NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN UNKNOWN — ENGINE
*CYBERBAHN NOTE: NOT A VALID YEHICLE? REQUESTING SKIDOO.* ON DECEMBER 31, 2017; OUR 2018 SKIDOO FREERIDE WAS DRIVEN OUT OF OUR HEATED SHOP AND PARKED OUTSIDE. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE OPERATOR, STANDING NEXT TO THE SNOWMOBILE, PUSHED THE SHOT STARTER BUTTON TO START THE ENGINE. WE BELIEVE THE THROTTLE HAD NOT BEEN EXERCISED SINCE IT WAS SHUT OFF AND REMAINED IN THE CLOSED POSITION (IDLE POSITION). THE SNOWMOBILE IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED TO FULL THROTTLE, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 95', HIT A PARKED KENWORTH, BECAME AIRBORNE AND SLAMMED INTO OUR BARN. THE ENGINE REMAINED AT FULL THROTTLE IN CONTACT WITH THE BARN WITH THE TRACK SPINNING UNTIL THE TETHER CORD WAS PULLED. THE THROTTLE LEVER WAS STILL IN THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN THE TETHER CORD KILLED THE ENGINE. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE SNOWMOBILE HAS APPROXIMATELY 340 MILES ON IT. ## VIN PASSED ## 2018 SKIDOO FREERIDE 850 ETEC BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS, INC. ##
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation