NHTSA Complaint #10943846 — 2009 INFINITI G37

ON JANUARY 8, 2017, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN A LOCAL HARDWARE STORE'S PARKING LOT AND THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN ACCORD. I HAD TO PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL HARD TO STOP THE CAR, WHILE ALL THE TIME THE CAR WAS STILL AGGRESSIVELY ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. THINKING MY FOOT HAD INADVERTENTLY BEEN PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL WHILE ALSO BRAKING, I PULLED MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL MOMENTARILY, BUT THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD AND ACTUALLY JUMP THE CURB WITH THE FRONT WHEELS. I IMMEDIATELY SLAMMED THE BRAKES BACK ON AND QUICKLY SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM DRIVE TO PARK, ALL THE WHILE THE ENGINE IS STILL REVVING AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. ONCE IN PARK, I PROCEEDED TO PUSH THE START BUTTON AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. I RE-STARTED THE CAR AT THAT POINT, BUT THE DANGEROUS CONDITION DID NOT RETURN. I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR SINCE THIS EPISODE WITH NO RECURRENCE, BUT IT IS QUITE CONCERNING TO ME. I WAS GOING TO LET MY SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVE THE CAR TO SCHOOL, BUT NOT NOW. *TR