This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
When starting cold engine races and gas pedal sticks, I live in Florida so it doesn`T happen unless its 50 deg or less, engine also almost stalls, dealer could not find the problem.
Gas pedal gets stuck, will not go down, consumer has to keep stepping on pedal when suddenly pedal will go down, causing vehicle to surge forward, almost resulting in an accident.
Consumer was backing out into the driveway when vehicle picked up speed, resulting in vehicle hitting his other vehicles which were also parked in the driveway. The accelerator stuck.
Vehicle suddendly slowed down and would not move. Upon checking the SUV, driving noticed that the accelerator pedal had fallen off and was hanging on by a string. The dealer has been notified about the problem. Dealer not willing to correct free of charge.
Whenever accelerator pedal is pressed down, it would stick. Would have to press hard for it to catch. Took to dealer & mechanic could not locate problem. Its an intermittent problem. Been to dealer at least 4 times.
Consumer was trying to accelerate when gas pedal got stuck, did not move, causing acceleration. This is a intermittent problem. Dealer cannot duplicate problem.
While driving vehicle at 70 mph the gas pedal broke, causing owner not to have control over vehicle. Dealer noted that shoulder bolt which holds gas pedal in place broke. Consumer stated the shoulder bolt did break the shoulder bolt is threaded, due to the pedal action, shoulder bolt worked loose allowing the gas pedal assembly to fall to the floor causing consumer not to have control over vehicle.
The gas pedal sticks and will not move unless driver slams on the pedal very hard. This happens mostly after the vehicle has come to a stop. The problem has not been corrected.
The accelerator pedal keeps sticking and causes the vehicle to accelerate when the driver is trying to stop it. When its in park the engine keeps revving.
Every once in the while the gas pedal will stick, causing the vehicle to accelerate. Vehicle was involved in an accident on April 5, 1997 because of problem. Vehicle has been to dealership (3) times; 12/96, 1/97, and 4/ 97. Dealer changed throttle body, but problem still exists.
While driving at any rate of speed the accelerator pedal will stick upon contact. Dealer has replaced the throttle body which has not remedied the problem.
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- Cocoa Beach, FL, USA