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2002 HYUNDAI SANTA FE — SERVICE BRAKES

crash · 1773715 · 2021-10-15

Vehicle

Make
HYUNDAI
Model
SANTA FE
Year
2002
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
SERVICE BRAKES
Speed
6 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

While dragging the trash can back to the house, I was approaching fence in front of the house, at a slow speed, as I applied the brakes the car started to accelerate. Pressing down harder on the brakes ,it felt like stepping on a brick, with no braking taking place the car accelerated at a high rate. At this time the car crashed into the left side of the garage and continued into the cement porch taking out the fence, fill tube, and vent tube of the oil tank. At this time I push gear shift into N and turned off the engine. At this time there is damage done to house and car is now totaled with no injuries. Hate to think what would have happened if this happened at the major 4 lane intersection 1 mile from my home.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11436961
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown