NHTSA complaint: 2009 TOYOTA YARIS — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WAS TRAVELING ON CONSTANTINE DRIVE ON MY WAY TO BEACH BLVD IN HUNTINGTON BEACH. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, I HAD GLANCED DOWN TO LOOK AT MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM I NOTICED THAT I WAS CLOSE TO A PARKED CAR AND PUT ON MY BRAKES. I ENDED UP STRIKING THE LEFT TAIL LIGHT OF A PARKED 2010 - BLUE - FORD ELEMENT. THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS MY RIGHT FRONT TAILLIGHT. MY CAR FLIPPED OVER IN ONE FELL SWOOP AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN. EYEWITNESSES TO THE CRASH BELIEVE THAT A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE CAR TO FLIP OVER. THE POLICE WHO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE SHORTLY THEREAFTER COULD NOT FIND A JUSTIFICATION FOR WHAT HAD OCCURRED AT THE LOW RATE OF SPEED THAT I WAS TRAVELING. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation