NHTSA Complaint #10563285 — 2006 AUDI A4

I EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF MY CAR WHEN I STARTED ACCELERATING AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I HAD NO INDICATION AS TO WHAT WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, SLAMMING ON THE BREAKS AND USING THE EMERGENCY BREAK THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED AFTER GOING ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE. ONCE I GOT THE CAR TO STOP, I KEPT THE CAR TURNED ON AND CALLED 911 WHO DISPATCHED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I GOT OUT OF MY CAR BECAUSE I WAS SCARED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.. I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS OK TO TURN THE CAR OFF. BECAUSE THE ACCELERATOR WAS FLOORED BY THE CAR MAT THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED. THE FIREMAN HAD TO BREAK THE WINDOW TO GET INTO THE CAR AND THE FIREMAN FOUND THE CAR MAT LODGED UNDER THE ACCELERATOR AND HAD TO RIP IT OUT FROM UNDER THE PEDAL. I HAD NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THAT MY CAR MAT COULD MOVE AND GET LODGED. PER THE FIREMAN, THIS HAPPENS A LOT WITH THESE TYPES OF CAR MATS. I DIDN'T GET FURTHER EXPLANATION FROM HIM, BUT AFTER TALKING TO MANY PEOPLE AND SCOURING THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE ACCELERATOR GET STUCK BECAUSE OF THE CAR MAT IN THEIR AUDI'S. IN SOME CASES IT WAS THE AUDI DEALERSHIP TELLING THEM THE CAUSE WAS THE CAR MAT. AUDI REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE ANY FLAW WITH THE DESIGN AND REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR MY EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT. LUCKILY THIS OCCURRED ON A SUNDAY AROUND 11:30AM SO THERE WERE VERY FEW CARS ON THE ROAD. TOYOTA RECALLED THEIR CARS WITH MATS THAT SLIPPED, WHY SHOULD AUDI NOT HAVE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? *TR