POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
CONSUMER STATES WHILE SHE WAS PUTTING ITEM IN HER VEHICLE, HER TWO YEAR OLD SON CRAWLED UP TO THE FRONT OF VEHICLE AND TURNED THE KEY TO THE SECOND TURN OF THE GEAR SHIFTER AND PULLED THE TRUCK INTO GEAR, THE SECOND TURN ON THE GEAR SHIFTER IS THE ONLY WAY THAT THE VEHICLE CAN BE PUT INTO GEAR WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT ALL OF THE VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED THE SAME WAY. *JB