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2020 NISSAN ARMADA — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash2 injured · 1771327 · 2021-10-02

Vehicle

Make
NISSAN
Model
ARMADA
Year
2020
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

My car had the recall work completed about a month ago, just for your information. Yesterday, while out with a friend ,I noticed, and made comments aloud about “ is my car in drive?”…”my car feels like it’s ‘pulling’ or something, almost like the emergency brake engaged …(but it was NOT) periodically I continued to mutter these same types of statements intermittently. I had decided, if the vehicle continued, I would call dealership for appt. It is still under complete warranty and just turned 16,000 miles. Later that afternoon, at about 5:30 pm My friend and I were driving out of a restaurant parking lot, preparing to pull onto a (somewhat) main rd, when suddenly, and without any warning the car UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED, totally,lunging us forward up a curb, up onto a berm/median, that divides north and southbound traffic, and OVER a Boulder/huge decorative rock, app. Three feet high, slammed us back down, both very frightened , I yelled “I can’t make it stop!!” I thought to turn off engine or put into neutral ,as we were then on the wrong side of the road ,facing oncoming traffic….My friend yelled for me to turn into another parking lot. At that juncture I was able to do so, successfully, then turned the car off. I’m still unsure if I was able to place the out-of-control car in neutral. Even with seatbelts on, we were being tossed up and down like rag dolls.friend immediately tearful due to sternum pain & hand pain. My hand was hurting, as was my

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11435183
Machine
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