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
CONSUMER STOPPED AT A GAS STATION, GOT OUT AND LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS, AND BY THE TIME THE CONSUMER GOT IN, VEHICLE HAD ALREADY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. A WEEK BEFORE, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE OF HEARING A GRINDING SOUND WHEN IN REVERSE. DEALER AT THAT TIME REPLACED THE VALVE SYSTEM. *AK THE SHIFTER CABLE WAS LOOSE RIGHT AFTER THE VALVE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED. *SLC