# 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `206553` · 2000-03-30 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 6
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** JEEP
- **Model:** GRAND CHEROKEE
- **Year:** 1994
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
## Narrative
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
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