NHTSA Complaint #10533969 — 2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER

AS I WAS DRIVING UP THE I5 GOING UP THE GRAPEVINE IN CA AT 65-70MPH MY VEHICLE MADE A BEEPING NOISE AND DASH SHOWED THERMOMETER THAT SAID SLOW DOWN. I SLOWED DOWN TO 60MPH AND WENT INTO THE LEFT LANE OR (SLOW LANE WHERE SEMI TRUCKS DRIVE). ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN MORE AND MORE UNTIL A SEMI TRUCK GOT EXTREMELY CLOSE AND HAD TO VEER INTO A FASTER LANE BECAUSE MY CAR WAS ONLY GOING 40MPH. I FOUND AN EXIT AND EXITED THE FREEWAY. I CAME TO A STOP, WHEN IT WAS MY TURN TO GO, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR WAS ON AND IT WAS IN DRIVE BUT WOULD NOT MOVE. FORTUNATELY A CHP VEHICLE CAME ALONG AND STOPPED TRAFFIC LONG ENOUGH FOR MY BROTHER AND 13 YEAR OLD NEPHEW TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS EXACT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS WITH MY MOTHER AND WAS ON THE SAME FREEWAY, LUCKILY THAT TIME WE WERE CLOSER TO THE EXIT AND WERE ABLE TO GET SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO HAVE THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN IN FRONT OF SEMI TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO STOP AT SHORT DISTANCES. *TR