NHTSA complaint: 2019 BMW I3 — SERVICE BRAKES
We were sitting at a traffic light for a few minutes behind another vehicle. Suddenly, our car accelerated very quickly. My foot was on the brake when the car accelerated. I felt the brake pedal depress further as it accelerated. I initially thought a car had hit us from behind and propelled us forward, but there was no car behind us. We were moving as though we had just started a drag race - full acceleration - and the brakes did not respond. We crashed into the car in front of us at full acceleration despite me pumping the brakes at least twice. It was surreal. We drive a 2019 BMW i3. Itâs an electric vehicle and I wondered if there was som electrical failure. The car stopped only because of the car we ran into.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation