BRAKES FAILED!!! CRASHED

fduffy123 · Post by **fduffy123** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:24 pm

This afternoon I pulled out my house went down the road with a slight hill and then went to ever so slightly brake while I veered left, however the brakes DIDN'T RESPOND , nor did the hand break. So in order to avoid an accident I was forced into a grass field , unfortunately to get on the field the car collided with a wooden pole guarding the field, so there is considerable damage done to the left hand side

While thankful that something a lot more serious didn't happen and I had a bail out option , this is alarming
The car is an automatic.

I'm really struggling to see how the car could of started , be in motion and both brakes failed.

Is this somehow driver error or is this a nissan problem ?

Deleted User 1571 · Post by **Deleted User 1571** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:22 pm

If I was a betting man, I’d put money on it being driver error. It is highly unlikely to the point of incredulity that the dual circuit brakes will have failed you. Strange things happen though. Get the insurer to instigate an engineer’s report, even though you should be aware that doing so could delay a payout by possibly months.

Thrall · Post by **Thrall** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:02 am

The hydraulic dual circuit foot brake and mechanical/electric hand brake are completely unconnected on any QQ as far as I know, whether electric or not. Hmm...

fduffy123 · Post by **fduffy123** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:52 am

Well it certainly wasn't driver error. The car was in motion , the break was wholly unresponsive which assuming you agree shouldn't happen and the pathetic hand brake wouldn't work

I will say it really would be stretching incredulity to suggest that neither brake failed and that should never happen. However I certainly attempted to pull the hand brake up and no red light and the car still moved. Luckily I have less faith in this car and didn't drive on to see if it would stop and took instant action

Gel · Post by **Gel** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:05 am

fduffy, please add model details/ year & location in your forum signature.
Your current one indicates you're looking for a Qashqai, so what do you drive??????

David Soren · Post by **David Soren** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:38 pm

It's really hard to decide who is responsible for it with just reading a post. Even the specialist can't decide by visiting the accident site. I'm just another nobody.

Pandjh · Post by **Pandjh** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:17 pm

Shall we start a sweepstake trying to guess what car this is? I'll go for a Ford of some sort.

fat controller · Post by **fat controller** » Sun Oct 22, 2017 12:23 pm

Pedal confusion - happens more often than you would believe, and of course the person concerned is adamant that they were stamping on the brake pedal.

PJB729 · Post by **PJB729** » Sun Oct 22, 2017 3:25 pm

Is the foot brake still the pedal in the middle ?

How can all the brakes fail??????

Deleted User 1571 · Post by **Deleted User 1571** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:07 pm

If they failed in the way the OP says, then with 99.9% certainty I would say that they would stay failed.

BRAKES FAILED!!! CRASHED

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