# 2023 HYUNDAI PALISADE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `2125299` · 2025-08-29 · Hyundai Motor America
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** HYUNDAI
- **Model:** PALISADE
- **Year:** 2023
- **Manufacturer:** Hyundai Motor America
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
## Narrative
While sitting at a stop sign, I attempted to place my vehicle in Park. I opened the driver’s side door, but the car had not actually shifted into Park. None of the vehicle’s safety systems engaged when the door was opened. The car rolled forward with me partially outside the vehicle, dragging me until it struck a tree.  This incident reflects a critical failure in the vehicle’s electrical/safety systems: •The transmission did not engage Park when selected. •The door-open rollaway prevention system did not activate. •The automatic front collision system failed to stop the vehicle.  Because multiple electronic safeguards failed at the same time, this appears to be an electrical or computer system malfunction rather than driver error.
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*