Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Eight problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2000 Grand Cherokee.

1 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 08/04/2008

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee has in past revved up and accelerated suddenly. But I was able to stop it with brakes. Today, 8/4, I was parallel parking and went into reverse. When I went into drive, the Jeep revved up and accelerated on its own. I applied brakes but car kept accelerating and tapped car in front of me. Luckily no one was hurt, but easily could have been.

2 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 03/06/2007

While my son was pulling into a parking spot the accelerator on our 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee ltd suddenly accelerated. You can see the skid marks from him applying the brakes but it went full throttle and took it into a concrete wall. The Jeep has been totaled. I have been finding a lot on the internet now that shows this has been happening to the Jeeps for some time. I have filed a complaint with Chrysler - have been transferred to several different departments, and am still waiting to see if they will accept any responsibility.

3 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 01/01/2005

I a saw a story on the news regarding sudden "unexplained acceleration" in 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokees which has been resulting in accidents, and one fatality. . Read more...

4 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 02/13/2002

I was braking at a stoplight. And had almost come to a complete stop, when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and shot forward. My foot was on the brake the entire time but it made no difference. What stopped me was the car in front of me. I rear-ended it with enough impact to push that car into the car ahead of it.

5 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 10/27/2001

Wwile parking vehicle suddenly accelerated to require both feet on brake and shift to nuetral to stop. Vehicle struck curbing in lot and upset its location. In trafic this could have been fatal.

6 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 01/01/1901

While idling the vehicle would surge or suddenly accelerate. This problem occurs while driving and is becoming more frequent. The vehicle will be inspected by a dealership.

7 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Vehicle was placed in the park position. Then, consumer shifted gear from park to reverse, backed up about a few inches, and vehicle suddenly accelerated more than half a block in reverse, crashing into an apartment building. Vehicle was totaled. Please provide any further details.

8 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration. Nlm.

Vehicle Speed Control problems	36
Car Accelerates On Its Own problems	8
Speed Control Linkage problems	3
Accelerator Pedal problems	2
Speed Control Cable problems	1
Accelerator Stuck problems	1
Cruise Control problems	1