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2017 TOYOTA COROLLA — SERVICE BRAKES

crash1 injured · 1455294 · 2018-03-17

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
COROLLA
Year
2017
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Miles at failure
3,000

Severity

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

Narrative

ON OCTOBER 22, 2017, WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP BEHIND 3 OTHER VEHICLES. THE FIRST VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKES, BECAUSE I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A TRUCK. THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD TOWARDS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, AND I MASHED MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO STOP IT, BUT IT WOULD NOT STOP. MY CAR KEPT ACCELERATING FORWARD, WHILE I WAS FRANTICALLY KEPT MASHING MY BRAKES TO THE FLOOR. THE TOYOTA COROLLA NEVER STOPPED UNTIL I PULLED UP THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR, THAT I PURCHASED ONLY SINCE JUNE OF 2017. I WAS TERRIFIED WHILE MY KEPT GOING, AND WAS INJURED FROM THE CAR HITTING ME FROM BEHIND.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11079967
Machine
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