NHTSA Complaint #11085140 — 2016 BMW X3

THE VEHICLE WAS A 2016 BMW X3. MY SISTER BOUGHT IT USED AT APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT WAS ME, MY MOM, AND MY 1 NEPHEW AND 2 NIECES. WE DECIDED TO USE IT TO TAKE IT ON A TRIP TO TYBEE ISLAND. BUT, MY SISTER DIDN'T COME WITH US. WHILE ON ISLANDS EXPRESSWAY APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION AT BRYAN WOODS RD SOUTH TO TYBEE ISLAND, MY MOM PRESSED THE BRAKES AND IT MADE A SCRUBBING SOUND. IT DIDN'T ACCELERATE, THOUGH. IT STOPPED AFTER. WE BOTH JUST DUSTED IT OFF OUR SHOULDERS AND CONTINUED TO TYBEE ISLAND. WE THEN WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE. ON THE SAME DAY, IN DECATUR, GA WE WERE HEADING OUT ONTO FLAT SHOALS PKWY AT AROUND 9:00 PM. MOM WAS AT THE STOP SIGN. SUDDENLY, THE TRUCK RAISED TO APPROXIMATELY 4000 RPM AND SURGED INTO TRAFFIC A BIT. MY MOM WAS SCARED SHE PRESSED IN MORE ON THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK DID A BURN OUT. WE COULD'VE GOT HURT BAD. AS A CAR WAS DRIVING PAST US AND THE CAR WAS SURGING, OUR VEHICLE WAS ALMOST HIT! IT ACCELERATED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND STOPPED. MY MOM WAS VERY ANXIOUS AND REFUSED TO DRIVE THAT TRUCK AGAIN. WE HAD TO GET MY BROTHER TO PICK US UP. SHE WAS SCARED, AND THAT BOTHERED THE KIDS. MY SISTER ALSO HAD AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS AND SHE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS HER MIND. AFTER WE GOT OFF OF VACATION IN ATLANTA, MY SISTER TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY LOOKED THROUGH IT AND SAID NOTHING ELSE AFTER THAT (MY SISTER'S WORDS) MY MOM IS ANGERED. I HOPE BMW DOES A RECALL ON THIS FROM ALL THE CASES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND ALL THE DAMAGE THAT HAS HAPPENED. I WILL PUT THIS CASE UNDER MY MOTHER'S NAME.