NHTSA complaint: 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHIFT PAWL WAS IN PARK. CONSUMER WENT TO THE REAR OF VEHICLE TO OPEN REAR LIFTGATE, BUT SHIFT PAWL JUMPED INTO REVERSE. WHILE MOVING CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TO GRAB STEERING WHEEL AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKES, CONSUMER WAS DRAGGED, AND SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES. *AK *TT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation