NHTSA complaint: 2010 PONTIAC VIBE — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2011-06-04
description: TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 PONTIAC VIBE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND ACCELERATING AROUND A CURB THE VEHICLE JERKED TO THE RIGHT VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE WHILE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED BUMPS, BRUISES, AND SCRATCHES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE WHERE THEY WERE RELEASED WITH NO MAJOR INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE VISIBLE SKID MARKS ON THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS SLIDING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A AN IMPOUND TOW LOT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED PRIOR TO THE CRASH WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL HE HAD EXPERIENCED THE STEERING WHEEL TURNING AND LOCKING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.
organizer: General Motors, LLC
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 860237

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