NHTSA Complaint #11173539 — 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL issue reported to NHTSA
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 11173539 |
| Vehicle | 2011 CHEVROLET IMPALA |
| Component | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 206,775 miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | TX |
Consumer Description
AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE STRAIGHT HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR DUE TO A CAR AHEAD OF ME DRIVING UNDER SPEED LIMIT AS I PUT PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL IT SPED UP BUT FELT A SLIGHT HESITATION, I THOUGHT NOT MUCH OF IT UNTIL I SEE A 18 WHEELER COMING UP FAST , I PUT A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE ON ACCELERATOR TO BY PASS THE SLOW CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE AS I DID THIS I FELT MY GAS PEDAL WOBBLE TO THE SIDE W 18 WHEELER STILL BEHIND ME I TRIED TO SPEED UP AND MAKE IT TO SAFETY BECAUSE I KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT , JUST AS I GET BACK IN THE RIGHT LANE I FELT THE PEDAL GIVE AS IF IT JUST BROKE OFF ... I KEPT DRIVING TO CATCH THE NEXT EXIT AND TO GET OFF OF THE TWO LANES AND GET MYSELF TO SAFETY BUT IT WASN'T CATCHING SPEED I PANTICKED PUSHED MY ENERGY LIGHTS ON AND KEPT PUSHING THE PEDAL FOR IT TO GO STILL NOT MUCH HELP .. SO I JUST HELD DOWN THE PEDAL ,( BY THIS TIME IT'S ALMOST ON THE FLOOR BOARD SWINGING LEFT TO RIGHT I FINALLY GET A BREAK WHEN AN EXIT CAME UP I TOOK THE EXIT PRAYED TO GOD AND LOOKED AT THE PEDAL , TO MY SHOCK IT WAS HANGING ON BY A FEW WIRES ...PLZ SEE TO IT THAT THIS GETS CHECKED THAT WAS THE MOST SCARIEST SITUATION THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME WHILE DRIVING THANK GOD HE WAS WITH ME, I USUALLY NEVER COMPLAIN BUT THIS I JUST COULDN'T PASS UP IT IS SCARY AND COULD OF BEEN FATAL . PLZ TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TY
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