The day of the fatality i was standing outside the vehicle for around 5 to 10 minutes. i was on an upgrade,. (however i had just recently had new brakes installed and the car was in park). suddenly the vehicle began to roll back at a fast pace killing the back seat driver that was in there seatbelt. and injuring myself in an attempt to halt the vehicle. *tr
I have just replaced, for the 4th time, the front, drivers side, rubber brake line . the line seems to be to short. when making a right hand turn the line is pulled taunt to beyond it's length. it seems that the line is about 3 to 4 inches to short. each time it has broken at the same place where the rubber line connects to the brake caliper. i still have two of the brake lines that leaked. i don't know how other explores brake lines have held up without leaking. i am going to replace the hose that is leaking , purchased from napa that is the same length as the others. i had a new one made to order with a 3 inch increase in length. the brake hose on the passengers side is the correct length. i have owned this car for 5 year and it has 187,000 miles driven. the date that this happen, below, was the first of three times it happened.
I was stopped at an intersection waiting for oncoming traffic to slow down to turn, and the truck just takes off on its own. i tried pressing the brake pedal but as soon as it took off i was hit by another vehicle. after my truck was hit by the vehicle it took off again out of control on its own while i was trying to press the brake. luckily the truck died on its own before hitting anything else. *tr