17 problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 1998 Jeep Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I just found out I have a cracked manifold, my driver side door has broken put a new part in it and now that is broken,I have also had to put a new transmission in it with only 148,000. 00 miles. In 2006 I had to fix the gas tank because it was broken too. Is this not a recall problem????? any of these, I have had the Jeep since 2000 and I bought it when it had 20,000 miles on it. Please help because this is 2012 and I only have 156,000 miles on it now. Thank you.
While driving and parking in dirty track. Got out of the vehicle to move something on the road and suddenly vehicle took off and smash eda big rock, causing front damage. Dealer notified.
The vehicle was serviced because the serpentine belt had to be changed. Upon leaving with the vehicle the consumer noticed that the vehicle could be put into any gear without pressing any button on shifter. .
There was a transmission leak at the drivers side of the vehicle. The transmission pan gasket had to be replaced.
Transmision failure caused veh. To continue to move while shift was in (p) park position.
Transmission jumped into reverse and dragged owner ten feet, resulting in hitting a stack of hardwood lumber.
While vehicle was parked, with the engine running, gear in park, it went from park to reverse and crashed into a Ford f150 pickup.
The consumer placed the vehicle into park and exited the vehicle, the consumer then noticed that the vehicle began to roll backswards, the vehicle hit a garage and caused damage to the vehicle and the garage door.
03/27/00 transmission not shifting, skipping gears and whining.
When shifting forward one position to overdrive without thumb button pressed, shift lever went forward to reverse, causing vehicle to lose control at high speed which resulted in a crash with injuries sustained. This is the second time this happened to the driver. The first incident was aprx 2 months prior and was not reported because driver thought she may have had thumb button pressed in. She changed the way she was shifting to overdrive so that thumb was not resting on button and thought that would solve the problem. Apparently it did not. Vehicle rolled twice as a result of crash. May also be related to intermittent problem of key being stuck in ignition. Solution was to repeatedly press thumb button on shift lever until key would finally release. Please advise owner of any findings.
Car went from park position with motor running to reverse, resulting in hitting a wall at 10-15mph, which then jumped back in forward position.
When in park gear with engine running, car will roll backwards.
Consumer stopped vehicle and put transmission pawl in park, then she got out of vehicle to close the gas tank door and started rolling on a level surface, and ran over her foot. Also vehicle crashed into another vehicle on the second time that pawl jumped out of park. Dealer was contacted.
The vehicle jumped out of park and into reverse. Cause was unknown.
Transmission cluncks severely while shifting gear. Yh.
Vehicle rolled backwards and caused accident, while key was in ignition and gearshift was in park. Consumer stated that previously the vehicle jumped to reverse from park and he was able to stop it from rolling.
Transmission shifting sticks and then thug's into position and vehicle drives.