I had an accident yesterday when trying to park the car accelerated to the point that i hit a garage door damaging the car inside, all while my foot was on the brake pedal pressing very hard. when i put the car in reverse while my foot was on the brake the car shoot back at tremendous speed, it would not stoped regardless of my foot pressing on the brake as far as the brake goes. i hit a car parked on the street with such force that pushed it on top of the sidewalk causing extensive damage. i,was,,traveling up 38th street in union city and in the process of parking a my friend's driveway, turning from the street while applying the brakes lightly. i believe the problem is on the accelerator, it acceleratedm on its own when i attempted to stop. the car is right now at a shop, they will run a diagnostic and send an estimate of the body damage. i have contacted my insurance company for them to have the car mechanical functions. probably a broken axel on the rear wheels.
While traveling around 30mph, brakes were applied in a "panic stop" fashion - fast hard depression. the road was straight, clean and dry. visibility was excellent and the view was clear for about a half mile. when the brakes were applied it felt as though the abs system interfered with braking, causing no actual force to be applied to the brakes. no deceleration was felt by the driver, or any of the other two passengers. although the brake pedal was fully depressed, the van continued at a speed of about 35mph for an additional 70-80 feet without slowing, and was stopped only by the vehicle it eventually struck. distinctive injuries on the driver's leg created by the debris of the dash panel also reflect that the leg and foot were aligned with the brake pedal and not "elsewhere". although this model has a safety recall regarding "surface coating" affecting the braking ability, this vin was not implicated. also, this incident did not appear to involve "reduced" braking ability. there was no braking. other causes are possible, but the best way to describe the behavior of the braking system behaved would be to describe it as though the abs had disengaged all braking abilities so that the pedal had some feedback to the driver, but no discernible effect on slowing the vehicle. it was as though the abs somehow turned the brakes off. consumer stated this was a rental vehicle. my understanding is that the vehicle did not have any specific warranty service *and* that the warranty service was not indicated for this particular vin for the only 'braking issue' that seems to affect this make/model.*jb