1995 JEEP WRANGLER Parking Brake Problems

The contact owns a 1995 Jeep Wrangler. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V041000 (Parking Brake) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that he had parked the vehicle in a parking lot with the parking brake set and the vehicle transmission was in neutral (N). The contact stated that when returned to the vehicle it had rolled down a slight incline and crashed into the back of another parked vehicle. The contact stated that the rear quarter panel on the passenger side of the other vehicle had been dented. The contact stated that there was only a small smear of paint from the other vehicle on his bumper. There were no injuries and no police were on the scene. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had experienced a failure. The failure mileage was approximately 86,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GRINDSTAFF CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (2226 W ELK AVE, ELIZABETHTON, TN 37643) TO BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 02V041000 (PARKING BRAKE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED, THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD AFTER ENGAGING THE PARKING BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 280,000.*DT CONSUMER STATED PARTS WERE REPLACED BUT RECURRED AGAIN LESS THAN 4,000 MILES.*JB

Mileage: 280,000

PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT STAY IN PARK. MUST USE TRANSMISSION AS PARKING BRAKE. *JB

Mileage: 103,000

THE PARKING BRAKE WAS DEFECTIVE ON THREE OCCASIONS WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE ROLLED BACK. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE STRUCK SOMETHING, AND THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

Mileage: 56,000

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V041000) CONCERNING PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT FIXED PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. SERVICE MANAGER KEITH.*AK

VIN: [XXX] 1995. I WAS NOTIFIED OF A RECALL ON THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR MY 1995 JEEP WRANGLER. ON OCTOBER 8, 2003 I TOOK IT TO THE FARICY BOYS CHRYSLER JEEP IN COLORADO SPRINGS FOR REPAIR. ON NOVEMBER 21, 2003 MY CAR WHILE WARMING UP IN THE DRIVEWAY ROLLED OUT OF THE PLACE ACROSS THE STREET AND INTO THE NEIGHBORS FENCE. THE BRAKE PEDAL RELEASED AND WAS TO THE FLOOR WHEN MY DAUGHTER PULLED IT BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. WE CALLED FARICY AND LET THEM KNOW THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED AND THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING IT IN. UPON OUR ARRIVAL I TOLD THE SERVICE REP [XXX] WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE TURNED ME OVER TO THE SERVICE MANAGER [XXX] . HE EXPLAINED THAT AFTER INSPECTION THE BRAKE CABLES HAD FAILED AND THAT THIS WAS PART OF THE RECALL. I ASKED WHY THIS WAS NOT REPLACED WHEN THEY PERFORMED THE RECALL. HE STATED THE CABLES PROBABLY APPEARED IN WORKING ORDER WHEN THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE PEDAL. AGAIN HE SAID IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE RECALL BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER REP SINCE THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND MY NEIGHBORS FENCE. I WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE THIS WAS GOING TO BE RESOLVED AND REPAIRED BY FARICY. WHEN WE RETURNED FROM VACATION [XXX]. HAD YET TO GET AN ANSWER FROM DAIMLERCHRYSLER SO HE MADE SOME CALLS WHICH RESULTED IN AN INVESTIGATOR HIRED BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER A [XXX]. [XXX] FROM EA ASSOCIATES CAME TO MY HOUSE AND INSPECTED MY CAR. HE STATED THAT CLEARLY THE BREAK WAS NOT IN WORKING ORDER AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. DEC 23RD CHYRSLER TOLD ME I SHOULD GO BACK TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE RECALL. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT WAS NOT WHAT THEY WERE TOLD BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND I AM LEFT IN THE MIDDLE. ON 1/10/04 I PAID $428.55 TO HAVE THE BAKE ASSEMBLY REPAIRED SINCE FARICY REFUSED TO PERFORM OR WARRANTY THEIR ORIGINAL WORK. I ALSO HAVE $2000 DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND $40 IN FENCE REPAIR. *AK *SC *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED AND RUNNING INSIDE OF DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE PARK BRAKE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. *AK *SCC

Mileage: 66,500

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. *MR THE CONSUMER'S SON HAD RECEIVED A RECALL CONCERNING FAULTY BRAKES, PRIOR TO THIS, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE SON EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE MOST RECENT EVENT HAPPENED WHEN THE SON ACTIVATED THE PARKING BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK AND HIT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. RECALL#02V041000 *SCC *JB

A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THIS VEHICLE AND DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR. *AK

Mileage: 110,000

WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT A VAN. THE VEHICLES FUEL SENSOR, OXYGEN SENSOR, TP SENSOR AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS FAILED. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ALSO RATTLED. *MR *SCC *NLM

THE CONSUMER PARKED AND EXITED VEHICLE WITH PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKE RELEASED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AND CRASH INTO A BUILDING. *NLM

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED ON ITS OWN. *JB

Mileage: 90,000

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. *AK *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE TRAILER IS ATTACH TO THE VEHICLE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES WILL NOT STAY IN THE LOCK POSITION AND WILL UNLOCK CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED

VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD WHILE PARKED ON A HILL WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKES ENGAGE. CONSUMER STATES THAT POP WAS HEARD OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION TS

THE VEHICLES PARKING BRAKE SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE, AFTER THE INCIDENT CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION (02V041000) REGARDING THE FAILURE. *JG

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH PARKING BRAKES AS STATED IN RECALL # 02 V 041 000.BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT PART TO RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

PARKING BRAKE WILL RELEASE INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER HAS NO REMEDY FOR PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER FOUND A RECALL BUT DEALER CLAIMS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED. CONSUMER IS FILING A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASING INTERMITTENTLY. *TT

WHILE CAR WAS PARKED EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK

PARKING BRAKE WILL SELF RELEASE. SHOWING CURRENT MANUFACTURER'S RECALL BO3 ON ISSUE. CONSUMER CONTACTED BY CHRYSLER, WHO INDICATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *TT

CONSUMER STATES PARKING BRAKE HAS POPPED OFF WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO A BRICK WALL.*YH

EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE. ALSO, WHEN TURNING VEHICLE OFF IT WENT INTO REVERSE, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO RUN INTO STREET, AND STOPPED WHEN CONSUMER JUMPED IN AND APPLI ED BRAKES.*AK

EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. WHEN PUTTING ON EMERGENCY BRAKE,IT RELEASES ON ITS OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

JEEP WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASED AND THE VEHICLE DRIFTED DOWN DRIVEWAY AND HIT A TREE. SMASHED IN BACK TAILGATE AND LIFTGATE.*AKI

WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL COME OUT OF PARKING GEAR AND ROLL BACKWARD, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN PARK AND WITHOUT WARNING PARKING BRAKE WILL PREMATURELY RELEASE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL 02V041000 DUE TO VIN. *AK THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO EXIST AND MANIFESTS ITS SELF EVERY TIME THE BRAKE IS SET. JG

WHILE PARKING, APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND WITHOUT WARNING EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL RELEASE ON ITS OWN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SERVICE VEHICLE.*AK DEALER FOUND NO RECALL ON THIS CONDITION, HOWEVER THERE IS A RECALL ON 1995 MODELS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS DANGEROUS LIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS WHEN USING EMERGENCY BRAKES. *TT

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN A HILL, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN A HILL WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. RECALL 02V041000 HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE/ MODEL. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. THE PARKING BRAKE AUTOMATICALLY RELEASED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS. NLM *YH

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE FAILED WHILE PARKED ON A HILL IN A PARKING LOT. WITNESS HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND WITNESSED THE VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN THE PARKING LOT AND STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN I ARRIVED AND SEPARATED THE VEHICLES, I PLACED THE PARKING BRAKE IN SERVICES AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. AS SOON AS I TOOK TWO STEPS FROM THE VEHICLE I HEARD A LOUD POP, AND THE PARKING BRAKE HAD RELEASED AGAIN. *AK

WHEN PARKING VEHICLE UPWARD ON HILL AND EMERGENCY BRAKE IS APPLIED, PARKING BRAKE WILL FAIL, AND VEHICLE WILL ROLL BACKWARDS.*AK *JG

RECALL 02 V 041 000/PARKING BRAKE: PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD WHEN ENGAGED. CABLE WOULD CONE LOOSE FROM FOOT PEDAL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL DUE TO VIN.FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AT FIRST PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT EFFECTIVE IN STOPPING THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING ON A SLIGHTLY INCLINED SURFACE. NOW THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT EVEN ENGAGE WHEN DEPRESSED. THE RATHATING LOCKIN MECHANISM IS NON-OPERABLE.

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD ON SLIGHT GRADES.

THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD ON SLIGHT GRADES.

