I WAS TRAVELING SE ON ENTRANCE ROAD. A CAR WAS STOPPED ON MY LEFT ON JEAN CHAPEL ROAD. THE DRIVER UNEXPECTEDLY PULLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME CREATING AN UNAVOIDABLE CRASH SITUATION. I PUMPED MY BRAKES HEAVILY AND ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE TO MISS THE VEHICLE BUT DO TO WET ROAD CONDITIONS AND MY SPEED (5MPH UNDER THE LIMIT), I COULD NOT AVOID SLAMMING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF HER VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER IN THE OTHER CAR RECEIVED AMBULANCE RECOVERY. THE DRIVER WAS OBVIOUSLY STUNNED AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND I SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED DIRECT STEERING WHEEL AND WINDSHIELD CONTACT. FIRST FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES, PASSENGER WARNING AIRBAG MALFUNCTION. *KB
2009
ENGINE
1ST TIME-I WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER AND WHEN I HIT THE GAS PEDAL FOR ACCELERATION NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN,THE RPM WOULD RAISE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. 2ND TIME- SAME AS ABOVE BUT STALLED AFTER SPUTTERING 3RD TIME-SITTING AT A LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I COULDN'T MOVE(PUSHED GAS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESULTS) 4TH TIME-DRIVING AND IT STARTED TO SPUTTER AGGRESSIVELY AND UN ABLE TO GET POWER AND THEN STALLED. 5TH TIME- PULLED OUT OF PARKING SPOT AND COULDN'T GET ANY GAS COULD ONLY COAST,IN A HALF MILE DISTANCE IT STALLED 3 TIME WHEN I FINALLY PARKED IT AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. **EACH TIME THE CAR ACTED UP I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND EACH TIME THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THEY COULDN'T GET AN ERROR CODE. 5 TIMES BEING IN THE DEALERSHIP, THE 3RD TIME THEY SAID THEY RECEIVED A LOW IDLE CODE AND DID A DECARBON COSTING ME $53, PUT THAT DIDN'T HELP. THE 4TH TIME IT WAS AT THE DEALERS I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE A LONG DISTANCE AND OPEN UP THE ENGINE (ARE YOU KIDDING ME) THERE IS DEFIANTLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS CAR! THIS COULD BE VERY DEADLY IF IT HAPPENS IN THE WRONG PLACE. *TR