1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

WHILE WARMING UP JEEP IN GARAGE ON FLAT SURFACE I PROCEDED TO EXIT VEHICLE TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE, UPON CLOSING THE DOOR THE JEEP BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND RETURN TO THE VEHICLE I WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE DRUG ME OUT THE GARAGE THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR WAS BENT FORWARD TO THE BUMPER BY THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE I WAS SQUISHED BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE AND THE JEEP. UPON LEAQVING THE GARAGE I CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY PRESSING THE BRAKE WITH MY HANDS I WAS UNABLE TO DO THIS IMY FEET SLIPPED ON THE ICE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I FELL BENETH THE VEHICLE. THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL RAN OVER MY LEFT LEG AT THE CALF. ITHE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP IN A PILE OF SNOW AGAINST A LIGHT POLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREED. AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD AND WAS STOPPED BY THE SNOW. THE DRIVER'S DOOR COULD NOT BE CLOSED, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START DUE TO HITTING THE LIGHT POLE WITH THE BUMPER THE COLLESION DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED. I WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH DAMAGED NERVES AND TISSUE LUCKILY NO BROKEN BONES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE JEEP DEALER IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA WHERE THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS AND FIXED THE DOOR. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DESPITE MY ATTEMPTS AT THAT TIME TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER THROUGH THE DEALER OF THE DEFECTIVE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THE JEEP TO SLIP INTO REVERSE.*AK