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Originally Posted by psyang
It's not the shifter per se at fault. It's that they implemented the shifter without proper safety controls. Other manufacturers (I think BMW among them) implement a similar shifter design without the same problems.
The issue is that Jeep allowed the vehicle to remain in drive/reverse/neutral when the driver's side door was open, which led to accidents. I believe their recall fixes this to shift the car to park automatically when the door is opened.
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There is still danger if you think your car is parked but you remain inside and don't open the door. You can tell around 1:32 of that video where the software has a lag between positions. You hold it forward from drive and reach the top before the software catches up and it actually goes to P. Yes if you suddenly parked on a hill to answer your phone, you could probably hit the brakes if noticed quickly enough but it's still a bad design not to be able to instantly go into Park and not even have any tactile or audible feedback to let you know you did so.