NHTSA Complaint #10491903 — 2012 KIA SEDONA

UPON COMING OUT OF RAMP CURVE TO MERGE ONTO INTERSTATE, VEHICLE FELT AS IF COASTING BECAUSE WITH GENTLE ACCELERATION TO MERGE THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THEN SUDDENLY IT QUICKLY SPEED UP! I STEERED RIGHT AND BRUSHED HEDGES HANGING OVER GUARD RAIL TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC DUE TO UNCONTROLLABLE SPEED. THIS SAME OCCURRENCE HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. AT A COMPLETE STOP AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITH NO VEHICLE RESPONSE, THEN SUDDEN ACCELERATION TO EXTENT VEHICLE WHEELS SPINNED. GO FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS AND SAFETY HAZARD WOULD NOT REPEAT, THEN AT NEXT STOP SIGN UNCONTROLLABLE SPEED AGAIN. THIS IS A RENTAL VEHICLE AND I CALLED IN CONCERN AND TURNED VEHICLE IN THE NEXT MORNING FOR A REPLACEMENT DUE TO UNSAFE MALFUNCTIONING. ENTERPRISE SWITCHED VEHICLES AND PUT IN A CLAIM AGAINST ME FOR BRANCH SCRATCHES ON RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE. THE INCIDENT WAS IN PHILADELPHIA PA AND I WAS TRANSPORTING 4 SENIOR CITIZENS AND MY SISTER. *TR