2000 TOYOTA CAMRY — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

CONSUMER HAS ONLY OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR 35 DAYS, PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK WITH VEHICLE STILL RUNNING. CONSUMER TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, AND SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, VEHICLE JUMPED BACKWARDS, HITTING A VEHICLE. HAD NOTICED GEAR SHIFTED TO REVERSE BY ITSELF. TRANSMISSION WAS LOCKED INTO REVERSE GEAR. CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON BRAKES AGAIN TRYINGTO SHIFT GEAR INTO DRIVE, BUT GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE.VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FOWARD WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP ALMOST HITTING TWO PEDESTRIANS. DEALER CLAIMED THERE WAS NO DEFECT.*AK