When “Star Trek’’ actor Anton Yel-chin was killed by his own Jeep Grand Cherokee in the driveway of his home June 19, he died without a will and left a nearly $1.4 million estate.

The Associated Press reports that the actor’s parents, Viktor and Irina Yelchin, have filed to become administrators of their son’s estate in Los Angeles Superior Court. They also filed a wrongful death and product liability lawsuit against the makers of Jeep Grand Cherokees, claiming the company manufactured unsafe gear shifters that led to their son’s death.

The 27-year-old actor died after his 2015 Cherokee rolled backward down his driveway and pinned him between a mailbox and security fence. At the time, the vehicle was subject to a recall because of concerns about the gearshift and reports of vehicles rolling away unexpectedly.

The Yelchins’ attroney, Gary A. Dordick, said that Anton Yelchin was sent an initial safety recall notice in May, and another notice was sent to the actor seven days after he died, notifying him that the company had a fix for the gear shifter problem, according to the AP.

‘‘The safety recall was way too little and way too late,’’ Dordick said.

Not long before his death, Yelchin had worked on a movie that was filmed in Massachusetts. He had a key role in “Thoroughbred,’’ which stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke, and is slated to be released next year. Filming took place in Cohasset, Tewksbury, Scituate, Westwood, and Wellesley earlier this year.