NHTSA Complaint #10886265 — 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO

WHEN MERGING ONTO I-70 FREEWAY FROM ON-RAMP, I APPLIED THROTTLE TO MOVE INTO THE TRAFFIC FLOW. ENGINE "STUMBLED" AS IF IN A DEAD SPOT. TRUCK DID NOT ACCELERATE AND APPEARED TO BE LUGGING BADLY. TRANSMISSION WAS IN TOO HIGH A GEAR AND SEEMED TO BE SEARCHING FOR CORRECT GEAR. DURING THIS TIME ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS FORCED TO BRAKE AND THERE WAS A NEAR MISS OF HAVING A REAR-END COLLISION. ALL I COULD DO WAS WATCH IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AS TRAFFIC CONVERGED ON ME. THIS "DEAD THROTTLE / WRONG GEAR" ISSUE HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY ON SURFACE STREETS BUT LUCKILY ON SURFACE STREETS I WAS NOT IN SUCH A CRITICAL SITUATION. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED REPEATEDLY AND AT MANY PLACES ON THE INTERNET. WHEN WILL NHTSA FORCE GM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? HOPEFULLY YOU WILL ACT BEFORE THIS RESULTS IN SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITIES (IF IT ALREADY HAS NOT). PLEASE ACT!