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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005017155 | Incident Date: Apr, 24 2005 |
| Consumer's City: MERRIMACK | Consumer's State: NH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: FORESTER | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 27 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Oct, 31 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Pulling into parking space. had foot on brake. approximate speed of car 10 mph. car accelerated on its own with my foot on brake. looked down saw that gas pedal was to floor. car accelerated into brick building. as quickly as it accelerated it stopped. was able to reverse car into parking space. hole in building damaging electricity for building. entire building without electricity for entire day. building has a 5' x 5' hole in wall and cracks doing up and down and around corner of building. car was towed to repair shop since subaru(forester 2004) does not do repairs. car was inspected by mechanic who said he could see no visible reason why gas pedal stuck. frame of car in tack, estimated damage $3600. car will be repaired and shipped to subaru for inspection prior to repossession of car. airbag did not engage during accident. prior to accident, approximately 2 months ago a similar incident happened. i came to a stop at an intersection, stepped on brake and car accelerated. it took both feet on the brake to stop the car. i thought perhaps it was winter and i slid on ice, or perhaps it was just a freak accident. didn't think much of it until the second occurance. |
