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2005 CADILLAC CTS — SERVICE BRAKES

crash2 injured · 1200488 · 2015-07-21

Vehicle

Make
CADILLAC
Model
CTS
Year
2005
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
125,000
Speed
10 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I WAS DRIVING INTO A DRUGSTORE PARKING LOT AND AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE CAR SPED UP INSTEAD OF STOPPING, THE MORE I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE FASTER THE CAR WENT...IT APPEARS THAT THE SPEED WENT FROM ABOUT 10 MPH TO ABOUT 40 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, MY CAR SPED UP AND WENT ACROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION AND INTO ANOTHER DRUGSTORE PARKING LOT. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE PILLARS IN FROM OF THE SECOND DRUGSTORE, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE DEAD. THE CAR SIMPLY WOULD NOT STOP! IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED AFTER HITTING THE PILLARS AT THE SECOND DRUGSTORE. IT WAS GOD WHO BLESSED UP AND KEPT US HERE ON THIS EARTH..MY CAR WAS TOTALED. NOW I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE. THIS CAR WAS A RUNAWAY CAR AT THE TIME THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10735379
Machine
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