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2018 SUBARU CROSSTREK — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 1852079 · 2022-11-05

Vehicle

Make
SUBARU
Model
CROSSTREK
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Subaru of America, Inc.
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Speed
5 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

While I was doing parallel parking, the car on its own went into involuntary, sudden, uncontrolled acceleration & hit a tree & bushes resulting into considerable body damage. Then I called Subaru national customer relations representative & I was told to go to the local Subaru dealer where I had purchased the car about four and a half years ago. The mechanic there told me that he had never heard such incident & he said that since there is no engine light on, there is nothing to scan. And he thought the car was okay. So, I am driving it very cautiously. But, I am concerned. We thought the newer such cars are safer with the high-tech computers on board but I countered this safety problem that I had never come across before.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11492416
Machine
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