NHTSA Complaint #10310874 — 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA

2004 TOYOTA COROLLA--DRIVING ON RIGHT MOST LANE AT SPEED ABOUT 25 MILES BECAUSE SNOWING HAD STARTED . DATE 02-12-2008 ON I 96 EAST NEAR INKSTER , EXIT. SUDDENLY CAR TURNED INTO LEFT LANE AND ACCELERATED TO VERY HIGH SPEED. CROSSED 3 LEFT LANES AND CRASHED ON TO CONCRETE BARRIER BETWEEN EAST AND WEST LANES. DUE TO START OF SNOWING ,ALL TRAFFIC WAS MOVING VERY SLOW. SO ALL CARS IN OTHER LANES STOPPED. MY COROLLA DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER VEHICLE. POLICE GAVE TICKET FOR SPEEDING. (-POLICE DEPT-LIVONIA, MI-POLICE. CAR WAS TOTAL WRECK WITH FRONT DAMAGE AND CHASIS BENDING OUTWARD ON RIGHT SIDE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO TROY COLLISION , TROY , MI. CITIZEN INSURANCE DECLARED " TOTAL ". THOUGH I WAS NOT INJURED , IT IS CLOSE TO WORST CRASH AND I HAD TO BUY NEW CAR SPENDING $10,000 EXTRA. I HAD NO ANSWER FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND VEHICLE TURNING AND CRASHING. NOW I KNOW THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT IS REPORTED NOW-SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND CAR GOING OUT OF CONTROL -A DEFECT IN THE CAR. *TR