NHTSA Complaint #11354212 — 2011 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS EITHER IN PARK OR IN DRIVE, THE RPM'S WOULD REV WITHOUT WARNING. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WHILE IN DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE, SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND LIGHTLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL; THE VEHICLE THEN LUNGED FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE OVER A 4 FEET WALL AND THEN COLLIDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR A BROKEN BACK. THE OTHER DRIVER REPORTED NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY TOWED FROM THE SCENE OF ACCIDENT TO AN INDEPENDENT COLLISION CENTER. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY THEN TOWED THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT COLLISION CENTER WHERE THEY DEEMED THE VEHICLE TOTALED. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 162,000. *LN*JB