EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING; 1ST ACCELERATING TO ABOUT 20 MPH, RESTARTED VEHICLE, DROVE ABOUT 4 MILES TO MY HOME DOING APPROX. 35 MILES MPH, VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AGAIN. HAVE APPT WITH WILKENS-BUICK, GLEN BURNIE, MD ON 8/28/2013; HOPE I MAKE IT WITHOUT SOMEONE CRASHING INTO ME BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN. JUST HAD 20000 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORK DONE. V6-2994 3.0L DOHC. *TR
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THE DATA I ENTERED FOR "FAILURE MILEAGE" AND "SPEED AT TIME OF INCIDENT" SHOULD NOT BE USED AS CONCRETE DATA BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART FROM ROLLING UP VERY SLOW DRIVING WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE (WITHOUT GIVING GAS). I AM 47, AND DRIVING SINCE 18. I AM A MECHANIC, WORKED TELEPHONE, DATA, PRESENTLY A NURSE. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY CARS. I HAVE OWNED, OR CO-OWNED A LEAST 15 CARS. I AM ALWAYS ON THE ROAD IN ALL CONDITIONS. ALL MY PAST PROFESSIONS REQUIRED PLENTY DRIVING. I HAVE DRIVEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE FOR LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT BLIND SPOT TO THE FRONT RIGHT- WHERE THE FRONT MIRROR JOIN THE FRONT RIGHT DOOR STRUCTURE. TO TURN RIGHT FROM A STOP SIGN, OR A STOP LIGHT, IS DANGEROUS. THE VERTICAL SHAFT (RIGHT SIDE EDGE OF THE WIND-SHIELD VIEWED FROM DRIVERS SEAT) COUPLED WITH THE LARGE MIRROR MAKE FOR A SIGNIFICANT BLIND SPOT. I HAVE HAD TWO OCCASIONS OF NEAR MISSES (I MAKING A RIGHT TURN FROM STANDING / PEDESTRIAN ON SIDEWALK TO MY RIGHT ATTEMPTING TO CROSS STREET / PEDESTRIAN CROSSING DRIVERS RIGHT TO LEFT). FINALLY IT HAPPENED; SHE WAS 71 YRS OLD. I HAVE TESTED MY THEORY OVER AND OVER. I AM CHANGING THE CAR. IT BLOCKS TOO MUCH MASS. I CAN BLOCK-OUT THE ENTIRE FRONT TIRE OF A CITY BUS IF IT IS TO MY RIGHT AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN; THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. AS THE DRIVER SCANS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BEFORE A RIGHT TURN, AND AS THE PEDESTRIAN MOVES TO CROSS, THE PEDESTRIAN CAN DISAPPEAR OUT OF VIEW- NOW THAT IS DANGEROUS (MEANWHILE THE PEDESTRIAN IS THINKING THAT THE DRIVER SEES HIM/HER AND EXPECTS THE DRIVER TO EVENTUALLY STOP). BUT, AT THE SAME TIME DRIVER NEVER SEES PEDESTRIAN DUE TO THAT FRONT BLIND SPOT. NOW,AS DRIVER LIFTS OFF BRAKES AND ROLLS FORWARD, THE DANGER COMES AS BOTH DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN ARCH TO PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OTHER. THE BLIND SPOT TRAVELS WITH DRIVER. *TR