Unintended rollaway isn’t a mistake, it’s a safety failure.

Some of the most devastating injury cases don’t happen on the highway. They happen in driveways, parking lots, garages, and curbside drop-offs when a vehicle that’s supposed to be secured in “park” moves anyway.

A rollaway can pin a person against a wall, pull a caregiver under a door, run over a child in a driveway, or crush a bystander between vehicles. The resulting harm is often catastrophic: traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputations, severe orthopedic trauma, internal organ injury, or wrongful death.

This is where product liability matters. Because when “park” doesn’t hold, the problem may not be the driver, it may be the design, the parts, the software, or the warnings.

Recall Radar: Recent rollaway-related recalls

These are examples of recent safety recalls involving rollaway risk, loss of park function, or shifting out of park issues that can lead to catastrophic injury or death:

• Ford – certain 2022–2026 F-150 Lightning, 2024–2026 Mustang Mach-E, and 2025–2026 Maverick vehicles recalled because the integrated park module may fail to lock into park when selected, creating a rollaway hazard (FMVSS 114 context noted in the recall documentation).
• Stellantis / FCA US – certain 2024–2025 Dodge Charger and Jeep Wagoneer S electric vehicles recalled because an incorrectly installed spring may cause loss of the park function when the selector is placed in park, increasing rollaway risk.
• Stellantis / FCA US (Dodge) – 2013–2016 Dodge Dart vehicles recalled for a condition where the shifter cable may detach, preventing the vehicle from shifting into park and causing loss of park function (including additional action for vehicles previously repaired under an earlier recall).
• Hyundai – certain 2025 Tucson and Santa Cruz vehicles recalled because a wiring assembly near the shift lever may interfere with the shift lock mechanism, allowing the vehicle to shift out of park without depressing the shift lock, increasing rollaway risk.
• Fisker – the Fisker Ocean was the subject of a federal safety inquiry tied to vehicles failing to shift into park; reporting describes a recall and software update addressing unintended movement concerns and NHTSA later closing the preliminary probe after updates.

(Your case does not need a recall to be valid. Many catastrophic events happen before a recall is announced or involve vehicles outside the recalled build range.)

What to do after a suspected rollaway event

If you can do so safely and without disrupting evidence:

• Preserve the vehicle and its “state.” Don’t allow repairs, towing-yard parts removal, or software updates until the vehicle is documented. Photograph the instrument cluster, gear indicator, warnings, and the area around the shifter. Save key fobs and keep copies of any app/telematics records.
• Secure the components that matter. The shifter assembly, shift cable, park mechanism, and control modules can be critical evidence. If the vehicle is in storage or at an insurer yard, the risk is that evidence gets altered or lost.

“Park” failures don’t leave room for second chances

Catastrophic injury changes the math of everything: medical care, mobility, work, independence, family life. When a rollaway takes a life, families are left with grief and questions that deserve real answers.

If a vehicle moved when it should have been secured, we can investigate whether a defect in the gear-selector system, park function, or related components contributed and pursue accountability from the manufacturers and suppliers responsible.