NHTSA Complaint #827126 — 1994 PONTIAC TRANS AM

THIS VEHICLE IS A 1998 MODEL. CONSUMER HAD TURNED FROM A STOP SIGN, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABOUT 45MPH. REMOVED FOOT FROM PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR . CONSUMER CUT OFF THE SWITCH AND RESTARTED ENGINE. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL BE DECELERATING, SOMETIMES IT WILL STILL BE ACCELERATING. ON JULY 18, 1998, WHEN VEHICLE CRASHED THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, EVEN AFTER CONSUMER SWITCHED IT OFF ON TWO OCCASIONS. DECELERATION HAD BEGUN, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, RAN OFF ROAD, HITTING TREES. SPLIT THE FRONT END. THE MOTOR FIRST FLEW OUT APPROXIMATELY 250YARDS. THEN THE BACK HIT SOME TREES, AND BACK END TORE APART. THE TRUNK AND EVERYTHING WAS GONE. THE VEHICLE SPLIT INTO APPROXIMATELY 4 PARTS. *AK