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2013 AUDI Q5 — STEERING

crash2 injured · 2063749 · 2025-02-07

Vehicle

Make
AUDI
Model
Q5
Year
2013
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component
STEERING
Speed
75 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
Yes

Narrative

When at highway speed, the vehicle veered hard to the left without any driver input, causing the car to cross several lanes of traffic and hit a concrete divider at ~65mph. The driver fractured her back, and one of three children in the car experienced injury. The vehicle was declared a total loss by insurance. The driver (my wife) indicated that a similar incident happened at low speed in a parking lot, but it resolved after shut down and restart of the engine. It is my understanding that the vehicle is currently either at or on the way to a Copart lot.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11641442
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown