2015 SUBARU FORESTER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2015 SUBARU FORESTER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Start: 2017-01-04

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Vehicle

Make: SUBARU
Model: FORESTER
Year: 2015
Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Miles at failure: 160,000
Speed: 1 mph

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 1
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: Yes
Medical attention: Yes
Vehicle towed: Yes

Narrative

AFTER SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION TO THE REVERSE POSITION, BACKING IN TO A PARKING SPACE, LIGHTLY STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLE LOCKED AT A FAST SPEED, HITTING THE COLUMN AND WINDOWS OF THE RESTAURANT.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10939773
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown