News tagged with 'Grand Cherokee'

Jeep Grand Cherokees made before 2005 should be recalled because of a fatal fire danger, says the Center for Auto Safety in a petition to the federal government. The Center points to 254 deaths resulting from the flaw.

DaimlerChrysler Corporation has announced the recall of 1.6 million Grand Cherokees. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has received over 700 complaints from Grand Cherokee owners who say the vehicles can suddenly shift into reverse and power uncontrollably backwards. The reports also indicate

The government moved one step closer this week to demanding a full recall of 1.8 million of DaimlerChrysler's Jeep Grand Cherokees when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it was widening an investigation into claims that the SUV shifts from park to reverse on its own. NHTSA says it ha

A California Jeep Grand Cherokee owner suffered minor injuries recently when his Cherokee unexpectedly shifted into reverse, pinning him behind the car. "Looks like the Jeep popped into reverse by itself, . . . I suspect that engine vibration caused the lever to move into reverse and the Jeep then started to roll back

A Jeep Grand Cherokee owner was injured recently when his vehicle unexpectedly shifted into reverse, knocking him down and running over his foot. The man lodged a report with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in which he noted that his Cherokee had lurched into reverse at least once before. T

A woman who left her Jeep Grande Cherokee idling and unattended for a moment learned an important lesson: apply the parking brake. The 1998 Cherokee suddenly shifted into reverse, despite the fact that there was no one in the vehicle, and accelerated across a highway and down a slope, until brought to an abrupt stop b