NHTSA Complaint #10468208 — 2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE

2001 MAZDA TRIBUTE V6. PULLED OUT PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR GOT UP TO SPEED OF ABOUT 35-40 LET OFF THE GAS AND THE CAR WAS STILL AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL APPLIED BRAKES WHICH DIDN'T HELP BECAUSE BRAKES DO NOT WORK THEN THE ENGINE IS REVVING, ALSO SLAMMED ON THE GAS PEDAL A FEW TIMES HOPING TO UN-JAM THE THROTTLE CABLE. I KNEW IT WASN'T A STUCK PEDAL BECAUSE THE PEDAL RETURNED. TURNED THE KEY BACK ONE NOTCH TO ONLY KILL THE ENGINE AND STILL ALLOW ME TO STEER HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BETTER BRAKING ALSO PULLED UP SLOWLY ON THE HANDBRAKE AT THIS TIME TO HELP ME STOP AND PULLED OVER. TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND IT WAS STILL AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE SO WITH THE ENGINE OFF I POPPED THE HOOD AND WHILE TRYING TO REACH THE THROTTLE LINKAGE I LIFTED THE ENGINE COVER AND THE THROTTLE SLAMMED SHUT SO I HAD MY GIRLFRIEND PUSH THE THROTTLE TO THE FLOOR TO VERIFY THAT IT DID INFACT GET CAUGHT ON THE ENGINE COVER SO I MOVED IT OUT OF THE WAY AND DROVE HOME MAKING SURE TO NOT GO WIDE OPEN THROTTLE I THEN REMOVED THE ENGINE COVER WHEN I GOT HOME AND THE CAR HAS BEEN ABLE TO GO WIDE OPEN THROTTLE EVER SINCE WITH NO INCIDENTS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SPEED I REACHED BEFORE IT WAS OVER BUT HAD THERE BEEN TRAFFIC SITTING AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION I WOULD HAVE RAN INTO THEM OR HAD TO DITCH IT. *TR