1999 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1999 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
Start: 1999-07-03

crash · 184169 · 1999-11-17

Vehicle

Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: BEETLE
Year: 1999
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE TRAVELING 50MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, WENT TO APPLY BRAKES TO RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL & FAILED TO RELEASE OR TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE. INSTEAD, VEHICLE STARTED TO INCREASE IN SPEED & HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER. ALSO HAD HIT OR CLIPPED 2 OTHER VHEICLES. THEN THE VEHICLE SLID SIDEWAYS & CAME TO A STOP. NO INJURIES. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 853074
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown