Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Volvo XC60

I am complaining about unintended acceleration recently experienced while parking my car in a parking lot and the manufacturing cannot tell me if and when any recalls were updated on my car prior to purchase. The car started accelerating after I removed my foot from accelerator and started to break into a stop so I could park the car in the parking lot. Because the car lurched forward in full throttle it caused me to crash into the brick building. The high vroom noise started as soon as I turned into the parking spot and started to break. The automatic breaking system never engaged which in this model should have prevented the crash. The breaks were of no use since the high speed in less than 4 feet of the parking spot and wall. The car is new with only about 1200-1300 miles and I am being told that it was my fault when I know it was electronic failure controlling the acceleration. The day before in a park position on a sunny day the wipers went on automatically and I had trouble making them stop. Wednesday and Thursday prior to the accident the side mirrors kept automatically on their own move to a downward position making it dangerous to drive and I had to manually override it several times to be in the right position. Even when I adjusted the side mirrors they would move downward while I drove forcing me to readjust the mirrors. In addition my front seat would get reprogrammed when I exited the car at least every other time I would exit. I was planning on taking the car into the dealership after the holiday weekend but the accident happened that weekend. Please investigate since the prior electrical problems could be indicators to future problems though the problems were intermittent - windshield wipers on when not intended, side mirrors moving when not intended and my front seat reprogramming when not intended.

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Vehicle was coasting into parking spot and experienced sudden unintended acceleration, hit wall. Neither gas nor brake pedal was depressed at this point and floor mats were clear of pedals.

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Uncontrollable acceleration, overriding brake: unexplained accident occurred as I had pulled into angle parking slot, foot on brake ready to shift to "park" . Suddenly the car unexpectedly accelerated forward about 5 feet and lurched into the wooden parking barrier that delineates the edge of the parking lot, cracking it. Engine was revving. I shifted into reverse to get back into parking spot (foot on brake necessary to shift into reverse) and car accelerated backward totally out of my control, only stopped after backing into car parked on opposite side. Passerby said he heard the engine revving from the other side of the lot! at this point I shifted into "drive" and, with car now under my control, returned to original spot. I refused to drive car again when police asked me to show what had happened- had it towed, Volvo USA technician reportedly found nothing wrong with the car, ( the report is an internal Volvo document not available to me). This was a frightening, horrifying incident, with rapid acceleration occurring both forward and in reverse, despite foot on brake. Car is equipped with multiple safety features. People could have been hurt- luckily no one was. Over next couple of weeks, I went over every possibility, but must conclude it was a malfunction of the car.

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