Jeep Grand Cherokee owners are hitting Fiat Chrysler with a lawsuit over the design defect that killed “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin.
Consumer rights law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLC filed the suit Thursday, claiming FCA “fraudulently concealed and failed to remedy a gear shifter design defect affecting 811,000 vehicles and linked to driverless rollaway incidents,” the firm said in a press release.
Those vehicles include 2014-2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2012-2014 Chrysler 300 and 2012-2014 Dodge Charger, according to the release.
The suit will seek class action status for the car owners.
More than 100 crashes have been reported due to a gear selector problem that caused driver confusion about whether the car was in park. More than two dozen injuries have been caused by these rollaways, according to federal reports.
The death of Yelchin, 27, brought the gear shift issue to national attention when he was crushed by his Jeep outside his Los Angeles home on June 19.