Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2007 Dodge Durango

The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Durango. The contact stated that while shifting into reverse, the vehicle erroneously accelerated to 40 mph and crashed into another vehicle. The contact sustained injuries to the back and was taken to the hospital. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 131,000. . . . Updated 03/07/14.

Had owned our 2007 Dodge Durango for over 2 months, and had been driving it with no problems on snow, slush, etc. On Dec 29th, 2009, I slowly pulled into my in-laws' driveway and was just about to come to a complete stop, when the car surged forward. I took my foot off the brake and hit brakes again, though it did slide into my father-in-law's car before I could stop. Considering the slush, I thought perhaps I was confused in the commotion and maybe it was just a skid. However, the exact same thing happened the next day, at an intersection I was approaching at less than 5 mph. Right at the moment the car "should" have stopped, it suddenly accelerated, and I had to again take my foot off the brake and then quickly press on it hard so that I would stop. Thankfully the car approaching from the left had not yet reached the intersection yet. My sister-in-law also felt the surge and asked me what it was. I told her that it was what had happened the day before, but I didn't understand what was happening. That was over 2 months ago and it hasn't happened since, and from what I understand, taking it into the dealer probably won't do any good because it is not a consistently occurring problem and they likely won't be able to tell me what happened. However, I am still concerned about it, especially considering the recent brake failures/sudden acceleration incidences I am hearing about. . . I had never heard of it happening to anyone else before.