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NHTSA opens investigation into Cruise hard-braking and immobilization incidents

S2 · 12/2022 · Cruise

Record

CompanyCruise
Categoryav trucking
Typemalfunction
Date12/2022
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scalefleet-wide investigation
Confidencemedium
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceWikipedia (citing NHTSA, Dec 12, 2022)

What happened

NHTSA opened preliminary investigation PE22-014 into reports of Cruise vehicles inappropriately hard braking or becoming immobilized/stalled in the roadway, creating rear-collision risk.

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