Bexar County, TX — September 21, 2024, 43-year-old Michael Wroblewski was injured in a car accident on Charles Williams Anderson Loop in Bexar County.
According to authorities, the incident happened around 10:00 a.m. on the 1700 block of Anderson Loop (Loop 1604). Preliminary investigation suggests a Kia Soul was traveling north on the roadway when it reportedly went out of control. The SUV veered off the road into a nearby field, then hit an embankment and overturned. it rolled several times before coming to rest on its roof.
Michael Wroblewski, a passenger in the Kia, was ejected during the rollover and suffered serious injuries. The vehicle’s driver reportedly sustained non-incapacitating injuries.
When interviewed, the driver told police he and Wroblewski were test-driving the Kia after working on the vehicle’s control arm, which had been causing the SUV to pull to the right. The driver said that the vehicle’s wheels locked to the right just before it swerved off the road, and the malfunction was the cause of the accident.
No further information is currently available.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
I have no reason whatsoever to doubt the driver’s version of events here; in fact, experience has taught me that vehicle malfunctions and defects are responsible for far more accidents and injuries than people often realize. Unfortunately, in many cases those issues are overlooked by investigators who don’t know how to recognize the signs of a faulty vehicle—and blameless drivers end up taking the heat.
Consider the General Motors “ignition switch” recall a few years ago: Hundreds of people suddenly found themselves in moving cars with no power, meaning they had no access to power steering or brakes. Many of those people were helpless to stop their vehicles from crashing in traffic, at which point their seat belt pretensioners and airbags didn’t deploy. Over a hundred people died and many more were injured because of a faulty ignition switch that would turn the vehicle’s power off if a driver’s keyring was too heavy or jiggled too much, but the defect was overlooked for years and a lot of people were blamed for crashes entirely out their hands.
On a hunch, I did a little digging and found that some Kia Soul vehicles have trouble with poorly-welded control arms and low-quality bushings that wear out too quickly. If either of those parts fail, steering could be heavily compromised in a manner similar to what happened in Bexar County. I’m not saying that’s what happened, but it bears looking into. Why? Because if Kia’s lemon parts were responsible for a man’s trip to the emergency room, then it seems like the automaker probably owes him more than an apology. Only more thorough investigation could say with more certainty; will law enforcement put in the time and effort to find the whole story?
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