NHTSA Complaint #751924 — 2001 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

MY VEHICLE, SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, HAD JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THIS INCIDENCE WAS OVERLOOKED AS A POSSIBLE ERROR ON MY PART. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE, I PUT MY CAR INTO PARK WHILE IT WAS RUNNING, TO MOVE A TOY BEHIND MY VEHICLE. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO GO TO REMOVE THE TOY WHEN I REALIZED THE VEHICLE WAS NOW MOVING. I MADE ONE ATTEMPT TO GET BACK IN, NEARLY SLIPPING UNDER IT AND MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT THIS TIME SUCCEEDING BUT NOT BEFORE THE DOOR HAD CAUGHT ONTO THE CORNER OF MY HUSBANDS COMPRESSOR CAUSEING $2700.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER, THEY CHECKED FOR A CAUSE, FOUND NOTHING. SHORTLY AFTER, ALL THE REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM SURFACED IN THE MEDIA. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY CLAIM THAT ONLY THE YEARS FROM 1995 TO 1999 ARE AFFECTED. HAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM BEEN RECTIFIED IN THE 2001'S OR DO WE NEED MORE DEATHS FOR THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SUFFERED A $500.00 LOSS AND A THREE YEAR SURCHARGE ON MY INSURANCE, LOSS OF MERIT RATING AND STILL HAVE A FEAR OF POSSIBLE INJURY WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE SEND ME ANY INFO AS TO WHETHER MINE IS THE FIRST CASE KNOW WITH THIS YEAR JEEP. THANK YOU, [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).