NHTSA complaint: 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CAR WAS IN PARK IDLING . HAD FOOT ON BRAKETO SHIFT TO DRIVE. CAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ACCELERATED TRY TO APPLY PRESSURE TO BRAKE COULD NOT STOP HIT VECHILE TO THE BACK OF ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. COULD NOT STOP TILL I HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME. I TOTALLED MY VEHICLE AND THE VAN I HIT. THIS ACCIDENT COULD OF BEEN DEADLY IF A CHILD HAD WALKED IN BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES. THE CAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL. I FOUND AN ARTICLE IN CONSUMER REPORTS THAT HAD MY 94 JEEP AS A SAFEY PROBLEM . WHERE THE CAR IS MISSING A BRAKE/TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK WHICH WOULD OF PREVENTED MY ACCIDENT IF THEY HAD A SAFETY RECALL. THERE HAVE BEEN 151 INJURIES AND 5 FATALITIES AND JEEP DOESN'T FEEL IT IS A SAFTEY ISSUE. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE BEFORE THEY ARE FORCED TO NOTIFY THE CONSUMER THAT THESE CAR HAVE A REAL SAFTEY ISSUE. I COULD OF KILLED A GROUP OF KIDS IN THAT PARKING LOT. I HOPE THEY DON'T WAIT FOR THIS KIND OF ACCIDENT. *AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation