2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT I HAD NOTICED ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS THAT WHEN I TRIED TO PARK AT A SLOW SPEED, PRESSED THE BRAKE, THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND REAPPLIED IT, WHICH STOPPED THE FORWARD MOVEMENT. THEN I WAS ABLE TO PARK THE CAR WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT (5/22/02), I NOTICED A CAR 40-50 YARDS IN FRONT OF ME HALF WAY INTO A RIGHT TURN. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND WITHIN 10-15 YARDS OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, I REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS MOVING FORWARD EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING THE OTHER CAR FLUSH FROM THE REAR, I SWERVED THE JEEP TO THE LEFT AND STRUCH HIS LEFT REAR LIGHT A GLANCING BLOW. AT THAT POINT I STOPPED THE CAR BY REAPPLYING MY FOOT TO THE BRAKE. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO BUERGE CHRYSLER JEEP, THE BRAKES SYSTEM WAS EXAMINED BY MY SERVICE MAN WHO AGREED WITH ME THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY SOFT AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I ASKED HIM TO SEE IF THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW. HE SAID THAT CHRYSLER WOULD BRING IN AN INDEPENDANT INVESTIGATOR. ON WED. 5/29/02, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE INVESTIGATOR WHO SAID THAT HIS REPORT WOULD BE SUBMITTED IN 10 DAYS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR SAID THE CAR COULD BE RELEASED TO ME AND THAT, IN FACT, THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS THAT HE COULD FIND. I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER TO REEXAMINE THE CAR AND DRIVE WITH ME, AND HE SAID THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THESE SI