NHTSA Complaint #11121564 — 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA

2014 CHEVY IMPALA - 50,000 MILES - THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT WILL SUDDENLY REGAIN POWER AND THE ENGINE WILL SURGE. ON 8/20/18 I CAN TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND AND ALMOST STALLED. I DID NOT REALIZE HOW FAR I WAS PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, AND WHEN THE CAR REGAINED POWER THE FRONT TIRES SQUEALED FROM THE RESULTING BURNOUT. LUCKILY, I DIDN'T RUN ANYONE OVER FROM TAKING OFF LIKE THIS. A MOTHER WAS WITH HER CHILD ON THE SIDEWALK AND WAS NOT PLEASED WITH THE WAY I WAS DRIVING IN AN AREA WHERE KIDS PLAY. THIS CAR HAS HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER THE OTHER. I DISCOVERED A GM SERVICE BULLETIN PIP5507B - "IN AMBIENT TEMPERATURES 100F OR HIGHER, VEHICLE MAY EXHIBIT A HESITATION OR STALLING CONDITION - CUSTOMERS CAN BE ADVISED TO UTILIZE FUELS WITH OCTANE 91 OR HIGHER, REFRAIN FROM IDLING, AND ONLY PARK VEHICLE IN A COVERED GARAGE. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T USE THIS VEHICLE, YOU'RE FINE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE AND NO RECALL. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO BE KILLED, FIRST.