NHTSA complaint: 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN — POWER TRAIN
MY FATHER HAS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN AND ON MAY 14 2014 HE WENT SHOPPING STOPPING AT 3 DIFFERENT PLACES AND THEN RETURNED HOME PICKED UP THE MAIL AND DROVE TO THE TOP OF THE DRIVEWAY. HE PUT THE VAN IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF HE GOT OUT AND WALKED OVER TO MY MOM AND HANDED HER THE PAPER THEN HE TURNED AROUND AND WALKED BACK TO THE CAR AND REACHED OVER THE SEAT TO GET THE REST OF THE MAIL WHEN THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS DRAGGING HIM WITH IT FOR AROUND 30 FEET AND THEN HITTING THE PORCH ON THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. HE WAS PINNED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND MY SON WAS HOME AT THE TIME AND CALLED 911. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCES CAME AND THEY HAD TO USE AIR BAG PUMPS AND WOODEN BLOCKS TO GET THE CAR OFF OF HIM. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A CRUSHED LEG AND CUTS TO THE BONE. HE HAD TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS LEG AND HE WAS IN THERE FOR 4 DAYS AND THEN THEY SENT HIM TO A REHAB FOR HIS INJURIES. THEN HE CAME HOME AFTER 2 WEEKS AND THEN 8 DAYS AFTER WITH THE HOME HEALTH NURSES CHECKING ON HIM AND CHANGING BANDAGES IT GOT A MASSIVE INFECTION SO HE ENDED BACK IN A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL FOR ANOTHER SURGERY THIS TIME THEY REMOVED ALL OF HIS SKIN ON HIS LEG IN THE FRONT ON THE AFFECTED AREAS TO THE BONE AND MUSCLE. HE NOW HAS A PHONY SKIN GRAFT ON THE OPEN HOLES THAT ARE AT LEAST A QUARTER OF AN INCH DEEP AND HE HAS TO GO TO THE WOUND CENTER ONCE A WEEK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND ALSO THE HOME HEALTH NURSES ARE NOW BACK EVERY OTHER DAY TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND CHANGE BANDAGE
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation