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2010 TOYOTA PRIUS — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 1163639 · 2015-03-08

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
PRIUS
Year
2010
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
100,444
Speed
30 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS EXISTING THE I5 RAM, WHEN I BUMPED THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SPEEDED UP MORE, I CONTINUE TO PUMP THE BRAKE, THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED DRIFTING, THEN I TRIED CORRECTING, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK, THE VEHICLE KEPT ON DRIVING, FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS COME TO STOP BY THE WALL OF THE I5, IT THEN BOUNCED VEHICLE BACKWARDS AND FINALLY THE VEHICLE COME TO STOP AFTER THE SHIFT BROKE, CAUSEING A TOTALLY CRASH, MEANING, NO MATTER HOW HARED I STEP ON THE BRAKE, IT DIDN'T STOP, IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO BRAKE SYSTEM. I ONLY BOUGHT THE CAR FOR 6 DAYS EARLIER, AND IT WAS MY THIRD TIME DRIVING IT. I HAVE BEEN A DRIVE FOR 7 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY INCIDENT. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10692863
Machine
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