NHTSA Complaint #10496680 — 1999 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA

11/7/2010; ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK IN CARPET AT LOW RPM IN 2ND GEAR. I PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH, AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. I FOUND THE LOWER EDGE OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK IN THE CARPET. I GLUED A METAL PLATE TO THE CARPET TO PREVENT THE PEDAL FROM STICKING AGAIN. 3/6/2011; ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK IN CARPET AT HIGH RPM IN FIRST GEAR. THE METAL PLATE I GLUED TO THE CARPET HAD COME LOOSE. I HAD THE WHEELS TURNED AND THE BRAKES FULLY ENGAGED. THE FRONT WHEELS WERE LOCKED AS THEY SKIDDED ACROSS A PARKING LOT. I HIT A CURB AND A SET OF CONCRETE STAIRS. THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING ON IMPACT. THE SHOCK OF THE IMPACT, FLEX OF THE CHASSIS, OR POSSIBLY MY FOOT THROWN FORWARD BY THE IMPACT POPPED THE PEDAL OUT OF THE CARPET. AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, THERE IS AN ACCIDENT REPORT WITH PHOTOS, AND EYE WITNESS TESTIMONY. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FACIAL ABRASIONS FROM THE AIRBAG, HAD NECK AND BACK PAIN, LOST VISION IN THE LEFT EYE TOTALLY FOR THREE DAYS, VISION RETURNED ALTHOUGH THE PRESCRIPTION HAS CHANGED. DRIVER HAD AIRBAG SCRAPES, AND BURNS, AND NECK PAIN. IF ONE OF THESE CARS IS IN AN ACCIDENT THAT KILLS THE DRIVER, AND THE PEDAL POPPED OUT OF THE CARPET ON IMPACT LIKE MINE DID, THEN NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THE TRUE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. A GOOGLE SEARCH WILL TURN UP A DOZEN STUCK THROTTLE REPORTS FOR THIS CAR, MOSTLY FROM MIATA.NET. THE REPORTS ARE SPREAD OUT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND CONTINUE TO BE POSTED. THEY DISCUSS THE BEST WAYS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY THOSE REPORTS ARE NOT ON THIS SITE WHERE THEY WOULD BENEFIT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. IT WAS PUT ON A TRAILER, AND HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THE INCIDENT. WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO HAVE A QUALIFIED ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR DOCUMENT WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS CAR? I MADE THE CAR AVAILABLE TO MAZDA BUT THEY HAD NO INTEREST. THE CAR IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO INSPECT. I CAN DELIVER. *TR