Speed Control Cable Problems of Jeep Cherokee

Incident occurred on freeway while traveling at 70 mph. Was traveling in the #1 lane and encountered a slower moving vehicle. Changed to the #2 and accelerated, but got no response from the vehicle. The freeway at this portion is a downgrade so vehicle was able to coast downhill. I accelerated again and vehicle failed to accelerate. A "service transmission soon" message was displayed on dashboard. I exited the freeway and came to a complete stop at the bottom of the offramp. I pressed the gas, while in drive, and the vehicle did not move. Placed in park and then back in drive and the vehicle did not respond. Placed vehicle in park and shut it down and restarted vehicle and it did struggle to move forward several feet. Placed vehicle in reverse and it did not respond. Repeated sequence of turning it off and back on and the vehicle responded. Placed vehicle in drive and it did not respond. Repeated sequence and vehicle finally moved forward. Was able to slowly drive vehicle to dealership. After half a day dealership stated "Chrysler" told them to wiggle the cables and see if any of them are loose. After they determined the cables were not loose they installed the new transmission updates and cleared the error codes. Service tech stated the problem should not happen again. So far I have not experienced any other failure with the transmission.

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The contact owns a 1997 Jeep Cherokee. While driving 40 mph, the accelerator pedal stuck. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where the accelerator cable and throttle body were greased. A week later, while driving, the vehicle suddenly began to accelerate; the contact applied the brakes and parked. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the throttle body and accelerator cable stuck. Also, the air bag light stayed illuminated. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 155,000 and the current mileage was 155,202.

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While parked in the driveway, and after being driven for an hour, vehicle inadvertently caught on fire above the manifold. The fire smoldered and put itself out. Owner contacted the manufacturer, who sent an engineer to investigate. Owner was also told by the manufacturer that there was nothing they could do, and advised the owner to seek legal council. The technician replaced the cruise control cable, accelerator cable and hood latch cable.

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While traveling on the highway withour prior warning. The thottle cable became disconnect from the cable. Please fill in additional information dealer is aware of the problem. Ts.

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Vehicle will begin to surge when shifting into 1st and 2nd gear, causing the vehicle to move forward without warning, dealer has replaced throttle cable but defect is still occurring, cannot determine problem.

Problems with acceleration.

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