1992 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

crash1 injured · 483085 · 2004-07-06

Vehicle

Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: JETTA
Year: 1992
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE. AFTER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT IT FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO A GUARD RAIL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10081407
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown