NHTSA complaint: 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY WIFE WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF HER 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA LE AND WAS BACKING SLOWLY OUT OF A PARKING SPACE (HER FOOT WAS RESTING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL) WHEN SHE AND ANOTHER DRIVER BUMPED REAR BUMPERS (SPEED WAS ABOUT 2 MPH), MY WIFE SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE, THE ENGINE RACED THE CAR LEADED FORWARD UP AND OVER A CEMENT PARKING CURB AND INTO A PLATE GLASS WINDOW OF A HEALTH SPA (YMCA). IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT NO ONE IN THE SPA WAS SERIOUSLY HURT . THE CAR WAS TOTALED ,MY WIFE WAS DEVASTATED AND EMOTIONALLY A WRECK. THE CAR WAS INSPECTED FOR MECHANICAL DEFECTS BY A STATE INSPECTOR. NONE WERE FOUND. *NM
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation