Five problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
At 07:45am husband parked vehicle, placed drive selector in "park', engaged emergency brakes, left engine idling. Wife, jo, entered vehicle. As she was engaging safety belt the car suddenly accelerated to a very high rpm and , simultaneously, jumped into reverse gear. The Jeep struck a parked sedan and apparently the im[pact switched the gear into forward. Wife was unable to control and the Jeep struck a house . Husband opened door and turned off engine w/ ignition key. Engine stopped. . Emergency brakes remained engaged throughout. Police report confirms "not the driver's fault". Investigation by insurance adjuster/repair shop ongoing.
After exiting car wash with the gear still in neutral, there was a sudden acceleration which caused the car to crash into a concrete enbankment.
Consumer was traveling in light snow and doing 5-10mph with foot on the brake and abs engaged. Vehicle suddenly accelerated, causing him to rearend vehicle in front. No one was hurt, but the airbags didn't deploy.
I was parallel parking the car on my residential street. I was in reverse and proceeded to back into the parking space. The cars both in front and behind me were some distance away. Suddenly the engine reved to a very high rpm and the car shot forward and crashed into the car in front of me. The car was still in reverse when I turned off the ignition. Several persons witnessed the incident. They heard the high rev of the engine, and also noted that the backup lites were on when I hit the car in front of me. I have owned 3 Jeep cherokees and have driven them for the past ten years so I am very experienced in driving this vehicle. I am positive that this car was in reverse when the sudden acceleration occurred.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration, causing a collision.