APPLIED PARKING BRAKES, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, LEFT KEY IN IGNITION WITH ENGINE RUNNING, HEARD POPPING SOUND, PARKING BRAKE RELEASED ON ITS OWN, VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARD, STOPPED BY BUMPING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK
2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE HOOD LATCH BECAME UNSECURED, CAUSING THE HOOD TO LIFT AND BOUNCE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE LATCHES WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200.
