NHTSA Complaint #11131036 — 2014 LINCOLN MKX

I WAS IN BACK OF MY MKX IN DRIVEWAY OF MY SISTERS HOME. I WAS TRYING TO GET THE TAILGATE DOOR TO OPEN AND IT WOULDN'T OPEN. I TRIED THREE TIMES TO OPEN WITH THE RELEASE BUTTON. IT WOULD NOT OPEN. SO I WENT OPENED AND STOOD AT THE DOOR TO PRESS THE RELEASE BUTTON FROM INSIDE TWICE AND IT STILL WOULDN'T OPEN THE TAILGATE. AS MY SISTER WAS COMING OUT OF HER HOME SHE WAS YELLING FOR ME TO MOVE MOVE BECAUSE I HAD NOT NOTICED THAT THE MKX WAS ROLLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. WITH ME STILL STANDING OUTSIDE OF IT. I FINALLY JUST FEEL BECAUSE I COULDN'T KEEP UP OR JUMP IN TO STOP IT. I FELL TO CEMENT IN MIDDLE OF STREET. MY SISTER KEPT YELLING FOR ME TO MOVE AS THE MKX WAS ROLLING AND THE WHEELS WERE TURNING TOWARDS MY LEGS. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T RUN OVER ME. THIS WAS A HORRIBLE AND SCARY EXPERIENCE. MY SISTER GOT IN THE MKX TO GET IT OUT OF THE STREET. SHE SAID IT WAS IN REVERSE. IT WAS IN PARK FOR A FACT AS I WAS IN THE BACK FOR MINUTES TRYING TO OPEN THE TAILGATE. THIS HAPPENED ON 1426 PEPPERTREE LN 77015 WHERE MY SISTER LIVES.