1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

I FIRST REPORTED THIS BACK IN OCTOBER 1997. I HAD LEFT MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING IN FRONT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE. I WENT INSIDE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE AND UPON EXITING SAW MY JEEP MOVING IN REVERSE OUT OF THE PARKING LOT HEADED FOR A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. I RAN AFTER MY CAR TO STOP IT AND UPON OPENING THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS HIT BY IT AND THROWN HEAD FIRST INTO THE PAVEMENT. THE CAR THEN CROSSED 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND HIT A VEHICLE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO BOTH VEHICLES. I HAD A LARGE HEMOTOMA ON MY HEAD AND EXTENSIVE NECK BRUISING AND A HERNIATED DISC IN MY NECK. JEEP WAS CONTACTED AND THEY SENT AN ENGINEER TO LOOK AT THE CAR BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. ALLSTATE SENT AN ENGINEER AS WELL. THIS WAS A LEASED VEHICLE AND IS PROBABLY BEING DRIVEN BY SOMEONE ELSE AS I TYPE THIS. I FIND IT AMUSING THAT 4 YEARS LATER - THIS IS ALL COMING OUT WHEN I WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO THEM.*AK