NHTSA Complaint #10321397 — 2009 CHRYSLER 300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHRYSLER 300. WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD SUDDENLY FELL TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE CONTACT PULLED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL UP FROM THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THE CONTACT RESUMED DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED A SPEED OF 60 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEGUN TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL EXCESSIVELY WITH HIS FOOT WHICH CAUSED THE PEDAL TO MOVE INTO ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED BY AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE FLOOR MATS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 15000.