One problem related to transmission not go into gear has been reported for the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee based on all problems reported for the 2001 Grand Cherokee.
Incident happened in mall parking lot. Tried to put Jeep in reverse and vehicle did not go into gear. Put vehicle in park, checked to make certain emergency brake was not on then put in reverse again. This time it accelerated extremely fast and backed into a parked car behind me which slid into car next to it, which slid into the car next to it. It happened in about 1/4 second and damaged 4 cars, counting the Jeep.