NHTSA complaint: 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
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
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation