NHTSA complaint: 1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WE WERE HUNTING 20 MILES INTO THE WOODS IN MAINE ON GRAVEL LOGGING ROADS. WE HAD STOPPED 3/4THS OF THE WAY UP A STEEP INCLINE WHEN I SPOTTED A BIRD AND MY WIFE GOT OUT. SHE DID NOT SEE THE BIRD SO I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND STARTED GETTING OUT OF THE JEEP. WITH MYSELF HALF WAY OUT THE JEEP BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS, DRAGGING ME AS I WAS HOLDING ONTO THE DOOR AND MY 4 YR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. I HAD TO LET GO AND THE JEEP ROLLED APPROX. 200FT BACK AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE CULVERT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.*AK
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation