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1999 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE — PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL

crash1 injured · 233814 · 2000-08-30

Vehicle

Make
MITSUBISHI
Model
ECLIPSE
Year
1999
Manufacturer
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Component
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL

Severity

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

Narrative

CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC; PARKED IN AN "OUTPOUCHING" OF DRIVEWAY; IN PARK WITH PARKING BRAKE ON; CAR WAS NOT ON!!! I WAS IN PASSENGER SIDE REACHING UNDER SEAT; CAR DRIFTED ACROSS DRIVEWAY,CRASHED INTO WOODEN SHED, WAS STILL IN PARK WITH PARKING BRAKE ON AND NOT TURNED ON; MY RIGHT LEG WAS DRAGGED, FOR IT WAS OUT OF PASSENGER DOOR, RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR WAS DRAGGED AGAINST ROCK WALL AS WAS MY LEG; CAR IS TO HAVE SAFETY FEATURE THAT IT MUST BE TURNED ON, STEPON BRAKE PEDAL & DISENGAGE BUTTON ON GEAR SHIFT TO MOVE CAR...CAR WAS NOT ON AND I WAS IN PASSENGER SIDE

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
729594
Machine
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