A single father has vowed never to buy a Volkswagen EV again after he says it assumed a mind of its own on a busy road, almost killing him and his young children.
Matt Hinton, 52, leased a VW ID4 for work purposes using a salary sacrifice scheme – but was soon locked in a nightmare situation when a series of increasingly severe issues arose.
It culminated in a string of terrifying near misses with the car suddenly deciding how fast it wanted to go, and preventing passengers from opening the doors.
But when Mr Hinton tried to complain, the lease company –
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