Driver & vehicle leaving toll plaza on the dallas North tollway, headed South towards I-635, about 6 pm on incident date. Driver accelerated out of the toll booth, up to about 40-45 mph, and felt a surge in acceleration. Attempted to reduce speed by taking foot from the gas pedal, but there was no reduction in speed. Applied brake, but still no reduction in speed. Pulled hand brake, no reduction. The accelerator seemed to be stuck or hung up. Finally thought to shift into neutral, and at some point the accelerator finally "let go." Was able to exit from the tollway. On 635 access road, attempted acceleration again, and again the accelerator seemed to "stick" at about 15 mph. Backed off, and made way slowly to a Nissan automotive dealership off 635 in North dallas. There, a service rep looked under the hood and observed the accelerator cable was badly frayed. As the car was unsafe to drive further, called for a tow and had car towed to Chrysler dealer in grapevine, tx. The failure of the vehicle to decellerate on a busy and fast-moving tollway at rush hour could have been catatrophic, but due to luck or grace, there was no collision. However, the driver suffered mental and physical anguish, stress, and frank terror during the event. This car had been subject to a recall issued in August 2002, and had been repaired for the defect at the dealer in grapevine. However, the accelerator cable failed anyway. The logical conclusion is that the defect repair was also faulty, or the defect was not repaired properly. Other systems in the vehicle were most likely impacted: Brakes and transmission.

- Bedford, TX, USA

Manufacturer's recall B22/throttle cable: Dealer, desert Dodge in las vega, nv. Phone# 702/221-000 is unable to honor manufacturer's recall due to no parts being available. Please feel free to provide any further information.

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

Consumer received recall 02V186000/for throttle cable. While traveling on highway heard a knocking noise coming from underneath of vehicle. Dealership was aware of problem.

- Melvinville, NY, USA

In passing a vehicle the accelerator cable broke and the throttle jammed in the full on position. This caused the car to dramatically increase speed on a busy highway. I shifted the car into neutral, and the engine raced to over 7000 RPM. I then had to turn off the engine to stop the racing. The automatic gas cut off did not appear to work. I ended up in the grassy mediam to avoid hitting cars as I had little braking and steering power. Upon restarting the car it appeared to work and I was able to get almost home when it happened again. The pedal was full open and when I shut the car off, the automatic cut off apparently worked as the car wouldn't start again. It was towed to a service station. I am told the cable was seriously frayed which caused it to jam in the open position. I was lucky to have not had an accident and was grateful my daughter or wife were not driving.

- Leawood, KS, USA