What 685 owners told NHTSA about the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Srt

The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that while attempting to park and exit the vehicle through the front driver’s side door, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated in reverse. As a result of the failure, the driver's side door struck her arm and leg causing injuries. The contact stated that the vehicle drove off a cliff, and one of the tires experienced a blowout and the bumper became loose. The air bags had not deployed. Medical attention was not sought. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not repaired and remained with the dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure; however, no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 36,000.

NHTSA ODI 11586143

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 55,575 miles was parked in a parking garage all day in Brooklyn NY and when the vehicle was move to the front of the garage by parking attendants the engine started smoking and caught fire. There were no leaks, dashboard symbols or open recalls to cause the fire; additionally the car was linked to a iPhone App CarRx that can scan for any issue and no issue noted. This engine fire not only put all of the other vehicles in the park garage at risk of catching fire but the parking garage sits under a luxury apartment building putting the working and residents at risk. Additionally I commute between Brooklyn and NJ 3x a week and cant imagine what would have happened if I was driving the vehicle over the Brooklyn Bridge, on the Brooklyn Queens Express or in the Holland Tunnel during high commuter rush hour traffic. Car was checked out by a Jeep Dealership who confirm fire was not caused by any leaks or electrical issue but did mentioned it seems to have started around the engine air cleaner. The current status of the issue has been an open investigation with Jeep Corporate for going on the 3rd week with no communication or updates on status. The entire issue and fire from pulling into the garage to the when the car was moved to it smoking and catching fire is all documented on security video.

NHTSA ODI 11514458

AFTER STARTING MY CAR I WENT IN MY HOUSE TO GET SOMETHING. MY CAR SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED DOWN MY LAWN ACROSS A BUSY STREET AND HIT A TREE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM DID NOT ENGAGE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK TO WHERE IT WAS PARKED. I THEN TESTED TO SEE IF I COULD HAVE ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE WHEN I GOT OUT IT. IT BEGAN TO ROLL IN REVERSE AND I WASN'T TOUCHING THE GAS. I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN OF THE CAR IF WERE IN REVERSE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ROLLING. APPARENTLY WHEN THE CAR IS IN A PARKED POSITION IT CAN SLIP INTO REVERSE.

NHTSA ODI 11406401

I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND AS I GOT OUT IT BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. I TRIED TO GET TURNED AROUND AND BACK IN OR GRAB THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BUT THE DOOR KNOCKED ME DOWN AND THE JEEP DROVE BACKWARDS ABOUT 150FEET AND HIT A TREE. 3WEEKS FOR REPAIRS AND I HEARD ABOUT THE CHEROKEE RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND THIS SEEMS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. *TR

NHTSA ODI 11330083

PARKED VEHICLE IN SLOPED PARKING LOT LEFT VEHICLE RUNNING WALKED BEHIND JEEP WITH TALIGATE LIFTED TO REMOVE WET ITEMS FROM JEEP. NOTICED THE JEEP WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS MY QUICK REACTION WAS TO JUMP BACK IN DRIVERS SEAT TO TURN OFF CAR. WHILE DOING THIS THE JEEP PUSHED ME BACKWARDS FLAT ON MY BACK AND BROKE MY T11 AND T12 ON 9-14-2019. THIS RESULTED IN SURGERY AND STRESS WHILE NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS MODEL OF JEEP AND APPEARS THERE WAS POWER TRAIN ISSUES IN 2017 AND COULD BE CARRIED OVER INTO 2018 MODELS. PLEASE ADVISE

NHTSA ODI 11278595

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHE ENTERED A STORE, UPON RETURNING THERE WERE POLICE VEHICLES SURROUNDING WHERE SHE PARKED. THE CONTACT THEN WAS INFORMED THAT HER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF WHERE SHE WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION BUT SOMEHOW SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND ROLLED FORWARD CRASHING INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER LUSTINE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (14211 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY, WOODBRIDGE, VA 22191) WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE VEHICLE AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH A CASE NUMBER (59312649). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000.

