IT STARTED WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT IN MY OFFICE BUILDING. WITH NO WARNING, THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE AT AROUND 7-8 RPM MAKING A ROARING NOISE HEARD BY MANY WITNESSES. THIS RESULTED IN LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR WHICH THEN WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE LOT INTO A STEEP DECLINE WHERE I HIT A TREE. IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT TREE THERE WAS ANOTHER 60-70 FT DROP INTO A CANYON THAT I INEVITABLY WOULD HAVE FALLEN INTO. YOU MIGHT SAY, "OH I MIGHT'VE PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATION INSTEAD OF THE BRAKES", BUT THERE WERE SKID MARKS LEFT ON THE GROUND THAT WOULD INDICATE I WAS ALREADY PRESSING THE BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP, WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. IN ADDITION, I WOULDN'T HAVE PRESSED THE BRAKES THAT HARD, SO EVEN IF I DID ACCIDENTALLY PRESS THE ACCELERATION, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY THE CAR WOULD HIT 7-8 RPM WITHOUT VIRTUALLY FLOORING IT. THESE ARE HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS THAT I AM POSING TO SHOW THAT IT WAS NOT ACCIDENTAL ON MY PART, BUT A DEFECT WITHIN THE CAR. THIS CAR POSED A LIFE THREATENING INJURY THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR FUTURE CAR OWNERS TO KNOW AND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE THIS TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO OWNS THIS MODEL CAR AND REPORT TO EVERY VEHICLE INSTITUTION YOU GUYS KNOW OF. THANK YOU. *TR