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1989 NISSAN PATHFINDER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 136183 · 1998-06-25

Vehicle

Make
NISSAN
Model
PATHFINDER
Year
1989
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Severity

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

Narrative

VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE ,WENT IMMEDIATELY INTO HIGH SPEED BACKWARDS, HIT TREE DRIVER. PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL ,JUMPED GEAR INTO DRIVE, BRAKES DID NOT HOLD ,HAD TO HIT ANOTHER TREE IN ORDER TO STOP.THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL, RESUTLING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
824676
Machine
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