NHTSA complaint: 2012 DODGE AVENGER — STRUCTURE:BODY
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2014-07-03
description: I NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THIS DATE GOING DOWN THE HWY AND THE CAR ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. I WAS AT A DEAD STOP AND GO ON THE HWY RUSH OUR I LET OFF THE BRAKE TO EASE ON UP AND MY CAR WENT UNDER INTO A TRUCK DOING OVER $7800.00 IN DAMAGES NO AIRBAGS NONE DEPLOYED I JUST GOT MY CAR FROM THE SHOP ON 8/30. I GOT IN THE CAR STARTED IT AND BACKED UP PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT JOLTED INTO DRIVE NO FOOT ON THE GAS PEDDLE I HAD TO HIT MY BRAKES AGAIN THEN I PROCEEDED HOME. STILL NOTICED THIS A COUPLE MORE TIMES. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT I WAS TAKEN STRAIGHT OUT BY EMS WITH A NECKBRACE. I'VE SIT HERE CONFUSED FOR 2 MONTHS KNOWING HOW DID THIS HAPPEN KNOWING IT WAS A BRAKE EASE OFF AND BRAKE AGAIN TRAFFIC AND THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE CAR. MY 14 YR OLD DAUGHTER HAD TO CONVINCE MY MOM I WAS NOT SPEEDING BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. I WILL CALL THE SHOP AGAIN ON MON AM BUT ALSO DODGE OR CHRYSLER RE: THIS. I HAD TO PAY OUT OVER $4K IN CAR RENTAL (NO I DIDN'T KNOW I DID NOT HAVE THAT COVERAGE.) I'M NOW PISSED OFF AND CONFUSED AT DID THIS CAUSE THE COLLISION? I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR A YEAR AND UNTIL THAT POINT HAD NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT MY FAULT IN M LIFE I DID HAVE ONE THIS LAST WEEK IN A RENTAL IT WAS MY FAULT I OWN UP TO THAT BUT NOT THE FIRST IN THE AVENGER AFTER STARTING IT AGAIN YESTERDAY AT PICKUP AND THIS IMMEDIATELY HAPPENING AND I MEAN IMMEDIATELY HAPPENING AGAIN HAD THE SHOP NOT ALREADY BEING CLOSED FOR THE WEEKEND AND MY RIDE LEFT I W
organizer: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 1104196

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