NHTSA complaint: 2006 FORD MUSTANG GT — EQUIPMENT
THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES A MONTH, 90% OF THE TIME BY MY WIFE. ON MAY 24, 2007 MY WIFE DROVE IT TO WORK AS USUAL. WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT WORK THE PARKING SPACE SHE USUALLY PARKS IN WAS OCCUPIED. SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO CIRCLE A SMALL ISLAND TO RETURN TO THE ENTRANCE DRIVE WHERE THE PARKING SPACES ARE. ONCE ONE WAS LOCATED SHE HAD TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO ACCESS IT. WHILE PULLING INTO THE PARKING SPACE AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE CAR STOP, ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THE PARKING SPACE, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. SHE HIT A TREE ABOUT 10 - 12 FEET AWAY FROM THE PARKING SPACE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED IT FROM AWAITING BODY & PAINT REPAIR. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation