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2024 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash · 2001138 · 2024-06-20

Vehicle

Make
MITSUBISHI
Model
OUTLANDER
Year
2024
Manufacturer
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Speed
5 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

The shifter assembly was replaced by the manufacturer and I do not know if the item is available for inspection as the dealership handled the replacement. Mine and my daughters safety was put in danger on April 10, 2024 when I was turning into a parking space at my doctors office and went to put the car into park the car accelerated on its on over an embankment and into a busy 5 lane highway. When trying to stop the brakes failed several times and the only thing I could do to stop it was push the on off button to kill power to the engine. Upon stopping we looked at the car and saw quite a bit of damage to the car after going over the embankment and through several bushes and small trees. The problem has been confirmed by the dealer and manufacturer. The vehicle has been inspected by the dealership at which I bought the vehicle and by my insurance company. The week before the incident when trying to change shifts out of park into drive the car failed to shift and I had to turn the car off using the off on button to stop the power to the car and turn back on to get the car to shift out of park.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11595529
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown