1999 DODGE CARAVAN — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

MY 4 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN VAN. HE WAS IN FRONT SEAT AND FOR SOME REASON HE PULLED ON THE COLUMN TO PUT IT IN DRIVE. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION. HE IS NOT TALL ENOUGH TO REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL. WHENEVER HE PULLED THE HANDLE THE VAN WENT FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL AND ROLLED APPR. 60FEET INTO THE NEIGHBORS MOTOR HOME. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO MY BUMPER AND TO THE TAILGATE AND THE QUARTER PANEL. THE MOTORHOME ALSO HAD FENDER DAMAGE. I CURRENTLY HAVE THE VEHICLE AT THE BOB ALLEN DEALERSHIP IN DANVILLE KY. THEY ARE WAITING FOR A CHRYSLER REP. TO COME AND VIEW THE VAN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS SAID THAT THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN IS DEFECTIVE. ALL OF THE COMPONENTS ARE THERE BUT NOT WORKING. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD REPAIR THIS VEHICLE AT THEIR COST BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.*AK