Automatic Transmission Park/neutral Start Switch problems of the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee - part 2

My vehicle, shortly after purchase, had jumped out of park and into reverse. This incidence was overlooked as a possible error on my part. In April of this year, while pulling out of my garage, I put my car into park while it was running, to move a toy behind my vehicle. I exited the vehicle and proceeded to go to remove the toy when I realized the vehicle was now moving. I made one attempt to get back in, nearly slipping under it and made a second attempt this time succeeding but not before the door had caught onto the corner of my husbands compressor causeing $2700. 00 worth of damage. I notified the dealer, they checked for a cause, found nothing. Shortly after, all the reports of this problem surfaced in the media. I contacted Chrysler and they claim that only the years from 1995 to 1999 are affected. Has the cause of the problem been rectified in the 2001's or do we need more deaths for them to acknowledge the problem. I have suffered a $500. 00 loss and a three year surcharge on my insurance, loss of merit rating and still have a fear of possible injury with this vehicle. Please send me any info as to whether mine is the first case know with this year Jeep. Thank you, patricia normandin.

Vehicle was parked in garage with engine running and drivers side door open when it jumped out of park and into reverse, resulting in vehicle running into bike and work bench attached to the rear of the garage. Cause unknown. Please give any further details. The door sustained damage when it hit the center support post in double garage and the garage foundation was cracked in several spots. Nlm.

Grand cherokee was in park when it suddenly slipped into reverse, and wrecked.

Consumer stated that vehicle was parked and idling. Transmission jumped out of park into reverse. Then vehicle jack knifed a trailer, which was hooked up to Jeep.

Vehicle jumped from park to reverse, causing it to roll into a mail box and a tree. Dealer has been contacted.

Transmission problem/ the transmission bangs, and I do mean bangs into gear. Chrysler said this is normal for an electronic transmission. This does not happen all the time, but it does occur at any speed and in any gear except 1st. Chrysler district rep said this is the electronic transmission searching for the next gear, he called it a burp. I have felt what he is talking about, I have driven many other vehicles with electronic transmissions, but what I am saying is this SUV actually bangs or klunks into gear sometimes, especially when I first drive it for the day, it will slam, not burp,into second gear . Also it seems to occur more often when going into 4th gear, when my speed is in the 45 to 50 miles per hour range. This SUV has slammed into gear while up shifting and down shifting. There is no way this slamming / banging / klunking into gear can be considered normal. A/c problem - the vehicle has a miss in it when a/c is on. Most noticable when on the highway, occurs about every 10 seconds. It feels like the vehicle has just gone over a bump in the road. I was told this is also normal . This is the a/c system cycling. I have driven well over a hundred vehicles or more, all of them automatics, all of them had a/c , no other car ,truck or SUV I have ever driven has had a miss or lurch every 10 seconds when the a/c is on or slams into gear. Chrysler says this is completely normal, I have gone and test driven 3 other Grand Cherokee limiteds, I did not notice these problems with those vehicles.

While driving and upon putting gear into park it slipped out of park into reverse and rolled backward into another vehicle. Please provide vehicle identification number, and any further information.