NHTSA complaint: 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
THE JEEP WAS IN PARKED IN MY GARAGE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. THE KEYS WERE IN THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. IT WAS MORNING. I HAD NOT DRIVEN THE CAR THAT DAY. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO GO INTO THE HOUSE TO GET MY WALLET. THE GARAGE IS IN THE BASEMENT LEVEL. I WENT UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND HEARD A CRASH. I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW MY CAR. IT HAD ROLLED OUT OF THE GARAGE, DOWN AN INCLINE INTO THE SIDE OF MY NEIGHBOR'S VAN. THE VAN WAS TOTALLED. THE CAR HAD JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED OUT OF MY GARAGE. *AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation