Hi all,
Since I'm recounting this from a friend, clearly there could be other things at play, and my own research (googling) doesn;t provide any real info or similar incidents, which is telling of course.
This friend doesn't actually own a model 3, they had put their car into shop for something or other and was given it as a loaner. I though it was an unusual car to use as loaner, but could be common I don't know.
They drove home, and as they recount it, as was about to pull into their driveway but somehow managed to hit car parked in front (I don't know exactly how they managed that), this apparently caused airbag deployment and here's the weird bit, they are adamant that at that point the car just started to accelerate and they couldn't stop it until it flew into another car in the street. They maintain that when the airbags deployed something obstructed the brake pedal and stepping on it did nothing.
I know, could be panic and all that, and all I can find are what's called knee airbags, presumably meant to protect knees/legs. Nothing that I'm aware of that would either obstruct the pedals, or by some fluke, force legs down onto pedal.
Anyhow, anyone else ever hear of such a thing? I'll be waiting on updates as I'm sure their insurance will want to know who is to blame and should be easy to see if something did in fact get in way, ot and more likely they panicked and let their brain come up with better excuse !!
ps. Don't be a troll/fan boy. This post is to see if anyone else has ever heard of this.
Since I'm recounting this from a friend, clearly there could be other things at play, and my own research (googling) doesn;t provide any real info or similar incidents, which is telling of course.
This friend doesn't actually own a model 3, they had put their car into shop for something or other and was given it as a loaner. I though it was an unusual car to use as loaner, but could be common I don't know.
They drove home, and as they recount it, as was about to pull into their driveway but somehow managed to hit car parked in front (I don't know exactly how they managed that), this apparently caused airbag deployment and here's the weird bit, they are adamant that at that point the car just started to accelerate and they couldn't stop it until it flew into another car in the street. They maintain that when the airbags deployed something obstructed the brake pedal and stepping on it did nothing.
I know, could be panic and all that, and all I can find are what's called knee airbags, presumably meant to protect knees/legs. Nothing that I'm aware of that would either obstruct the pedals, or by some fluke, force legs down onto pedal.
Anyhow, anyone else ever hear of such a thing? I'll be waiting on updates as I'm sure their insurance will want to know who is to blame and should be easy to see if something did in fact get in way, ot and more likely they panicked and let their brain come up with better excuse !!
ps. Don't be a troll/fan boy. This post is to see if anyone else has ever heard of this.
