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Search Results   Report Date : November 22, 2009 at 05:16 PM NHTSA Action Number : RQ03005 N/A NHTSA Action Number : RQ03005 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Make / Models :         Model/Build Years:          CHRYSLER / CIRRUS     1999      CHRYSLER / SEBRING CONVERTIBLE     1999      DODGE / STRATUS     1999      PLYMOUTH / BREEZE     1999 Manufacturer : CHRYSLER LLC Component : POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT Date Investigation Opened : April 8, 2003 Date Investigation Closed : July 16, 2003 Summary: THREE OF THE MANFACTURER COMPLAINTS AND TWO OF THE MANUFACTURER CRASHES REPORTED ABOVE WERE DUPLICATES OF ODI REPORTS. THE MAJORITY OF CRASHES OCCURRED AFTER OPERATORS PARKED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ENGAGING PARK GEAR POSITION; A NON-FUNCTIONAL IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK SYSTEM SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED TO PREVENT KEY REMOVAL BEFORE THE OPERATORS EXITED THE VEHICLE. MOST OF THE CRASHES WERE MINOR AND INVOLVED MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOUR OF THE INJURY INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHEN UNATTENDED CHILDREN MOVED THE GEARSHIFT FROM THE PARK POSITION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY, ONE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE OPERATOR WAS STRUCK BY A ROLL-AWAY VEHICLE AFTER PARKING AND EXITING. ALL INJURIES WERE RELATIVELY MINOR. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILURES APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO DISENGAGEMENT OF THE INTERLOCK PIN THAT RIDES IN THE INTERLOCK LEVER SLOT WITHIN THE SHIFT MECHANISM. AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WILL BE OPENED TO FURTHER STUDY INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILURES. Check to Request Research. Submit below.