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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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About "Park
to Reverse" Defects and Faulty Transmissions |
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| The "park to
reverse" defect is found in vehicles in
which it is possible for drivers to place the
automatic transmission shift selector into a
position between park and reverse during normal
vehicle operations. This shift position is also
referred to as "false park". |
| The false park shift
selector position is dangerous and defective
because drivers placing a vehicle into false
park mode commonly and reasonably believe the
vehicle to be fully in park and may exit the
vehicle with the engine running (e.g.,
to load the car, get the mail, etc.) |
| When a vehicle is
in false park, the transmission is neither
in park nor in hydraulic reverse, but instead
it is in an unstable position between the two
gears. Slight movements can cause the vehicle
to self-shift into hydraulic reverse, which,
when the vehicle is running, will cause the
vehicle to move backwards unexpectedly under
power, potentially causing property damage,
injuries or death. |
| While we are interested
in learning of park to reverse and transmission
issues in vehicles of any make, model or year,
we have profiled specific recalls and investigations
involving the following vehicles: |
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| Dec. 29, 2006, "Judge
OKs $14.5M Settlement in Class Action Over Bad Jeep Brakes." Learn
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| The above list is a list
of vehicles that have been recalled and/or investigated
for alleged park to reverse problems and is not
meant to imply these are the only vehicles which
may have this problem. |
| Persons who have been
injured in accidents involving faulty transmissions,
or family members of loved ones who have died,
should click
here to contact a lawyer at the national law
firm of Lieff Cabraser. |
| In October 2005, DaimlerChrysler
announced a voluntary recall of about 300,000 vehicles
with a potential defect that could prevent the
driver from placing the tranmission in "park." |
| The recall involves
some 2005 model year Jeep Liberty, Jeep Wrangler,
Chrysler 300 and Dodge Magnum, Dodge Dakota/Mitsubishi
Raider pickups and Dodge Durango vehicles equipped
with six-cylinder engines and automatic transmissions. |
| A Chrysler spokeman
said that a plug inside the transmission may
be missing or improperly installed, potentially
preventing the driver from placing the shifter
in the "park" position. |
| Chrysler also said
it was voluntarily recalling about 283,000
Dodge Ram pickups from the 2003-2005 model
years equipped with diesel engines and automatic
transmissions to correct possible inadvartent
movement of the vehicles. |
| These recalls are
similar to a 2002 recall by The Chrysler Group
of 1.6 million Jeep Grand Cherokee sport-utility
vehicles produced from 1993 through 1998. Prior
to announcing the recall, it was alleged in
lawsuits, including a suit filed by Lieff Cabraser,
that the Jeep Grand Cherokee was defectively
designed because the vehicle could shift suddenly
from park into reverse, even when the engine
was not running. |
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| The issue of Park-to-Reverse
is one that is described in many different ways
both in lawsuits and in how people commonly refer
to the issue. Such terms and phrases include: park
to reverse, unintentional rearward movement, unintended
rearward movement, unintentional reverse, unintended
reverse, unintentional acceleration, unintended
acceleration, powered reverse, slipped gear, inadvertant
movement, jumped into reverse, kicked into reverse,
slipped into reverse, change gear, changed gear,
back over, backed over, roll backwards, lurched
backwards, roll back, rolled back, accidental shift,
shift alone, shift suddently, switch gears, went
into reverse. |
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as one of the top 20 plaintiffs’ law firms in America. |
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