# 2008 SCION XB — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `761987` · 2010-02-12 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SCION
- **Model:** XB
- **Year:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- **Miles at failure:** 5,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
2008 SCION ACCELERATOR PROBLEM.  CAR WAS AT A  FULL  STOP PRIOR MY TURNING  INTO A  SMALL PARKING LOT, WHEN THE BRAKES RELEASED THE SCION SPED FORWARD. I WAS  UNABLE TO STOP.THE SCION. MY CAR WAS TOTALED  THE DRIVER SEAT  PUSHED FORWARD THROWING ME INTO THE STEERING WHEEL AND PINING ME THERE. ALTHOUGH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED I WAS INJURED WHEN I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.  MY NECK ALSO WAS AFFECTED FROM THE IMPACT. UNFORTUNATELY THE CAR HIT A PARKED CAR WHICH BROUGHT THE MY CAR TO A FULL STOP THROWING ME INTO THE STEERING WHEEL.  I WAS TAKEN  TO AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL WHERE I UNDERWENT 3 CTS AND WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR.  UPON DISCHARGE I WENT HOME WITH INSTRUCTIONS.  I HAVE SINCE HAD A PHYSICAL THERAPY HELP WITH MY NECK. *TR
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