SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH AND WAS ON INTERSTATE IN FAR RIGHT LANE TRYING TO EXIT, AND VEHICLE RAN UP ON GRASS, BRAKES COULDN'T STOP VEHICLE FROM HITTING THE POST. CONSUMER HIT FACE ON WINDSHIELD. STEERING WHEEL WAS BENT BACK AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. VEHICLE NEVER STOPPED ON TIME, IT WOULD GLIDE. VEHICLE HAD ABS BRAKES, AND NO WARNING EVER INDICATED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND CONSUMER DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE, IT WAS NEVER TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK