A TEEN driver who suffered a terrifying ordeal inside a runaway car has revealed the vehicle showed signs of issues just days before the incident.
However, upon taking the car in for a service, the company said that they found “no evidence” of a problem, according to reports.
In September 2024, 18-year-old Sam Dutcher was driving his Honda Pilot along the Clay County Highway, Minnesota, when it became uncontrollable.
The teen reached speeds of 113 mph and only managed to stop when a State Trooper told him to crash into the back of his squad car to stop the vehicle.
Dutcher’s Pilot drove for some 40 miles in a frightening, 18-minute high-speed ride that could’ve resulted in much worse consequences.
The car was forced to speed through intersections north of Moorhead and Hawley as Dutcher called 911 and told dispatchers and law enforcement that nothing was slowing or stopping the car.
In a 911 recording, a Clay County deputy can be heard asking: “If you hit the brakes, nothing happens?””
Now, in a new InForum report, the Dutcher family have revealed they faced similar trouble with the car just 10 days prior.
But despite the obvious fault, Corwin Honda in Fargo said they found no issues with the car just days before during a thorough inspection.
And officials with Honda’s corporate office told WDAY: “no evidence of any system malfunction was found.”
They added that Honda “identified no vehicle defects that could have contributed to the event described by the driver.”
On hearing the statement, Sam Dutcher said: “I wasn’t surprised, they can say whatever they want without consequences.”
Sam’s father Tim added: “It was very difficult to hear them say, ‘nothing wrong with this vehicle’.
“And granted, while it was a surprise, it was still bothersome because we knew there was something wrong with this car.”
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also inspected the Honda Pilot, but have yet to disclose details of their findings.
Elsewhere, drivers in Connecticut risk losing their cars forever thanks to a little-known 100-year-old rule that allows vehicles to be towed away and sold inside just 15 days.
And a homeowner in Sheepshead Bay, New York, has come up with a bizarre way to stop cars from blocking their driveway—much to the bemusement of their neighbours.
Drivers looking for a place to park should steer well clear of the home which has become something of a local sensation—largely thanks to the dozens of “No Parking” signs positioned all over the property.
The Brooklyn residents, who, according to a report by the NY Post, are two doctors, have made it their goal to stop anyone blocking the entrance to their East 15th Street property since moving in around October 2023.
Records show the property was bought in 2021 for $1.9 million, with over 20 signs hung outside the following year.
It’s also believed that at least eight 311 calls have been made from the address since 2022 complaining about a blocked driveway.
One neighbour said: “It’s a little funky.”
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