I pulled into a parking spot. it was sloped backward. the car was stopped completely, and silent. i was distracted by a minor task, and then exited the car, inadvertently with the power on and the transmission in drive, not park. when i noticed that i could not lock the car, and realized that the car was still energized, i reached over and pressed the on button to turn-off the car-- which it did. at which point the card immediately headed backwards, downhill, crossed a street while i was trying to slow the car from outside the drivers door, and ...
As i pulled in to parking spot car accelerates hit wall and swerves and hits sparked vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 toyota rav4 hybrid. while driving 35 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond. there were no warning indicators illuminated. as a result, the contact crashed into another vehicle and a guardrail. the air bags failed to deploy. there were no injuries and a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to the dealer (thompsons toyota, 140 forni rd, placerville, ca 95667), but was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified of the failures and advised the contact to wait for the dealer's diagnosis. the failure mileage was 2,000.
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