SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
Miles at failure
5,900
Speed
35 mph
Severity
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No
Narrative
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ON A DRY SINGLE LANE PAVED ROAD, I UNAVOIDABLY RAN MY INFINITI QX4 SUV OVER A TREE BRANCH IN THE ROAD. THE TREE BRANCH BRIEFLY BECAME ENTANGLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THEN WAS EXPELLED. ONCE THE TREE BRANCH WAS RELEASED, MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY INIFINITI DEALER WHO PUT THE VEHICLE ON A LIFT. EXAMINATION SHOWED NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE WIRING ASSEMBLY TO THE FRONT WHEEL SENSOR HAD ITS WIRE AND ELECTRICAL PIN PULLED FROM THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR TO THE FRONT WHEEL SENSOR. ABS FOR THE VEHICLE WAS DISABLED. *LA