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2004 LEXUS ES330 — STEERING

crash · 1158933 · 2015-02-20

Vehicle

Make
LEXUS
Model
ES330
Year
2004
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
STEERING
Speed
65 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WAS DRIVING 2004ES 330 LEXUS ON INTERSTATE, TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT, CLOUDY DAY @1:20PM. HAD BEEN ON INTERSTATE FOR MAYBE 15-18 MINS OF DRIVING BEFORE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ALL OF A SUDDEN STEERING SEEM TO LOCK AND CAR JUST STARTED SPINNING UNCONTROLLABLE. HIT ONE BRICK OVERPASS THEN SPRUNG INTO THE OPPOSITE SIDE, HITTING ANOTHER BRICK WALL,CONTINUED TO SPIN UNTIL IT REST AGAINST THE BRICK WALL AGAIN. AFTER HELP CAME TO PULL ME OUT, CAR WAS SMOKING. WE COULD NOT GET IT INTO PARK TO PREVENT FROM CONTINUE TO ROLL BACKWARDS. WE JUST LEFT DOOR OPEN...REST AGAINST BRICK WALL TO PREVENT CAR FROM ROLLING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. HERO TRUCK DRUG IT TO A SAFE LOCATION OUT OF TRAFFIC. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10689504
Machine
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