DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION. THE VEHICLE STALLED SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS OIL ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ENGINE HAD FAILED DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. UPDATED 10/25/2006 - *NM
2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BRAKING FROM UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS APPLYING EXTREME FORCE TO THE BRAKES. HE THEN SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN INTO PARK. THE VEHICLE SLOWLY BEGAN TO DECREASE IN SPEED. THE DEALER ADVISED BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND FURTHER INSPECTION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 17,000.
