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2014 BMW X1 SAV — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 1269603 · 2016-03-21

Vehicle

Make
BMW
Model
X1 SAV
Year
2014
Manufacturer
BMW of North America, LLC
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
19,050
Speed
5 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

I APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION ON A CITY STREET WHERE I WANTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON TO ANOTHER CITY STREET. SINCE THE LIGHT WAS RED I APPLIED MY BRAKES SLOWLY AND TRIED TO COAST TO A GENTLE STOP BEHIND OF A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. AS I SLOWED DOWN TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, MY BREAK PEDDLE LOST ALL PRESSURE AND THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL AND REAR ENDED THE TRUCK INFRONT OF ME. LUCKILY I HAD ALREADY SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY BEFORE THE BRAKES ON MY CAR COMPLETLY FAILED. AFTER I REAR ENDED THE TRUCK I PUT MY CAR INTO PARK, THEN INTO REVERSE TO BACK AWAY FROM THE TRUCK. AT THAT POINT MY BREAKS SEAM TO RETURN TO NORMAL FUNCTION. FORTUNATELY PRIOR TO COLLISION I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH THAT I LIGHTLY BUMPED THE TRUCK'S BUMPER AND DID NOT PUSH THE TRUCK INTO THE CAR THAT WAS INFRONT OF HIM. HIS TRUCK WAS UNDAMAGED BECAUSE I HIT HIS TOW HITCH,BUT MY LICENSE PLATE AND FRONT BUMPER WERE SLIGHTLY DENTED. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR MY BRAKE PEDDLE SEEMED VERY SENSITIVE, BUT I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE PEDDLE HAS SOFTENED UP. AFRAID TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR AFTER THE INCIDENT I HAD MY SON DRIVE ME HOME. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH HE FOUND THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE RECALL (NHTSA #14V627000 & #13V454000) FOR MY CAR (AS WELL AS HIS 2014 BMW 328I) THAT INCLUDES OUR MAKE, MODELS AND YEARS THAT IS CONSISTANT WITH EXACTLY WHAT HAD OCCURRED. BUT WHEN WE INPUT OUR VIN NUMBERS, OUR CARS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS. WE HAVE CHECKED THE BMW S

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10850894
Machine
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