Automatic Transmission Floor Shift Problems of Jeep Wrangler

Hello, I’m requesting that a factory recall be placed on my 2008 Jeep Wrangler. The issue is that the shifter cable falls off from the transmission lever because at the end of the cable there is a cheap 1 cent plastic insert that dries up and disintegrates, thus the shifter cable to fall-off. Thanks be to god, that nothing major happened to us, but potentially it could be fatal in other cases. Imagine this, when this cable falls-off the vehicle is stuck in the “reverse gear”, then you give it gas and instead of going forward, the Jeep goes backwards unexpectedly, potentially over a person, or down cliff, down a mountain, into a river, lake or even causing a major traffic accident. In my case my wife was driving the Jeep, not knowing that the shifter cable had fallen-off and that the Jeep was now stuck in "drive gear". When she stopped and the shifted to “park” the vehicle continued to drive forward under the engine idle power. Also when the Jeep was turned “off” to get out of the vehicle, soon as she release the Jeep’s brake it started to roll on its own. The “emergency brake” had to be applied in order to stop the Jeep from rolling further. In closing this cable is made with very cheap parts and also it is not designed properly, it lacks what engineers in my field we call “a fail safe design criteria”. Notice investing a 5 cents metal clip, placed over the end of the cable it would prevent it from ever falling out, even if the plastic disintegrates. This existing cable design is extremely danger, again the end insert is made-up of a cheap plastic and it lacks a metal retaining clip. In closing the factory should replace this cable for free, but the replacement shall have the plastic insert made-up of a stronger material (one that won't crumble). Also it shall have a "metal safety clip" to prevent it from ever falling off and causing major accident. Thank you.

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2006 Jeep Wrangler. Consumer states shift cable bushing broke which caused the automatic transmission shift lever to be inoperable. The consumer stated the shift cable failed twice.

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I could not shift the automatic transmission to park. The shifter would get stuck in reverse, resulting in me inadvertently moving backwards when taking my foot off the brake- a very dangerous condition. Turned the engine off, waited and then was able to shift into park. The next day I also could not shift down from park into gear. Had it towed to the dealer in jeffersonville in, they said the shifter was bad and replace it at a cost of $ 325 to me. After driving for a day I notice that I did not need to press the brake to shift out of park. Took it back and they said "sorry". . . . And fix it but the indicator still is not right but I don't trust them. It seems like Jeep has 2 major safety problems with the 2004 Wrangler. The death wobble and the shifter.

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- the contact stated that while driving 2007 Jeep Wrangler limited the warning lights on dash board turned on and radio turned off, at which time vehicle lost power while driving at 65-75 mph. Vehicle mileage at the time of failure was 2900, and is currently 7464. The first time vehicle lost power the rpms were still running. He put the vehicle in neutral. Then attempted to restart the vehicle and was successful. The second time the incident occurred warning lights turned on, and the radio turned off for another 5 second. He took foot off the accelerator and left the vehicle in drive and the vehicle regained speed, the lights turned off and the radio turned back on. The contact stated that he noticed that sometimes when he opened the windows the radio was off for about 5 seconds. The contact did take vehicle to dealership for second time, and they replaced the ignition switch, and the circuit brake panel. The contact stated that he took vehicle to dealership for repair again on 12/26/06 because the vehicle was still having the same electrical problems. Updated 1/17/2006 - windshield bracket bolts corroded. The left blinker would blink very fast. The dealer replaced the left front turn signal bulb. Gear shift became stuck. The dealer replaced the console mounted shift lever.

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Automatic transmission intermittenly does not provide a positive gear position lock. Vehicle slips into neutral from drive. Transmission also will not properly lock into park position making it where you can not remove the key from the ignition. Taken vehicle back to dealership twice and they can not find the problem. Concenered the vehicle could slip into reverse from drive accidently.

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Gear slipped out of park and went into reverse, which caused two accidents.

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The vehicle was in park, when all of a sudden it rolled backwards and caused an accident.

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When driver was pulling of from a stop, the gear shift lever came apart in the driver's hand. The dealer/manufacturer is aware of the problem. Please provide further details.

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