NHTSA complaint: 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY WIFE AND I HAVE A 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WHICH HAS ABOUT 79K MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO US DURING THIS TIME AND WAS IN MINT CONDITION UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY NIGHT I WENT OUT TO DO SOME ERRANDS WHEN I APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION HERE IN MY TOWN OF WEBSTER. THE LIGHT WAS RED AND ONE CAR WAS IN FRONT OF ME. I STARTED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY WHERE I COULD NOT STOP. I SMASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND SO THAT I DID NOT HIT HIM AGAIN, I TURNED RIGHT AT THIS FOUR WAY INTERSECTION AND THERE WERE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL SO HARD THAT I WAS NOW ON 2 WHEELS TRYING TO AVOID HITTING ANY OF THE CARS AS WELL. I GRAZED ONE CAR, BUT TORE THE FRONT END OF A HONDA VAN OFF BEFORE MY JEEP CAME TO A HALT ACROSS THE STREET. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN 3-5 SECONDS. BY THE WILL OF GOD I DID NOT KILL ANYONE OR SERIOUSLY HURT ANYONE, AS I WAS VERY LUCKY. MOST PEOPLE, 10 IN ALL IN THE FOUR VEHICLES, I AM SURE HAVE ACHES AND PAINS LIKE I DO TODAY. IF I WOULD HAVE HIT ANY CAR BROADSIDE, I WOULD HAVE KILLED I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. DAMAGE DONE, I WOULD SAY THAT 3 OF THE 4 CARS ARE TOTALED. I FOUND THROUGH MY SON THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH CHRYSLER AND THAT THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY RECALLS. PLEASE GO INTO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN "JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE ACCELERATING ON OWN" AND GO TO THE 4TH ONE DOWN AND LOOK AT ALL THE ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THIS SAME PROBLEM. ALSO MY SISTER IN VIRGINIA GA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation