NHTSA complaint: 2024 MAZDA CX-90 PLUG-IN HYBRID — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
On [XXX], I was heading home from Brooklyn. It was a rainy day. The vehicle was functioning fine when all of a sudden the sign on the dashboard said "Iactive sense deactivated" which is something that always happens when it's raining. It had happened the Thursday prior to the accident when heading to the city and many other times. I had just crossed the George Washington Bridge, on [XXX] , going the speed limit or less, when the the iactive sense sign came up. About 1000 feet after I saw the sign and repeating it to my daughter the vehicle tried to get into the right lane, I was in the left lane of three lanes. I knew it was the iactive sense because i had felt it before many times. I braked and controlled the vehicle back into the left lane. said, "I can see the lane" The vehicle then sped on, moved right, then sped all the way right into the guardrail, all the while I tried to brake and turn left to avoid hitting the guardrail but the wheel was locked and the brake did not work. My right arm got hit by the air bag deploying. After hitting the guardrail we span all the way back into the left lane with the vehicle facing the opposite direction facing on coming traffic. I then hit the hazard lights a few times out of panic, then I had my daughter crawl to me (she was sitting behind me) in the front so we can get out because I thought there was smoke. Turns out it was the airbags' powder, according to the fire department. Another lady who was from the NYPD stopped to see wha
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation