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9.5.10
LAND
ROVER
SUDDEN ACCELERATION INCIDENTS
- January
26th
2007
Driver
Found
Not
Guilty
in
Sudden
Acceleration-related
incident On November
22, 2005, Park was parking a Land Rover on the side of the road in
Mapo, Seoul. However, the car suddenly jumped out onto the one-way road
in the opposite direction and drove 160 meters in just a few seconds at
a speed of more than 100 kilometer per hour, hitting three different
cars. During the process, one female worker (67) at a restaurant, who
was doing some chore near the road, died, and five other people
including Jeong (30) were injured. Judge
Song
said, “CCTV cameras installed at the restaurants near the accident
scene recorded that the brake light and a backup light of the car Park
drove were lit,” which appear to acknowledge Park’s claim that he had
the brake and rear-gear in use in order to stop the car. Song also took
witnesses’ testimonies into consideration such as one that stated, “At
that time, the car was making a roaring sound, and there were sparks
coming from the bottom of the car.”
- 2002
Land Rover Discovery II cruise cable recall
Land Rover of North
America
has recently issued recall (No. D274) which affects 2002 Land Rover
Discovery
II models with Vehicle Speed Control (build
dates April 2, 1998 – January 31, 2002). The problem is that on some
2002 Discovery II sport utility vehicles with speed control, the
accelerator cable could have been kinked during vehicle assembly,
resulting in chaffing
of the cable. Continued chaffing can lead to breakage of the interior
cable strands. Breakage of the cable strands can result in the throttle
being stuck in the open position, increasing the risk of a crash.
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