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How do I put a Jeep Grand Cherokee in neutral?
My newer-model Jeep Grand Cherokee isn’t working, but I can’t get it into neutral to move it and properly check the engine, battery, and other parts. How do you put a Jeep Grand Cherokee in neutral?
Eric Schad · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Car troubles are always frustrating, but checking out your car to diagnose the problem is a great idea. If the gear shift on your Jeep Cherokee won’t go into neutral, you’ll have to use the manual shift override to move the vehicle.
To put a Jeep Grand Cherokee in neutral via the override, here’s what you’ll need to do:
- Get into the driver’s seat and place your foot on the brake pedal
- Open the center console
- Toward the back of the center console, near the hinge, you’ll see a plastic cover
- Remove the cover
- Inside, there is an orange or red strap connected to a metal lever—this metal lever allows you to put the Grand Cherokee in neutral
- Pull up firmly on the strap until the metal lever is vertical and snaps in place
- While the lever is up, you can move the gear shift into neutral
- Once you move the vehicle, push the lever back down to put the vehicle back into park
For vehicles with Keyless Enter-N-Go, the process is slightly different. Here’s what you’ll need to do:
- Bring the vehicle to a stop and shift into park
- Turn the engine OFF
- Remove the Keyless Enter-N-Go button and use the key fob to complete these steps
- Turn the ignition switch to the ON/RUN position, but don’t start the engine
- Press and hold the brake pedal with your foot
- Shift the transmission into NEUTRAL
- Using the point of a ballpoint pen or a small pointy object, press and hold the recessed transfer case NEUTRAL button (found near the selector switch) for four seconds until the light behind the N symbol starts to blink
- When the light stops blinking (stays solid), the shift to NEUTRAL is complete
- Once you complete the shift and the NEUTRAL light stays on, release the NEUTRAL button
- Start your vehicle’s engine and shift the transmission into REVERSE
- Release the brake pedal for five seconds to ensure the vehicle doesn’t move
- Turn the engine OFF and apply the parking brake
- Shift the transmission into PARK and remove the key fob
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- Gregory R.
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