NHTSA Complaint #11352532 — 2016 ACURA ILX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 ACURA ILX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN RATE OF SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS T-BONED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED INTO SEVERAL PIECES AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT. THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE SCENE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT TOW YARD. THE CONTACT SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AFTER THE ACCIDENT FOR GLASS THAT HAD BEEN LODGED INTO VARIOUS PARTS OF HER BODY. THE NEXT DAY, THE CONTACT WENT TO HER PRIMARY DOCTOR WHERE AN X-RAY DISCOVERED A BULGING DISC IN HER BACK AND BRUISES TO HER LEFT HIP AND LEFT SHOULDER. ACURA OF ORANGE PARK (7200 BLANDING BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32244) AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND NEITHER OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE FOR THE MATTER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN DUE TO SUSPECTED ODOMETER FRAUD ON THE VEHICLE.