1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

WHILE AT IDLE MY VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. MY DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS OPEN AND MY VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACK TOWARDS AN OPEN PARKING LOT. I WAS AT A DRIVE UP ATM MACHINE AT THE TIME. THE WHOLE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND FRONT QUARTER PANEL WAS BENT BACK AND TOTALED. I HAD TO CHASE THE CAR DOWN TO STOP IT FROM BASHING INTO OTHER PARKED VEHICLES. I WAS BRUSED UP PRETTY BADLY HOWEVER, I DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. I WROTE A LETTER TO CHRYSLER INFORMING THEM OF THE INCIDENT. THE SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT TO THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP. HE WROTE BACK TO ME STATING "DAIMLER CHRYSLER RECOMMENDS THAT THE GEAR SELECTOR BE PLACED IN PARK WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND FIRST GEAR WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISION, THE PARKING BRAKE SET, THE IGNITION TURNED OFF, AND THE KEYS REMOVED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS LEFT UNATTENDED. THEREFORE, WE MUST, RESPECTFULLY DECLINE PARTICIPATION WITH ANY COST ASSOCIATED." I HAVE A COPY OF THIS LETTER DATED 3-25-1999 AND SIGNED BY R.A. BOTT, 248-944-7056.*AK