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I HAD MY CAR IN PARK WHEN THE CAR PROCEEDED TO GO BACK BY ITSELF WITH MY CHILD IN IT.I RAN AFTER THE CAR AND THE CAR DRAGGED AND SCRAPED ME AND SMASHED MY RIGHT LEG.IT STOP WHEN IT HIT MY NEIGHBOORS FENCE. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FENCE IT WOULD HAVE RAN ME OVER.I CONTECTED THE MANUFAUTURE AND THEY SEND SOME ONE OUT TO INVESTICATE AND PROCEDED TO TELL MY THAT THIER WS NOTHING I COULD DO.I CONTACTED SEVERAL ATTORNEYS AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP ME. I FEEL THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR TO KEEP MY CHILDREN SAFE. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN PLEASE HELP.

THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING BOAT ON TRAILER DOWN BOAT RAMP, THE CONSUMER LET THE BOAT FLOAT OFF THE VEHICLE, SO THAT THE TRAILER WAS OUT OF THE WATER, THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE KNOCKING THE CONSUMER DOWN AND DRUG HIM INTO THE WATER, THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE AND WAS COVERED W/ ROAD RASH FROM NECK TO HEELS. NLM

PINNED CONSUMER TO WALL. CONSUMER INITALLY STATED HE DID NOT PUT VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE EXITING TRUCK. *DB 16-4140-919

VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR. *DB 24-5176-815

PULLED BOAT OUT OF WATER. SET EMERGENCY BRAKE, GOT OUT OF VEH VEH ROLLED BACK DOWN BOAT RAMP AND SUNK. *DB 43-K076-989

THE TRANSMISSION LEVER WAS IN PARK. AFTER GETTING OUT, THE JEEP WENT INTO REVERSE AND INJURED THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. 04-1186-346

GEARJUMP 47-4161-993

CONSUMER SAW ON TV WHERE JEEPS POSSIBLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES COMING OUT OF GEAR WHEN ROLLING BACKWARD, ASSUMING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE WITH DAMAGES, CLAIM 01-6232-070. *SLC

WHILE IDLING GEARJUMPED *DB 35-N474-943

PARKED THE VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AND WENT INSIDE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER WENT OUTSIDE AND NITICED THE VEH WAS GONE. THE VEH HAD ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND ACRESS THE ROAD. *DB 52-2189-938

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A FENCE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO VEH

CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE AND GOT OUT. CAR ROLLED BACK INTO BALCONEY POLE AND THEN ROLLED FARWARD INTO POOL FENCE. *DB 52-2382-493

WITH ENGINE RUNNING JUMPED FROM PARK *DB 10-4991-110

THE PARKED VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED INTO THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. 05-6058-138

GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK. 52-2045-598

WHILE LEFT RUNNING VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. 13-5780-798

VEHICLE POPPING OUT OF PARK. 59-V016-284

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARDS IN PARKING LOT AND STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE.52-2192-877

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE ROLLED BACK INTO RIVER COMPLETLY SUBMERGED. 46-0289-939

VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE, THE EMERGANCY BRAKE WAS ON, WHILE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK IN TO WATER. WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED OUT OF THE WATER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS STILL ON.

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND MOTOR WAS RUNNING WHEN IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE BACKED INTO TREE AND DAMAGED LEFT FRONT DOOR.

OWNER LEFT IN PARK EXITED VEHICLE, THEN VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE HIT TREE, THEN WENT INTO FORWARD.75-F823-319

AFTER PUTTING THE GEAR SHIFT IN THE PARK POSITION WITH THEN ENGINE STILL RUNNING, CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, TURNED TO GO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR, AND REALIZED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK IN THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT, BUT HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE ACCELERATOR, WHICH THEN ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL BACKWARD ULTIMATELY ROLLING OVER THE CONSUMER CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY.*JB

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK TO OPEN GATE, WENT THROUGH THE GATE, STOPPED VEHICLE AGAIN PLACED IN PARKED, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO CLOSE GATE, UPON CLOSING THE GATE, CONSUMER LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE AND COMING TOWARD HER, THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE GATE DAMAGING THE ENTIRE DRIVERS SIDE OF VEHICLE.*JB

GEAR JUMPED.

CONSUMER PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND THEN WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE. AS SHE WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE JEEP STARTED TO MOVE IN REVERSE AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND. THE TIRE OF THE JEEP THEN RAN OVER HER LEGS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL IN REVERSE, MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT, DROVE OVER A CURB AND COLLIDED WITH A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE THEN APPARENTLY SHIFTED INTO FORWARD GEAR AS IT TRAVELLED FORWARD THROUGH A GARDEN AND FAILED BEFORE STOPPING IN A GROUP OF TREES. YD

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARDS. *DB 59-V827-467

THE GEARSHIFT JUMPS INTO REVERSE WHEN THE DRIVER BELIEVES HE IS IN PARK *DB 59-V688-381

WHILE IN A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW, CONSUMER BUMPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. HE BACKED UP SLIGHTLY, PUTS VEHICLE IN PARK AND BEGAN TO EXIT VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE FOR A 2ND TIME. *DB 13-7236-080

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, IN PARK. VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK, WENT UPHILL, AND HIT A HOUSE. *DB 33-0150-247

CONSUMER IS REQUESTING INFORMATION REGARDING ANY RECALLS, SERVICE BULLETINS, ETC, THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED JUMPING OUT OF GEAR, ANALYST IS ASSUMING THIS HAPPENED TO CONSUMERS VEHICLE DUE TO LETTER STATING ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 14-1420-829. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACKWARD, CLAIM 14-1154-955. *SLC

CONSUMER DID NOT SEE INCIDENT, HOWEVER ASSUMES VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE HITTING A WALL, AND THEN WENT INTO DRIVE HITTING A VEHICLE, CLAIM 32-V347-010. *SLC

WHILE PARKED AND IDLING, VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE CAUSING DAMAGE, CLAIM 42-8422-356. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, CAME OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE CAUSING A COLLISION, CLAIM 45-0068-534. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS CHANGING GEAR FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, AND VEHICLE STAYED IN REVERSE, WENT BACKWARDS, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. FOOT WAS ON BRAKES. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

JEEP WAS IN "PARK" IN THE GARAGE - WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF PARKING THE JEEP ROLLED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND DOWN THE DRIVEWAY IMPACTING A PARKED VEHICLE ON THE STREET. THE JEEP WAS FOUND TO BE IN PARK AFTER THE CRASH.*AK

CONSUMER PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK

JEEP JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE WHILE DRIVER WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA REQUIRING SURGERY AND REHABILITATION.*AK

CAR WAS IN PARK AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE. DEALER CHECKED OUT CAR AND TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, HITTING CONSUMER.*AK *JB

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE IT MOVES BACKWARDS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ONLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS WHILE IDLING IN PARK GEAR AND THEN CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT EXAMINE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK *JB

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND IDLING, IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND KNOCKED OWNER TO THE GROUND, ROLLING OVER THE BOTTOM PORTION OF HER LEFT CALF MUSCLE AND CAUSING SEVERAL BRUISES, VEHICLE ROLLED ACROSS A SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY, AND WAS STOPPED WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL, DEALERSHIP WAS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE, BUT HAS NOT INFORMED CONSUMER AS TO ANY FINDINGS, CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE OCCURED ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS, IN WHICH THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, SINCE THIS INCIDENT THE VEHICLEHAS BEEN LEAKING WHEN IT RAINS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, MOST LIKELY A RESULT OF THE IMPACT.*JG *NLM

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH CARS WERE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AIK

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AFTER IT HAD BEEN PUT INTO PARK GEAR, AND THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM IGNITION. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN NO INJURIES. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

OUR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE PINNED OUR 2 CHILDREN AGES 2 AND 4 BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER CAR AFTER BEING PLACED INTO PARK AND JUMPING INTO REVERSE. IT REQUIRED BOTH TO BE AIR EVAC'D TO MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER FOR EVAL AND TREATMENT. WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT HAD JUMPED INTO REVERSE, THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND STATED THEY COULDN'T RECREATE IT. NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THAT IT POPPED INTO REVERSE. I HOPE THIS PROBLEM WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF, WE WERE TOLD UNLESS SOMEONE DIES NOTHING CAN BE DONE, FORTUNATELY WE DID NOT SUFFER ANY FATALITIES. WE HAVE SINCE TURNED IN THE VEHICLE, IF NECESSARY I CAN TRY TO PROVIDE THE VIN NUMBER. *AK

MY CAR WAS IN PARK AND IDLING WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO GET SOMETHING OFF THE GROUND. WHEN I GOT OUT, THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND HIT A CAR PARKED BEHIND ME. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR, TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED INTO REVERSE. *AK

ON 11-12-01, I DROVE MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE UP TO MY WORKSHOP BEHIND THE HOUSE. I GOT OUT THE JEEP LEAVING THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, AND THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK ! AS I WALKED IN FRONT THE JEEP, IT SUDDENLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS. I RAN AROUND TO THE DRIVER SIDE, BUT IT WAS PICKING UP SPEED. IT MOVED BACKWARDS ABOUT 10 -15 YDS BEFORE I CAUGHT UP WITH IT AND JUMPED INSIDE THE DRIVERS SIDE TO APPLY THE BRAKE. HAD I NOT REACHED THE BRAKE, IT WOULD HAVE SLAMMED IN MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I REPORTED A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN AUGUST 2000. AT THAT TIME IT DID BREAK THE TAILLIGHT ON THE JEEP, DENTED THE TAILGATE STRUCTURE, AND SCRAPED THE PAINT WHEN IT KNOCKED DOWN MY PUMP HOUSE. BASICALLY, THIS IS A DANGEOUS SITUATION! AS I SAID,...