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2011 HYUNDAI SONATA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 1058686 · 2014-04-21

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
SONATA
Year
2011
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Miles at failure
17,800
Speed
20 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

ON THURSDAY, FEB 6, 2014 APPROXIMATELY AT 2PM ON A BUSY STREET. I WAS APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT AND AS I WAS APPROACHING STOP LIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT ON BRAKES TO STOP. INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE CAR THE CAR SPED UP AND DIDN'T STOP UNTIL I SMASHED INTO HIM. CAR DID NOT STOP UNTIL COLLISION OCCURRED UPON IMPACT. I HAD NO BRAKES!!!!! I SMASHED HIS REAR BUMPER AND CRACKED HIS LICENSE PLATE WINDOW. ON SATURDAY, FEB 8TH 2014 I TOOK CAR INTO HYUNDAI DEALER THEY INSISTED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. I WAS ASKED IF BY HYUNDAI DEALER IF STREET WAS ICY AND THE STREETS WERE COMPLETELY DRY. I CALLED INSURANCE REPORTED INCIDENT, AND WITH THIS COLLISION THERE WAS 1300.00 DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO INJURY THIS TIME. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10584079
Machine
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