1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle speed control problems

“VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE MOVING AT ANY SPEED. PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR FIXES THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. NO ERROR CODES ARE BEING GENERATED . REPLACED O2 SENSORS AND THIS REMAINS AN ISSUE. LOOKING ONLINE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE.”

“TAKATA RECALL. SINCE OWNING MY 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4.0, I'VE REPLACED NEARLY EVERY SINGLE PART ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ON THIS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED JUST TRYING TO DRIVE IT. THE TRANSMISSION WILL BE FINE 1 MINUTE, THE NEXT IT IS PUTTING ITSELF IN NEUTRAL OR DRIVE AND I'VE NEARLY DIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. NOW, THE JEEP IS CODING MORE CODES THAN EVER. ALSO, AS OF FEW DAYS AGO, I HAVE NO REVERSE IN IT. I NEARLY HIT ANOTHER CAR TRYING TO BACK OUT OF A SPACE AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN REVERSE DECIDED TO NO LONGER WORK. I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP FIXING THESE ISSUES AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE MODELS. ALSO, MY BACK PASSENGER DOORS HAVE DECIDED THEY WON'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. YOU CAN ONLY OPEN THEM FROM INSIDE. WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND I WAS TRAPPED, NOBODY COULD GET IN THROUGH THE PASSENGER BACK 2 DOORS BECAUSE THEY WON'T OPEN. AS FAR AS TRANSMISSION, MAYBE I'LL LIVE THROUGH ANOTHER INCIDENT WITH TRANSMISSION CHANGING GEARS ON IT'S OWN, BUT MAYBE I WON'T EITHER. THANK YOU.”

“ENGINE NEVER STALLS BUT POWER STEERING CUTS OUT AND VEHICLE LOOSES ABILITY TO STEER AND NEGOTIATE A INTERSECTION TURN ALL THE TIME. ENGINE NEVER STALLS BUT ENGINE SPEED SURGES AND VEHICLE ACCELERATES SUDDENLY AT LOW SPEEDS AFTER CAR FIRST STARTS AND FOR FIRST 2 MINUTES OF RUNNING. ON SAFETY RECALL FOR GAS TANK DEFECT AND HITCH INSTALL. (N45) DEALER DID NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX BOLTS OR INSTALL HITCH OR OFFER COST ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR, ONLY TOOK UNAUTHORIZED PICTURES OF VEHICLE REAR UNDERCARRIAGE AND STATED BOLTS WERE ELONGATED AND LOOKED RUSTY. *TR”

“I WAS HEADED OUT OF WORK , DROVE ABOUT 1/2 MILE .SUDDENLY THE JEEP STARTED ACCELERATING .I PRESSED THE BRAKES, AND IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS STEPPING ON THE GAS . I THOUGHT IT ,MIGHT OF BEEN THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL GOT ACTIVATED , BUT THAT WAS NOT IT . THEN I THOUGH MAYBE THE CAR MAT WAS ON THE PEDAL , BUT THAT WASN'T IT EITHER. THERE WAS RED LIGHTS, CAR WAITING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT, AND MY JEEP SEEMED TO ACCELERATE MORE.LUCKILY THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, BUT THE CAR SEEMED TO GO FASTER . I WAS ABLE TO SPEED INTO A SUPER MARKET WITH AN EMPTY PARKING LOT, DECIDED TO SWITCH THE IGNITION TO OFF. I OPENED THE HOOD TO CHECK IF MAYBE SOMETHING WAS STUCK , I MOVED THE THROTTLE, TURNED THE JEEP BACK ON , SEEMED LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED . IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE. I WAS LOOKING INTO WHAT MAY HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM, AND CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE WHERE JEEPS WHERE BEING RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND AS A RESULT THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.”

“THIS VEHICLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE RECALLED DUE TO FUEL TANK EXPOSED IF REAR COLLISION CHRYSLER IS DOING NOTHING TO REPAIR THEY JUST KEEP TELLING ME THEY DON,T HAVE PART BUT IF I GO TO DEALER TO BUY THEY HAVE IT CALLED SEVERAL TIMES JUST GET THE RUN AROUND. *TR”