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2018 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER — UNKNOWN OR OTHER

crash1 injured · 2229016 · 2026-07-24

Vehicle

Make
TOYOTA
Model
HIGHLANDER
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Toyota Motor Corporation
Component
UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I was parking my car and was almost to the gray slab to stop when the car suddenly surged forward! It felt like an airplane taking off. I hit a brick building. Somehow my nose was broken, and I was bleeding profusely. If someone had been walking on the sidewalk in front of me, they would have been crushed against the brick wall. Others have had this problem; in fact, one lady said she almost hit a brick wall! Ironic! There was no warning of any kind. However, the day before, while driving on the highway, the car did the same thing: it surged forward, but fortunately I was able to control it, and there had been no one in front of me. If I had been driving locally, I surely would have hit someone, and who knows what the consequence would have been. The Insurance Company towed the car and totaled it.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11752659
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown