Auto Defects: Brake Failure, Cruise Control Failure
Few parts of a car are more important than working brakes. Yet some anti-lock brakes have serious design flaws that endanger many lives. Sometimes anti-lock brakes act to prevent a vehicle from slowing down when the car needs to do so. Sometimes they malfunction and brake when they shouldn't. Tragic consequences can result.
Anti-lock brakes are complex, and can fail in many ways. When it detects a skid, a computer fires the brakes in short, rapid bursts. Alternating with these bursts are split seconds of time in which the brake is turned off; when functioning, this system acts much the same way as when a driver "pumps the brakes," except much more quickly and with more variation in the level of braking. However, when the computer malfunctions, as a result of substandard workmanship, a driver can press the brake and the computer can refuse to allow the brake to function at all.
Similarly, a computer malfunction can cause the cruise control to click on without warning, speeding up the car. Car companies could make both anti-lock brakes and cruise control much safer; but they don't want to incur the expense. Such justifications are hardly sufficient to an individual who has been severely injured or fatally injured as a result of anti-lock brake or cruise control malfunction.
The Bell Law Firm: Experienced Auto Defects Attorneys
Our auto defects attorneys have the experience and expertise necessary to get victims of anti-lock brakes and cruise control malfunction the compensation they deserve. Our firm has gathered millions of documents necessary to take on the large auto companies in all manner of auto defect cases, including those involving vehicle rollover, occupant ejection, brake failure and more.
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