NHTSA complaint: 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
ON 9/20/01 AT 12:15AM I WAS PROCEEDING NORTH BOUND ON I-95 AND PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT MILE MARKER 71.7 AFTER HEARING A NOISE UNDER THE JEEP. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK WITH AND LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING. I WAS ON A FLAT SURFACE, APRROX. 15 FEET OFF THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND TOOK 1 OR 2 STEPS TOWARD THE REAR WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR HIT ME, THROWING ME TOWARD THE SEAT, WHERE I BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE DOOR FRAME AND FLOOR BELOW THE SEAT, THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. I WAS DRUG APPROX. 20-30 FEET BEFORE I BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED IN REVERSE. I WAS ABLE TO GET UP AND RUN AFTER THE VEHICLE AND RE-ENTER THE JEEP AND APPLY THE BRAKE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE IT RAN OVER A 2 1/2 METAL POLE WITH A REFLECTOR ON IT. THE JEEP SUSTAINED FRONT AND REAR BUMPER DAMAGE AND BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE INJURIES I SUSTAINED 1. MAJOR BRUISING TO MY TO MY CHEST, BREASTS AND BOTH ARMS. 2. LACERATION TO MY RIGHT ELBOW. 3. MAJOR ABRASION (ROAD RASH) TO MY LOWER ABDOMEN. 4. ABRASIONS TO BOTH KNEES. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND ON 11/1/01 AN INVESTIGATOR BY THE NAME OF JOHN TEDDER CAME TO EVALUATE THE VEHICLE. ON 10/14/01 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER, WHICH STATED THAT AFTER THEY REVIEWED THE INSPECTION REPORT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE VEHICLE. THEIR INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THROTTLE CABLE, RETURN SPRINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED PARTS WERE OP
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation