NHTSA complaint: 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS ENTERING A PARKING LOT WHEN I SAW ANOTHER CAR EXITING. I PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO SUDDEN RAPID ACCELERATION. I PUSHED HARDER ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR SPED UP TO AT LEAST 60 MPH. I HIT THE CAR THAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE LOT BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP MY CAR. THE CAR THAT I HIT HIT A PARKED CAR. MY VEHICLE THEN SPED AHEAD HITTING ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP. I SPED OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND MY CAR FINALLY CAME TO A STOP IN A SHOPPING CENTER. THIS WAS THE LAST EXPERIENCE WITH SUDDEN RAPID ACCELERATION IN THIS JEEP. NO ONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD HAS DRIVEN THE JEEP SINCE. MY DAUGHTER EXPERIENCED THE SAME RAPID ACCELERATION IN FEBRUARY WHILE SHE WAS PARKING. SHE WAS GOING IN REVERSE TO PARK BETWEEN TWO PARKED CARS. THE JEEP ACCELERATED SO RAPIDLY SHE HIT THE CAR PARKED BEHIND. THE PARKED CAR SHE HIT WAS TOTALED.THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER DROPPED THE CASE. IN MY CASE CHRYSLER SENT AN INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER DETERMINED THAT THAT THEY WOULD NOT CHANGE THEIR PREVIOUS POSITION AND DENIED ANY MECHANICAL DEFECT. WE HAVE A CAR WE ARE TERRIFIED TO DRIVE. IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE MECHANICAL DEFECT CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation