Does your Grand roll away?

[Jimmyb]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced late Monday that it will open a preliminary investigation into 408,000 2014–2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs, after receiving several complaints about the vehicles rolling away after being shifted into park.

The Detroit News reports that NHTSA has received 14 complaints describing incidents where a Grand Cherokee has rolled away when the gearshift indicated Park. NHTSA’s Preliminary Evaluation paperwork indicates that five crashes and three injuries have been associated with the complaints. Rollaway incidents have occurred both with the engine running and turned off.

2014 and 2015 Grand Cherokees use a shift-by-wire gear selector that springs back to center no matter which gear is selected. According to The Detroit News, complaints filed to NHTSA indicate that the gear selector showed the vehicle was in Park in the incidents where an affected Jeep rolled away. In one incident, a child was injured while exiting a rolling Jeep; in another, a driver reported being knocked over by the Jeep’s open door, with the vehicle rolling over his pelvic area and causing serious injury.

Fiat-Chrysler has inspected certain vehicles involved in the complaints and found no problems. The automaker says it is cooperating with the preliminary NHTSA investigation. No recalls have been announced at this time.

[SeaComms]

Its not legal to exit the vehicle without applying the park brake down here, wonder if it gets reported down here if they will turn around and book the driver???

[Benn0]

Yeah, its actually not possible to turn off the motor if the car isn't in Park. So either they are getting out and leaving the motor running and the car isn't actually in Park (human error), or they are putting it in Park turning off the motor and then the trans is slipping out of Park somehow.

I did find that with the foot brake in these things you can easily engage the brake too loose so the brakes aren't doing anything. You have to give it a good shove to get it down far enough that it actually grabs.

[Clarky]

Sound's like another N23 episode to me.

[rustynuts]

I see a Grand rolling away every time I work on my XJ

[bleetnblurt]

some Mexican forgot to place the locking lever inside the gearbox ?

[muddy]

Maybe they installed the JK's hand brake in the things? Stock from the factory that thing barely seems to hold on the flat!