No injuries in the latest Jumpin' Jeep escapade - ConsumerAffairs
FCA US LLC -- a/k/a Chrysler -- fervently denies its older Jeep Grand Cherokees are prone to unpredictable bouts of sudden acceleration but car wash owners are unconvinced. There've been numerous incidents in which the jumpin' Jeeps were said to have gone crashing out of car washes, leading many car wash owners to ban the SUVs entirely or require special safety measures when they're on the premises. The rules there state that an employee must stay in the car when a Cherokee is being spiffed up. But that didn't do much good last Saturday when a 1999 Cherokee suddenly took off, darting onto busy Highway 101, crashing through a bus shelter,... On board was a terrified Juan DeLeon, 52, of San Rafael, the car wash worker who'd been assigned to babysit the Jeep and keep it out of trouble. Tried to stop DeLeon said he tried to apply the brakes but the Cherokee just kept on going. The CHP took the Jeep into custody for inspection. It's the latest in a series of incidents involving older Jeep Cherokees. Source: www.consumeraffairs.com
