NHTSA Complaint #741682 — 1999 NISSAN QUEST

WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED IT WILL NOT GO UNLESS YOU PUNCH THE GAS PEDAL AND THEN YOU SPIN OUT. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT IT IS A CARBON BUILD UP AND SHOULD BE CLEANED PERIODICALLY, BUT THE MANUAL DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEING A REGULAT MAINTENACE ITEM. THEY CLAIM IT IS BUT I FEEL IF IT IS THEN IT SHOULD BE LISTED WITH ALL OTHER MAINTENANCE ITEMS. I HAVE PULLED OUT SEVERAL TIMES WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO GET PULLED OUT BUT MY ACCELARATOR WOULD NOT GO AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BECAUSE OF THIS. I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND WOULD LIKE MORE TO DONE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY $135 FOR SOMETHING TO BE CLEANED WHEN IT IS NOT IN MY MANUAL. I HAVE CHECKED WITH OTHER OWENERS AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD THIS PROBLEM. ONE PERSON WHO HAS A CHEVY MAILBU HAD THIS PROBLEM BUT CHEVROLET COVERED HIS UNDER WARRANTY. IF IT IS A MAINTENANCE ITEM THEN NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO PUBLISH IN THE THEIR OWNERS MANUAL.