# 2010 MAZDA MAZDA3 — STEERING
> NHTSA complaint `824648` · 2010-11-08 · Mazda Motor Corp.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** MAZDA
- **Model:** MAZDA3
- **Year:** 2010
- **Manufacturer:** Mazda Motor Corp.
- **Component:** STEERING
- **Miles at failure:** 49,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
ON 11/4, I WAS ON MY WAY TO MEET MY YOGA CLASSMATE FOR LUNCH AT 1917 BISTRO. THE RESTAURANT'S PARKING LOT WAS FULL. SO, I BACKED OUT AND CIRCLED THE BLOCK TO FIND ANOTHER PARKING SPACE. WHEN DRIVING ON LIVERNOIS I NOTICED A PARKING LOT THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO GO BACK AROUND. I PULLED INTO THE FIRST EMPTY PARKING LOT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS BETTER THAN TRYING TO PARALLEL PARKING IN THE ONE SPACE ON THE STREET. SO, I TURNED INTO A GRAVELED PARKING LOT. I MADE A LEFT THEN BEGAN TO PULL UP TO THE PARKING SPACE BUT THE CAR ACCELERATED AND SMASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP SO I SHIFTED THE CAR INTO REVERSE. THE CAR JERKED BACK WILDLY; IT WAS HARD TO HANDLE BUT I GOT THE CAR TO STOP. A MAN CAME OUT OF THE WIG SHOP. I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CAR EXAMINING THE DAMAGE - WHITE PAINT FROM THE BUILDING AND A SLIGHT PUCK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BUMPER. THE MAN LOOKED AT ME INCREDULOUSLY BECAUSE HE SAID THE IMPACT SHOOK THESHOP . HIS MOUTH WAS OPEN AND IT TOOK HIM A FEW MINUTES TO CLOSE IT. A WOMAN CAME OUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE FELT THE IMPACT IN THE SHOP NEXT TO THE MAN'S SHOP. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO MY ACCELERATION PROBLEM. I DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE A POLICE OFFICER (IT'S DETROIT). AFTER LUNCH, I DROVE BACK HOME AND SENT MAZDA AN EMAIL. I HEARD FROM MAZDA FRIDAY MORNING. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER IN TROY. I SPOKE TO AMIR ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND TOLD HIM THAT THE CAR WAS ON ITS WAY INTO THE DEALERSHIP (BY THE WAY, I EVEN HAVE MY OIL CHANGE AT THE D
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