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2021 TOYOTA 4RUNNER — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

crash1 injured · 1870845 · 2023-02-04

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
4RUNNER
Year
2021
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

was going to work on rt 80 east had cruise control on and was getting off exit 45 in new jersey to get bus into manhattan at approx 430 amwhile getting off highway stepped on brakes pedal went to floor tried pumping nothing happened nor did criuise control disengage or collision warning come on a total collapse of system had this car for approx 1 month purchased used at paramus mercedes benz took this vehicle to my mechanic for a full inpection everything was good vehicle had approx 22000 miles on it at purchase lost all control and crashed going off roadway and sliding down bridge abuttment car is a total loss rushed to hospital car was hauled off abutment by wrecker company police fire and ambulance showed up had to break sunroof to get me out no one could belive i survived this happened yesterday feb 3 2023 called toyota corporate and they issued me a claim number as well as my insurance comp looking on line this problem seemed to happen to quite a few people can you please address this issue before more people get injured or worse its only by the grace of god that i am writing this to you this vehicle is now in storage at powder mill collision thankyou

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11505501
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown