In general the entire new cast does an amazing job replicating the roles we've known, but his was one of the few I'd say may have even been the better version.
Shouldn't have bypassed the inertial dampeners.
I am horrible.
Really, the guy just died and you're posting this joke.
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I really liked him too.
RIP Anton Yelchin.
The old Chekov must feel terrible outliving his newer, younger "replacement". Gut wrenching to pass the torch onto a successor only to see them die.
If it was indeed a Grand Cherokee, that stupid shifter may have claimed a victim...
RIP Remember first seeing him in 'Alpha Dog' where he was excellent.
Any idea on the year of his Jeep Grand Cherokee? There's a huge recall and issue going on with the 2014-15 models regarding the electronic shifter. Multiple people are having a hard time successfully shifting it into park and have been exiting there vehicles with the car in neutral or reverse and having the car roll forward or back unexpectedly. It's user error though, not a malfunction in the design.
Chrysler replaced the electronic shifter for the 2016 model year to a more traditional gate shifter in direct response to the problems and complaints people were having. Wondering if this was a cause in the accidental death of Yelchin?
The car that crushed actor Anton Yelchin to death was in need of a fix that led to the recall of over a million cars.
The 27-year-old actor was found dead early Sunday morning at his Studio City home, pinned by his car against a brick gatepost. LAPD officials told CBS News that the car that killed Yelchin was a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was subject to a Fiat Chrysler voluntary recall of 1.1 million cars over a shifter that led people to mistakenly believe their car was in park. TMZ reports that Yelchin's car never got the fix.
Yelchin's car was in neutral and still running when his body was discovered, and the coroner's office has officially ruled his death an accident.
In April, Fiat Chrysler's recall covered 2012-2014 Dodge Chargers, 2012-2014 Chrysler 300s and 2014-2015 Jeep Grand Cherokees. Jalopnik explains that the electronic shifter did not give the driver enough feedback, causing them to mistakenly believe the car was in park and leading to several roll-away incidents. At least 41 people have been injured in such cases.
Two things got him, imo. That silly shifter that is hard to find the gears with, and Hill Start Assist, which holds brake pressure on for a few seconds on hills. He didn't get it into park, and it didn't move right away because of the HSA system, which held the brakes on for a few seconds, then released them.
A crucial repair to Anton Yelchin's Jeep -- that ultimately might have saved his life -- was made available to the public just days before his death ... TMZ has learned.
As we've told you ... Anton's Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo was tagged for a recall in May. But we're told the manufacturer, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, did not have an actual repair for the e-shifter problem at that point.
Sources with direct knowledge of the recall process tell us Jeep dealerships just got the "fix" last week. We're told it required a software download which would install an "auto park" feature.
Our sources say the "auto park" will automatically shift the vehicle into PARK as soon as the driver's door opens.
There's no official determination yet on what happened to Anton, but as we've reported ... his Jeep was running, and in neutral, when police found his body pinned.
TMZ is basically ripping up fiat at this point
I've had my share of issues with my Jeep Renegade...the opposite of rolling down the hill though. I was stuck in the grocery store parking lot recently because the electronic brake (yes, it's a pushbutton ) wouldn't disengage for awhile. Among other things too...like, it went haywire once before that (the central computer that controls everything) & had to be towed in. Right now it likes to stall (and then catch) going in reverse. Lots of dumb weird electrical problems. I've had to go in for software updates three times already, which is kind of crazy for a car!