2001 NISSAN SENTRA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2001 NISSAN SENTRA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Start: 2003-10-16

crash · 436058 · 2003-10-20

Vehicle

Make: NISSAN
Model: SENTRA
Year: 2001
Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Miles at failure: 32,000
Speed: 45 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH. BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO REDUCE SPEED, BUT FAILED TO DO SO. VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE HIGHWAY'S MEDIUM. THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10044293
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown