NHTSA Complaint #10086636 — 2003 CHEVROLET TRACKER

DRIVER STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR, ACCELERATOR STUCK, VEHICLE STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE, DRIVER PASSED OUT. WHEN DRIVER AWOKE, SHE FOUND SHE HAD STRUCK EIGHT PARKED VEHICLES AND A PEDESTRIAN. NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, NO DRUGS/ALCOHOL, FOUL PLAY OR NEGLIGENCE WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SUZUKI VITARA (#03V51200) WHICH IS THE SISTER VEHICLE TO THE TRACKER (SAME ASSEMBLY LINE/PARTS.) I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE TRACKER - THIS FAILURE OCCURRED EXACTLY AS THE RECALL INFORMATION DESCRIBED UNDER "CONSEQUENCE." NHTSA PERSONNEL TOLD ME THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY CHEVROLET HAS NOT RECALLED THE TRACKERS, AND SUGGESTED I CALL CHEVROLET AND ASK. I URGE ANYONE ELSE WITH A TRACKER (1999-2003) WHO HAS HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING TO FILE A COMPLAINT...NHTSA SAID ONE COMPLAINT WILL NOT GENERATE AN INVESTIGATION, BUT THAT SEVERAL COMPLAINTS MIGHT. SO FAR, ONLY ONE TRACKER OWNER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT (#10056284) THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN FAR WORSE THAN 9 WRECKED VEHICLES (THE TRACKER WILL LIKELY BE TOTALED), AN INJURED PEDESTRIAN AND AN INJURED DRIVER!!!!!! *JB