The Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin -ARnews-

Sudden acceleration on Jeep Cherokee:Specifically 1990 model

Kevin T. Wehrle (kevjan626@aol.com)
Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:21:23 -0400 (EDT)

I am a police officer/accident reconstructionsist. I have recently experienced a tragedy in my family resulting in the death of my aunt. The incident involved a sudden acceleration of a 1990 Jeep Cherokee. I have come across information that there is a potential problem with the position of the accelerator and brake pedals in these vehicles. It seems that there is a high number of incidents involving Jeep Cherokees - 1996 and prior models. New models are equipped with a shift interlock device which prevents shifting unless brake pedal is depressed.
I am interested if anyone has experienced any similar incidents. Has anyone investigated crashes where the driver insists that he/she had his/her foot on the brake but the vehicle would not stop?
Kevin T. Wehrle
kevjan626@aol.com

NOTE: You are reading in an archived session of ARnews. It is possible that this topic is still being discussed. To see if this topic is still active, or of there were any more recent posts on this topic, check later archives of ARnews.

If there is no current post, and you would like to add to this topic, link to the Current ARnews Discussion and begin a new thread. Be sure that if you are starting a new post that the thread title does not contain the abbreviation RE: Placing RE: at the beginning of a new post will confuse Hypermail and prevent others from answering your post in the future.

For example, to continue this discussion look for a thread titled

Sudden acceleration on Jeep Cherokee:Specifically 1990 model

If this thread does not exist in the current archive, you can begin another one by using that title.