# 2000 JEEP WRANGLER — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
> NHTSA complaint `266563` · 2001-01-17 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** JEEP
- **Model:** WRANGLER
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
- **Speed:** 25 mph
## Narrative
WHILE DRIVING 25MPH  SHIFTED  VEHICLE TO 2ND GEAR FROM 1STGEAR.  PUT VEHICLE IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, AND IN BETWEEN SHIFTING,  VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND  SHIFTED INTO 2ND GEAR.   APPLIED GAS, AND VEHICLE WENT SIDEWAYS. SLID DOWN ROAD INTO A DITCH AND  HIT TELEPHONE POLE. HAD TRIED TO BACK UP, AND  NOTICED VEHICLE WAS NOT IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE.  SOMETIMES LATER HAD PLACED VEHICLE  IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, AND  DUE TO SNOW  IT FAILED TO GO INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE MODE. CHECKED UNDER VEHICLE AND NOTICED SNOW/ICE HAD BUILT UP ON SKIP PLATE. CLEARED SKIP PLATE AND WAS ABLE TO PUT IT  INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE.  *AK
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