POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START SWITCH
WHILE STOPPED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE TRANSMISSION IN "PARK" THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY WENT INTO REVERSE. NO ONE WAS IN THE AUTOMOBILE AT THE TIME. IT CRASHED INTO A DELLIVERY TRUCK, AND THEN JUMPED INTO "DRIVE" AND FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REACH INTO THE OPEN DOOR AND TURN OFF THE ENGINEOFF. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED $5,000.00 AND FORTUNATELY NO PERSONS WERE INJURED. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER WAS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF IN REVERSE AND ACCELERATED. *AK
2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, HE FELT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. HE KEEP HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE VEHICLE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000.
