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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005033388 | Incident Date: Jul, 21 2005 |
| Consumer's City: MCHENRY | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: SAAB CARS USA, INC. |
| Model Name: 900 | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:linkages |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YS3DD55B6S2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 10 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Apr, 08 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: On july 22, 2005 i was driving my '95 saab on the a1 motorway in united kingdom. i was using the cruise control at 70 mph (posted speed limit) i had never used the cruise control in this vehicle before. (manual transmission) the incident happened during rush hour heading toward london. as i had to slow down, i had absolutely no brakes! i never had any issue with the brakes prior. depressing the brake pedal did not disengage the cruise control and i was heading toward the rear end of a car at 70 mph. i quickly swerved to the left lane, then off the road to avoid hitting vehicles and causing a multi-car pile up and potentially many deaths. i flew off the road, through a 5" steel sign post and rolled several times in a field. amazingly, i was only bruised and battered, but of course the car is totaled. this is a potential serious defect! even if the car is 10 years old, if there is some type of corrosion that happens to cause a failure of brakes to disengage the cruise control, many lives will be lost. ironically, it was saab engineering that allowed me to walk out of the vehicle, while at the same time caused the accident. police and witnesses were on scene who saw my brake lights come on, yet not slow down. as i said, the brakes were fine and i can only assume this had something to do with the cruise control. the car will be inspected by uk's vosa. please advise. thank you charles earhart. *jb |
