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.
The consumer had the vehicle in reverse and the vehicle accelerated on its own forward. Consumer had his foot on the brakes, and the vehicle kept on accelerating.
Had just taken foot off accelerator pedal when it suddenly accelerated up to 80mph. Had stood on brakes to slow vehicle, but engine had revved up as high as it could go. Moved vehicle to side of road & slammed into neutral to stop. Shifted into park, turned vehicle off. Later restarted vehicle & it started racing.
I was driving on an interchange ramp at approximately 50 mph. It was two lanes and a semi started to move over into my lane. I pressed on the accelerator to kick it into overdrive to get past the truck. All of a sudden, the accelerator went all the way to the floor and stuck there. The engine started revving at a high RPM.. I put the truck into neutral and kept coasting as there was no place to pull off. The engine was revving at 5000 RPM. After about 15 seconds, the accelerator returned to normal and the engine RPM's returned to normal. The way it happened was just as if the "resume" button on the cruise control had been pressed to resume speed after you slow down....the accelerator depresses on its own and the truck gets back up to the set speed. However...the cruise control was off since I disticntly remember turning if off prior to getting into indianapolis. I referenced your site and found action number EA98018 to look very similar to this.
While driving down the highway at 55mph the vehicle had a sudden burst of acceleration that took the vehicle up to a 100mph, almost causing consumer to crash. Dealer has been contacted.
Vehicle suddenly accelerates. Vehicle has been at dealership four times. Dealer has replaced the accelerator cable. Also replaced twice cruise control.
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- Half Moon Bay, CA, USA