AS MY WIFE PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE, FOOT LIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE, OUR 2011 BMW 328I ALL WHEEL DRIVE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. SHE JAMMED ON THE BRAKE BUT THE SIX CYLINDER ENGINE VASTLY OVERPOWERED HER EFFORTS TO STOP. 40 OR 50 FEET LATER SHE CRASHED INTO A POST TOTALING THE CAR! SHE AND HER PASSENGER, BOTH RECENTLY RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHERS, BOTH RECALL THE EVENT THE SAME WAY. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THANK GOD AND BOTH WENT THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE WITH HOPEFULLY MINOR INJURIES. THIS WAS OUR SECOND THREE SERIES AND WE LOVED THAT CAR! THE EVENT UNFOLDED JUST AS ANYONE APPROACHING A HORIZONTAL BLOCKING WOULD EXPECT. SHE TURNED LEFT INTO THE SPACE WITH FOOT LIGHTLY ON BRAKE, ABOUT TO TOUCH THE BLOCK WHEN THE CAR ROARED TO LIFE. FOR US THEIR IS NO QUESTION THAT THAT CAR HAS A VERY WELL HIDDEN AND HOPEFULLY RARE DEFECT. OUR CARRIER SAYS BMW HAS A BOX THAT RECORDS THE LAST SECONDS OF DRIVING SOMEHOW. WE WANTED THAT INFO TO CLEARLY ESTABLISH THAT HER FOOT WAS SOLIDLY ON THE BRAKE. WE WERE FURTHER TOLD THAT BMW WILL NOT INQUIRE NOR PERMIT OTHERS TO HAVE THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO GET DATA FROM THE BOX.