if you DID actually leave the car in N or R and opened the door or shut off the engine an electronic parking brake automatically engages. This is what Jeep failed to provide.
For everyone, you really need to keep an old habit: when you stop your car to get out, you put on the parking brake (wrongly called an "emergency brake"
. Always. As a habit that becomes automatic. Many many people have been killed and injured and property has been damaged in rolling incidents involving cars besides this badly designed Jeep.
Save lives. Just like driving with your lights always on, or looking over your shoulder before changing lanes even if you have sensors, make this a habit.
That is the purpose of that brake. It's amazing how many people simply never use it because they think it is for "emergencies." It exists to prevent rolling.
Every time the car is turned off, engage the parking brake. Teach your kids this. Never roll into anyone or anything.
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