WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP BEHIND A BUS BUT THEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE BUS. AS I TRIED TO SWITCH LANES, MY CAR STALLED AND I WAS STUCK IN BETWEEN TWO LANES. I HAD TO SLOWLY DRIFT MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COULD HARDLY STEER IT. ONCE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TRIED TO RESTART BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. AFTER SITTING FOR FIVE MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A PROBLEM. THE FIRST DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT COULD HAVE STALLED BECAUSE IT WAS WET OUTSIDE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE. AT THE SECOND DEALERSHIP, I DIDN'T RECEIVE A MUCH BETTER EXPLANATION. THEY SAID THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN STATIC ELECTRICITY WHICH CAUSED IT TO TURN OFF. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN A WEEK SINCE THE INCIDENT. *TR
2013
AIR BAGS
AS MY WIFE WAS PULLING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AND BRAKING TO PARK THE CAR, THE ENGINE SPED UP AND ALL 4 WHEELS WERE SPINNING EXTREMELY FAST CAUSING HER TO THRUST FORWARD. SHE WAS NOT IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE MODE AT THE TIME. SHE STEPPED ON THE BRAKES HARDER TO SEE IF SHE COULD STOP THE VEHICLE BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO INCREASE SPEED AND LUNGED OUT OF CONTROL .THE ONLY WAY SHE THOUGHT SHE COULD STOP THE WHEELS FROM SPINNING WAS TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. EVEN THOUGH SHE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE WHEELS CONTINUED TO SPIN AND THE ONLY REASON THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING FORWARD WAS BECAUSE SHE HIT A TREE. THE WHEELS CONTINUED TO SPIN AFTER SHE HIT THE TREE AND THE CAR WAS STILL IN PARK AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THEM FROM SPINNING WAS WHEN SHE SHUT DOWN THE IGNITION. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE AND THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. THE CONSOLE LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING ON AND OFF AS THIS WAS HAPPENING. MY WIFE HAD CONCERNS WITH THIS BEFORE AS SHE WENT TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP THE VEHICLE AT OTHER TIMES SHE FELT THE ENGINE SPEED SURGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. *TR
