started the engine, put car in drive and started slowly into the garage.
I wanted to reposition the car, so I applied the brakes and was about to put it in reverse when, suddenly, the engine revved and the car shot forward like a torpedo. I had my foot plastered on the brake but the car would not stop and plowed into a garden tractor at the back of the garage. I tried to put it in park to stop it, but with the engine still revving, the car shot backwards out of the garage, across 37 feet of driveway, climbed over a low stone wall and went another 2 feet before slamming into the fieldstone bay window of our house, finally stopping. All this happened within seconds. The brakes would not stop the car in either direction, and it accelerated at a frightening speed, under its own power.
My husband got in the vehicle to move it away from the house, using the emergency brake to stop it. He said the brakes were very spongy and close to the floor. The next morning, pedal pressure was better and by two days later, the pedal pressure had improved even more.
When the car shot forward, it totally destroyed a John Deere tractor, cracked the back cinder block wall of the garage in several places--both inside block and outside stucco, destroyed other property and caused over 2,000 in damages to another vehicle parked in the garage. When it crashed backwards, it bent the garage door channel, destroyed landscaping, hit the house so hard that it bowed the fieldstone front of the house, split drywall and bent it in, damaged studs, etc. The Jeep has been totaled by the insurance company. Other structural and property damages are still being computed but are well in excess of 20,000.
I had a sore neck and shoulder for about a week but physically am OK now. Emotionally, I was a wreck over the incident because I had no control over the car and did nothing to cause the accident. Repairs are going to cause extensive disruption since the damage is to my home office from which I work. I am concerned that these damages will cause our auto and homeowners premiums to rise when it was vehicle failure that caused the accident and Chrysler is not acknowleding any responsibility. Andrea of Mt Holly Springs, PA July 14, 2008
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