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2019 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

crash · 1769068 · 2021-09-19

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
HIGHLANDER
Year
2019
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

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

Narrative

I was involved in an accident that I believe was caused by sudden unintended acceleration (sua). In a very busy commercial parking lot, I was pulling into a parking space proceeding at a very slow speed, when there was a sudden surge in acceleration accompanied by a grinding/acceleration sound. I hit the brake to no effect, and the vehicle jumped the curb and hit a building shop and entered the shop. The air bags did not deploy, and I was shaken up but not injured. Thankfully, there was no one at the front desk area of the business. The car was not drivable and was towed to a body shop.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11433498
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown