1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal Problems

WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER. WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THE OWNER USE A FOAM PADDING/ SAND PAPER MATERIAL AND RUB THE INSIDE OF THE THROTTLE BODY. *AK

WHENEVER THE ENGINE WARMED UP IT CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STICK INTERMITTENTLY, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP POSITION. AND THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD PROPERLY WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, AND DRIVER HAS TO DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL HARD TO ACCELERATE. ONCE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ENGAGES, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES TO A HIGH SPEED. ON ONE OCCASION, DRIVER DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR HARD AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A DOG.*AK

THROTTLE STICKS IN THE CLOSED POSITION. YOU THEN NEED TO PUSH IT VERY HARD TO GO. SOMETIMES IT CAUSES YOU TO LURCH OUT IN TRAFFIC. HAVE PAID DEALER TO FIX ONCE, BUT DID NOT HELP. I AM AWARE OF 3 1999 CHEVY SILVERADO TRUCKS. ALL HAVE SAME COMPLAINT. *LA

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHILE DRIVING. THE PEDAL WAS SERVICED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. RELATED INVESTIGATION EA-02-015. *JB

WHEN STARTING ENGINE, THE GAS PEDDLE WILL STICK. YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOOT PRESSURE TO BREAK IT LOOSE. THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE. *NLM

THE VEHICLE HAS A HARD THROTTLE WHEN PRESSED, CONSUMER STATES THE THROTTLE HAS TO BE PRESSED VERY HARD, THEN VEHICLE WILL TAKE OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. OFTEN NEARLY HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES CARBON HAS BUILT UP AROUND THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER WILL CLEAN OFF THE CARBON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATE WHEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO USE FORCE TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION PEDAL WOULD BECOME STUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE THROTTLE WILL STICK AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS.*AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STIICKS, MAKIN GIT HARD TO STOP .*AK

ACCELLERATOR PEDAL STICKS. DEALER NOTIIFIED .*AK

WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT WILL STICK. CONSUMER THEN HAS TO PRESS HARDER. THIS WILL CAUSE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY THROTTLE WILL STICK WHEN ACCELERATING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS AT REST AND HAS TO BE PUSHED VERY HARD TO BREAK IT LOOSE; THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO HAVING AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME YEAR AND MODEL TRUCK AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED MY DEALER TO SEE IF A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THIS AND WAS TOLD NO. A TECHNICAL BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS PROBLEM (THE DEALER DIDN'T TELL ME THIS) AND I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL RATHER THAN A BULLETIN.*AK

DUE TO ACCELERATOR PAD STICKING, CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TAKE VEHICLE OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL. *AK

STICKING ACCELERATOR PROBLEM STARTED LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. ACCELERATOR LINKAGE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED . ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS TO BE MASHED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE TO BECOME UNSTUCK WHICH INCREASES UNINTENDED SPEEDS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK JG

GAS PEDAL STICKS EVERY TIME YOU START THE TRUCK, WHICH MAKES YOU LUNGE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITUATION & I THINK IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. THE ABS SYSTEM WENT OUT AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS VERY COMMON FOR THE CHEVROLET, SILVERADO TO DO THAT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE CHECKED ON TOO.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS STICKING, AT 15000 MILES PEDAL BEGAN STICKING, DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE PLATE ASSEMBLY AT AROUND 32000 MILES. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD REPLACEMENT.*AK *YH

THROTTLE LINKAGES STICKING INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TRYING TO EASE FORWARD IN BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC, ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RIGID. UPON PUTTING MORE PRESSURE, TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE'S BUMPER. I'VE NOTICED THIS MALFUNCTION SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE 3 YR. LEASE, BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN IN DANGEROUS SITUATION, THUS I HAVE NOT CONTACTED DEALER BEFORE THIS INCIDENT.*AK

UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN DEPRESSING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

WHEN I PURCHASED THE TRUCK, THE THROTTLE WOULD STICK WHEN STARTED. THIS OCCURRED ONLY EVERY 2 MONTHS OR SO UNTIL 40,000 MILES. NOW IT DOES IT EVERY TIME I START THE TRUCK UNLESS I PRESS THE GAS PEDEL DOWN. IT ALSO DOES IT SOMETIMES WHEN I SLOW DOWN. AS FOR THE PARKING BRAKE, I HAD TO REPLACE IT LAST YEAR. THE DEALER SAID I MUST HAVE DRIVEN WITH IT ON. I KNEW THAT WAS A CROCK, BUT SPENT 300.00 TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. NOW THEY ARE GONE AGAIN. THERE IS DEFINATLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE CHEVY ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLE? ROGER SIDDALL

WHEN APPLYING FORCE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL THERE WOULD BE A HIGH LEVEL OF RESISTANCE BEHIND PEDAL. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE APPLYING ADDITIONAL FORCE TO PEDAL TO PROMPT ACCELERATION. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THROTTLE BODY WOULD STICK IN CLOSED POSITION, CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND PREVENTING SMOOTH ACCELERATION. PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED WITH THIS REPAIR. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS APPEARED AGAIN IN BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 2001. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THE RECENT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

AFTER MAKING STOPS WHEN DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL TO RETURN TO NORMAL CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY FORCE TO GET VEHICLE ON ITS WAY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THROTTLE STARTED TO STICK AS PRESSING DOWN. IT MADE TIRES SPIN AND VEHICLE JUMP. DEALER FOUND NO RECALL, BUT TOLD CONSUMER THEY WOULD ADD SOME LUBRICATION. CONSUMER WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS DONE, BUT PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE CORRECTED.*AK *SLC

GAS PEDAL STUCK DOWN, COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE DUE TO SLIPPERY ROAD COULD NOT BRAKE DUE TO ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

WHEN PRESSING ON GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WON'T MOVE; THEN 1 SECOND, GAS PEDAL WILL KICK IN. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPS FORWARD.*AK

THE COMPONENTS ON THIS TRUCK RANGING FROM THE ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN, WINDOWS, STREERING GEAR AND SHAFTS, E-BRAKE LINES, FUEL PEDAL LINKAGE AND NOW THE FUEL GAE ITSELF HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF PROBLEMS FOR ME SINCE THE TURCH WES ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD ( 8,000 MILES). CHEVROLET HAS ADMITTED THAT THEY KNWON OF MOST OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS BUT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE "WORKING ON A FIX". YET I HAVE TO CONTIUNE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I NEED SOME HELP.ONSTA

GAS PEDAL CONSTANTLY STICKS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE DANGEROUSLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY (I.E. FROM DEAD STOP OR WHILE ALREADY IN MOTION IF YOU REMOVE FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN TRY TO ACCELERATE AGAIN). THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO START OUT FROM A DEAD STOP AND YOU HAVE TO INCREASE FOOT PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR TO UNSTICK IT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE. THE NHTSA CONSUMER COMPLAINT PAGES ARE FULL OF THIS EXACT SAME SCENARIO, INVOLVING THIS VEHICLE AND THIS PROBLEM, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT ACCEPTED OWNERSHIP OF THIS OBVIOUS MALFUNCTION AND OBVIOUS MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THE MANUFACTURER VIA A SAFTEY RECALL ISSUE. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS WHILE CONSUMER IS OPERATING VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, AND IT TAKES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MOVE IT. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND BEEN TOLD THAT PROBLEM WAS IN FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *AK

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS AT REST AND THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD. THE DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. A TECHNICAL BULLETRIN HAD BEEN ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND THE CONSUMER FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL RATHER THAN A BULLETIN. *YH

BRAKE MODULE HAS GONE OUT ON VEHICLE. ALSO, GAS PEDAL STICKS. EVERY 10-15000 MILES CONSUMER HAS TO CLEAN OUT CARBON BUILT UP. *AK

INCREASED ACCELERATOR PEDAL EFFORT CAUSED BY STICKING PARTS IN THROTTLE BODY. CHEVROLET TBSOOO6O4 CONFIRMS THE PROBLEM BUT DOES NOT OFFER HELP TO OWNER.*AK

GAS PEDAL STICKS. MAKES TRUCK JERK QUICKLY FORWARD IN DRIVE GEAR, OR JERK QUICKLY BACKWARD WHEN IN REVERSE. THE PART WAS REPLACED AT ABOUT 34000 MILES, HOWEVER THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AT 67000 MILES. LESS THAN 34000 MILES AGAIN. THIS IS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING. IT IS HARD TO PARK THE TRUCK, BACK THE TRUCK UP, OR START MOVEMENT OF THE TRUCK IN TIGHT PLACES. THE TRUCK COULD LURCH OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OR REAR. THE GAS PEDAL HAS TO BE STOMPED TO GET IT UNSTUCK. THIS COULD LEAD TO AN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION.

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES GAS PEDAL IT STICKS, HE HAS TO PRESS VERY HARD TO GET VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE, WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES IT JUMPS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC

GAS PEDAL STICKS IF FOOT IS REMOVED FOR ANY REASON, BE IT COASTING INTO A TURN, STARTING OUT FROM A STOP. SPEED OF VEHICLE DOES NOT MATTER. WHEN THE FOOT PEDAL ENGAGES THERE IS SUDDEN EXCELLERATION, CAUSE PASSENGERS HEAD TO WIPE FORWARD. ON ICY CONDITIONS THIS HAS BECOME A DANGER IN ITSELF. AT THE GAS STATION INCHING UP TO PUMP IT HAS LOCKED UP AND LUNGED FORWARD ALMOSTING HITTING A VEHICLE IN FRONT. I HAVE NOTIFED THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE ALSO SPOKE TO THREE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS SAME, YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL AND ALL SAY THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. TWO OF THEM HAVE HAD REPAIRS DONE ON THE GAS PEDAL. WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE (ELECTRIC) WAS BEING ROLLED UP HALF WAY UP WINDOW CABLE BROKE AND WINDOW SLAMMED DOWN INSIDE DOOR. BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVERS DOORS SEEM LOOSE WHEN ROLLED DOWN AS YOU CAN HEAR THEM RATTLEING...

WHEN DRIVING ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THOTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED IT TWICE. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RETURN, CAUSING UNWANTED AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. THE DEALER CLEANED THE FUEL INJECTOR TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

ACCELERATOR OR THROTTLE HANGS UP FROM DEAD STOP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE UPON ACCELERATION - FUEL GAUGE GOES TO FULL MARK WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL FUEL TANK IS ALMOST EMPTY - ENGINE HAS A SOUND LIKE THE VALVES ARE RATTLING AFTER VEHICLE HAS SET FOR 30 MINUTES OR MORE - VEHICLE HAS A BAD MISS IN THE ENGINE AS IF IT WILL STOP RUNNING THIS IS INTERMITTENT MOST NOTICEABLY ON INCLEMENT DAYS - EXHAUST HAS A LOUD HUM AT 35 TO 45 MPH AND ANY TIME YOU ACCELERATE TO PASS OR MERGE INTO TRAFFIC.( DOT NUMBER: 029056 TIRE SIZE: P22570R16 )

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS DURING ACCELERATION FROM IDLE. THIS CAUSES "JACK RABBIT" ACCELERATION ONCE PEDAL LETS LOOSE. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. LUBRICATED EXTERNAL THROTTLE LINKAGE WITHOUT SUCCESS. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE INTERNAL WHERE LINKAGE MEETS ENGINE COMPONENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE LET FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. DEALER WORKED ON IT, AND REPLACED CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND THROTTLE BODY. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOWS WORK INTERMITTENTLY UP AND DOWN. DEALER REPLACED SWITCH AND MOTOR. *AK