NHTSA ODI 11242133

TL* THE CONTACT LEASED A 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY IN REVERSE 5 MINUTES LATER AND CRASHED INTO A NEIGHBORS VEHICLE. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER DARCARS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF ROCKVILLE, 755 ROCKVILLE PIKE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20852,(301) 424-1700 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER TESTING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THEY FELT UNSAFE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V280000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURE AS THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

NHTSA ODI 11209713

HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THIS RENTED VEHICLE STILL RUNNING AFTER PUSHING BUTTON TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN PARKED. FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD ME 'YOUR CAR IS STILL ON' AT LEAST 3 TIMES. HAD ISSUES WHEN STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO DIE & WAS VERY DELAYED WHEN STARTING TO GO AGAIN-REQUIRED MORE PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL THAN USUAL. HAD ISSUES WHILE FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH FUEL. SEVERAL TIMES THE PUMP WOULD CUT OFF (APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES) INDICATING THAT THE TANK WAS FULL WHEN I KNEW IT WASN'T. HAD A SEVERE ISSUE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE & THE ALOHA ISLAND MART AT 50 PAKAULA ST. KAHULUI, HI 96732 GAS PUMP. I STOPPED TO FUEL UP IN ORDER TO RETURN THE RENTAL VEHICLE TO BUDGET RENTAL CAR (865 W MOKUEA PL, KAHULUI, HI, 96732), I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, PUSHED THE BUTTON TO STOP THE VEHICLE TO TURN OFF THE MOTOR. EXITED THE VEHICLE TO GET THE CREDIT CARD OUT OF MY PURSE WHICH WAS IN THE BACK ON THE FLOOR BOARD IN A BEACH BAG I SAW THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACK. THERE WAS NO SLOPE TO THE PARKING LOT, IT WAS LEVEL GROUND. I JUMPED BACK IN THE VEHICLE WITH LEFT FOOT OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE AND PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO STOP IT, IT WENT OUT OF CONTROL BACKWARDS. THANKFULLY I GOT MY LEFT FOOT IN AND HAD TO USE BOTH FEET ON THE BREAK TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK & TURNED IT OFF AGAIN.THE DOOR & DRIVER FRONT QUARTER PANEL SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE FROM HITTING THE GAS PUMP WHICH ALSO RECEIVED DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH THE PUMP WAS IN WORKABLE CONDITION ONCE THE VEHICLE FINALLY STARTED & WAS MOVED. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE BODILY DAMAGE TO MYSELF AS WELL AS MORE VEHICLE & BODILY DAMAGE IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN BEHIND ME AT THE NEXT PUMP. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS TERRIFIED, SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY & THE THOUGHT OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS & RECALLS ON THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE I FEEL THIS ONE SHOULD BE ADDED.

NHTSA ODI 11207563

AFTER DRIVING INTO CONDO GARAGE, I PUT TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, WITH ENGINE RUNNING, AND OPENED DOOR TO EXIT VEHICLE - CAR STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS - THE SURFACE IS FLAT. I WAS PARTWAY OUT OF THE VEHICLE, HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT COULD NOT STOP IT BEFORE THE OPEN DOOR IMPACTED A CONCRETE PILLAR INCURRING DAMAGE PREVENTING DOOR FROM BEING SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED. IF I HAD BEEN FURTHER OUT OF THE CAR THE RESULT COULD HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE. THE VEHICLE BEHAVIOR WAS EXTRA ALARMING BECAUSE MY EXPERIENCE PRIOR WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION TENDED TO BOUNCE BACK TO PARK WHEN SELECTING REVERSE. ALSO WHEN IN REVERSE - EXTRA EFFORT IS REQUIRED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE THE VEHICLE MOVE. SO HERE - NOT ONLY DID IT SEEM TO BE IN REVERSE DESPITE MY PUSHING TO PARK - THE VEHICLE WAS AT IDLE SPEED WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT FOR MOVEMENT.

NHTSA ODI 11187084

MY 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE JUST ACCELERATED BY ITSELF UP A SIDEWALK AT A PARKING LOT AND RAN INTO THE PILLAR OF A BUILDING. I THEN PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT ACCELERATED INTO A CAR PARKED BESIDE ME. THE FRONT AXLE SNAPPED COMPLETELY EVEN THOUGH THE IMPACT WAS NOT TREMENDOUS. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALL KINDS OF IMPACT SENSORS AND USUALLY BRAKES ON ITS OWN EVEN WHEN IT SENSES A LEAF FROM A NEARBY BUSH AND NONE OF THAT WORKED. THIS HAPPENED JUST YESTERDAY AND I'M AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT TO DO. I CANNOT BELIEVE MY INTERNET SEARCH HAS YIELDED SO MANY SIMILAR STORIES! *DT *DT *DT*JB

NHTSA ODI 11185654