POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
WAS TOWING A BOAT TRAILER. STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND PUT IN PARK. EXITED JEEP AND IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. VEHICLE BACKED DOWN STREET WITH BOAT ATTACHED. I CHASED AND TRIED TO JUMP IN, FELL, SCRAPING KNEE. FORTUNATELY THE TRAILER JACKNIFED AT THAT TIME JUST BEFORE THE CAR WOULD HAVE RUN OVER ME. MY BELIEF IS THAT THE FLEXIBLE PLASTIC COVER OVER THE BUTTON ONT HE SHIFT LEVER BECAME WEDGED IN THE BUTTON PREVENTING THE BUTTON FROM RELEASING AND ENABLING THE LEVER TO JUMP FROM PARK TO REVERSE.*AK