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD RELEASED AND THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED INTO A CONCRETE WALL, CONSUMER STATES THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*JB

THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FOOT ENGAGEMENT PEDAL DISENGAGES ON ITS OWN AT ANY RANDOM POINT IN TIME, THE PEDAL MUST BE ENGAGED ALL THE WAY TO FUNCTION AND EVEN AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES IS NOT COMPLETELY STABLE. NLM

WHILE VEHICLE IS PARKED WOULD APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKE, BUT PAWL WILL RELEASE BY ITSELF. SOMETIMES VEHICLE HAD ROLLED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT GRAB.*JB

CONSUMER STATES EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL. *JB

THE PARKING BRAKE CONTINUALLY FAILS TO KEEP THE VEHICLE PARKED, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THE BRAKE HAS POPPED LOOSE RESULTING IN UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE MUST BE PARKED ON A FLAT SURFACE. *JB

BRAKE PEDAL FOR PARKING BRAKE WOBBLES LEFT TO RIGHT, THE PARKING BRAKE USUALLY DOES NOT HOLD, CONSUMER STATES HE MUST USE THE TRANSMISSION TO INSURE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ROLL WHILE ON LEVEL OR ON A HILL. *JB

EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT ALWAYS HOLD, CONSUMER RESET THE EB BUT AFTER AWHILE IT RELEASES, CONSUMER RESET THE EB BY DRIVING IN REVERSE AND SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES A FEW TIMES. *JB

EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL,WHILE AT AIRPORT CONSUMER HAD TO RUN AND JUMP IN VEHICLE AND SLAMMED ON BRAKES, SECOND OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WHILE PARKED ON A SLIGHTLY SLOPED DRIVEWAY VEHICLE ROLLED INTO STREET,THIRD OCCURRENCE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HER OWN DRIVEWAY AND ROLLED A FEW FEET AND THEN STOPPED, PARKING BRAKE WAS REPLACED ON 1-9-01. *JB

FAILED PARKING BRAKE, WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS IN USE, PARKING BRAKE INVOLUNTARILY RELEASES CAUSING IT TO ROLL. *JB

PARKING BRAKE FAILED WHILE IN GEAR.*AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED HOME THEY NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND HIT A PILE OF ROCK AND LUMBER, POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE OR THE TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM. (CONSUMER DID NOT SPECIFY FAILURE) NLM

THE JEEP WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE UNEXPECTEDLY RELEASED, CAUSING THE JEEP TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, ACROSS THE STREET, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO A CONCRETE PORCH. THE BRAKE HAD BEEN CHECKED BY A MECHANIC TWO MONTHS EARLIER FOR A SIMILAR SPONTANEOUS RELEASE WITH NO WORN PARTS FOUND OR ANY DAMAGE TO THE MECHANISM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT ENGAGE, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO AN UNOCCUPIED SCHOOL BUS. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

METAL ON THE SEAT ANCHOR FOR THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT HAS CRACKED. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK IN ADDITION, METAL ON TAILGATE SPARE TIRE MOUNTS AND METAL ON EMERGENCY BRAKE RATCHET ASSEMBLY BROKE DUE TO FATIGUE AND HYDROGEN ENBRITTLEMENT OF THE SHEET METAL USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS VEHICLE. *YH

FOR THE LAST YEAR, MY PARKING BRAKE HAS NOT WORKED AT ALL. IF ENGAGED, IT WILL RELEASE ITSELF. I TOOK THE JEEP TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A RATCHET ASSEMBLY THAT WAS BROKEN. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A PROBLEM WITH MY JEEP. IT WAS NOT UNTIL I STARTED HEARING OF MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I BECAME CONVINCED THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I BELIEVE A FULL INVESTIGATION SHOULD BEGIN AS I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL PEOPLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THIS DEFECT. I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT AWARE THIS TYPE OF INVESTIGATION CAN BE STARTED BY SUBMITTING REPORTS SUCH AS THIS. I WAS UNAWARE UNTIL RECENTLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN. *AK

PARKING BRAKE RELEASED ON ITS OWN CAUSING JEEP TO ROLL DOWN DRIVEWAY

THE PARKING BRAKE RELEASED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL , RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE . THE INSPECTOR WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT WHILE PARKED HIS EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE BECAME DISENGAGED, CAUSING HIS VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE.OWNER NOTES THAT DEALER STATED THAT SOME ADJUSTMENT WAS NEEDED. *AK

APPLIED PARKING BRAKES, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, LEFT KEY IN IGNITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING, HEARD POPPING SOUND, PARKING BRAKE RELEASED ON ITS OWN, VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARD, STOPPED BY BUMPING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK