May 1, 2019Speed controlEngineCrash
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BUICK VERANO. WHILE PARKING AT A RESTAURANT, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE LUNGED MORE THAN FIVE FEET ACROSS TWO CONCRETE CURBS AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
NHTSA ODI 11204968
Jul 27, 2016Speed controlCrash1 injury
2015 BUICK VERANO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION ACCIDENT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT HER APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR. SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKE, BUT IT FAILED TO SLOW OR STOP THE VEHICLE. INSTEAD, THE VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED AND THE STEERING BECAME LOOSE AND DELAYED AND THEREFORE, SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCURATELY STEER THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO STOP OR CONTROL THE SPEED, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND CROSSED OVER A MAJOR HIGHWAY, JUMPING A CURB ACROSS THE ROAD. SHE CONTINUED TRYING TO STOP AND STEER AND FINALLY THE VEHICLE TURNED LEFT AND CROSSED BACK OVER THE HIGHWAY AND INTO HER NEIGHBOR'S FRONT LAWN. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A LAMP POST, DROVE THROUGH A SMALL WOODEN FENCE, A BICYCLE, LAWN FURNITURE AND HIT A TREE HEAD-ON. WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT THE TREE, HER HEAD WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, HER RIGHT HAND WAS FRACTURED AND HER LEFT HAND WAS BROKEN. *JB
NHTSA ODI 10888370