2000 SUBARU IMPREZA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2000 SUBARU IMPREZA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Start: 2001-02-14

crash · 278510 · 2001-03-07

Vehicle

Make: SUBARU
Model: IMPREZA
Year: 2000
Manufacturer: Subaru of America, Inc.
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Severity

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

Narrative

TRIED TO CHANGE OIL ON VEHICLE AT HOME, BUT WHEN TRIED TO PLACE ON TOP OF RAMP, CONSUMER TAPPED ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THEN ENGINE ACCELERATED SO FAST THAT CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE, DRIVING OVER THE RAMPS.*AK *SLC

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 882364
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown