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2025 GENESIS GV70 — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING

crash · 2261167 · 2026-10-27

Vehicle

Make
GENESIS
Model
GV70
Year
2025
Manufacturer
Hyundai Motor America
Component
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Speed
26 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

On XXX, at approximately 10:14 AM, my husband, [XXX], was backing our 2025 Genesis GV70 3.5T Sport out of our garage at [XXX]. He states that the gas pedal felt stuck and that he could not get his foot off the accelerator. The vehicle accelerated in reverse across our driveway, struck our mailbox, crossed the street, struck a Comcast cable box, crossed the grass between two homes, struck landscaping shrubs, and finally struck a tree in a wooded area, where it came to rest (Ocean Township Police Report #XXX my husband's statement that the pedal felt stuck is recorded in that report). Fortunately, no one was injured. There was property damage to the mailbox, the cable box, and a neighbor's landscaping. I requested an investigation from Genesis Motor America (Case #XXX). Genesis inspected the vehicle and downloaded its event data. Its final determination (XXX) states that the data shows the accelerator was fully depressed before the collision and the brake was applied 0.5 seconds before impact at 26 mph, and concludes the accident was not caused by a defect. I am filing this complaint because the determination does not address two safety questions: 1. **The unintended acceleration itself.** My husband's consistent account — given to police at the scene — is that the pedal felt stuck and he could not remove his foot from it. A post-accident inspection finding the pedals working normally does not explain this event. 2. **The reverse automatic braking system.** This vehicle is equi

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11773968
Machine
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