# AUTO ACCESSORIES AUTO ACCESSORIES — EQUIPMENT
> NHTSA complaint `1073288` · 2014-06-08 · AUTO ACCESSORIES
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** AUTO ACCESSORIES
- **Model:** AUTO ACCESSORIES
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** AUTO ACCESSORIES
- **Component:** EQUIPMENT
## Narrative
FRONT DRIVER FLOOR MAT INTERFERED WITH ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE CAUSING REAR END COLLISION IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. I COULD NOT APPLY BRAKE BECAUSE FLOOR MAT HAD COME TO REST ON THE ACCELERATOR. UNAWARE OF THIS, WHEN CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED, I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I HAVE FRONT END DAMAGE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I DISCOVERED THE MAT CORNER HAD COME TO REST ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE OTHER CAR WAS A GM YUKON AND DID NOT SUSTAIN DAMAGE. NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS WRONG AND AFRAID SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, I PULLED UP THE MAT, WHICH WAS CLIPPED DOWN AT BACK OF THE MAT NEAR THE DRIVER SEAT, DURING THE RIDE, AND THREW IT IN THE BACK SEAT. I AM TAKING MY CAR FOR AN ESTIMATED DAMAGE TOMORROW. LATER, OTHER PEOPLE TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM!! I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE!!! SHOULD I REPORT THIS TO GM CHEVROLET DIV? I WAS SHOCKED AT THE TOTAL NON-CONTROL I HAD OF MY CAR WHEN THIS EPISODE HAPPENED, THANK GOD, I DID NOT DAMAGE THE OTHER VEHICLE.  *TR
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