| Description of the problem | On saturday, september 5, 2015, i arrived at a gas station with one additional passenger in my vehicle. When we fully stopped in the parking space, the jeep grand cherokee was placed in park. The screen display was still displaying the current satellite station. Upon exiting the vehicle, both my passenger and myself, the vehicle was left running, but i took the key fob with me. I then proceeded to walk around and behind the vehicle to the other side of the car. The gas station was having construction work, and in front of the vehicle were cones and the area was blocked off. Approximately 30 seconds later, while both my passenger and myself were inside of the gas station, a witness came running to the gas station window to alert the attendant, that a jeep grand cherokee has just taken off across the parking lot. At this point, i dropped what was in my hands, and ran to look. The jeep grand cherokee, 2014, had crashed itself. One would not think this is even a possibility. Please note, the keyfob was not in the vehicle, the vehicle was placed in park prior to exiting, and the doors were locked. If someone had tried to stop the car, they would have been unable to. It proceeded to travel, on its own, backwards over 200 feet and crashed into a split rail fence, and then luckily it crashed into the only tree, between the space in which it was properly parked, and an intersection for a 55 mph road. The police were then called to the scene, in order to document the incident, and to provide a police report for the damage. Now i am left with a jeep grand cherokee that could seriously inure a person, on its own, with its doors locked, and no key fob in the vehicle. It is also damaged, parts are broken, and it also has caused property damage. |