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2017 INFINITI QX30 — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash1 injured · 1519933 · 2018-11-30

Vehicle

Make
INFINITI
Model
QX30
Year
2017
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Miles at failure
28,000

Severity

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

Narrative

WAS DRIVING CAR AND WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO FREEZE OVER WITH FROST. CAME TO COMPLETE STOP IN RESIDENTIAL STREET, AND THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. I THEN PRESSED PARK BUTTON AND OPENED CAR DOOR TO GET OUT TO SCRAPE WINDSHIELD MORE. CAR DID NOT GO INTO PARK AND BEGAN TO ROLL, PULLING ME OUT AND TO THE GROUND AND AND MY LEFT LOWER LEG WAS RAN OVER BY LEFT REAR TIRE. CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL AND WENT OFF ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR VEHICLE, MANUAL STATES THAT "PARK POSITION P IS AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGED IF: *YOU SWITCH OFF THE ENGINE USING THE KEY AND REMOVE THE KEY OR *YOU OPEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR DRIVING AT A VERY LOW SPEED AND THE TRANSMISSION IS IN POSITION D (DRIVE) OR R (REVERSE). FROM THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE WENT INTO PARK AND NOT ROLLED.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11155222
Machine
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