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2008 CHEVROLET COBALT — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

crash · 1083832 · 2014-07-07

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
COBALT
Year
2008
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY I WAS ATTEMPTING TO JUST BACK UP AND TURN AROUND I NO SOONER PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND JUST TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL WHEN THEY CAR ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT STOP AND CRASHED INTO A ANOTHER FAMILY CAR WAS BEHIND ME AND BACKED INTO IT HARD. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED IT FROM BEING MORE SERIOUS WAS THE SHORT DISTANCE THAT I TRAVELED MAYBE 20FT GOD KNOWS HOW BAD IT COULD HAVE BEEN IF IT HAD MORE DISTANCE TO ACCELERATE EVEN MORE THAN IT DID. NOT ONCE DID I EVER HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS BEFORE. GM NEED TO FIX MY CAR AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS CAR WELL FOR THERE FAULTY PARTS THEY HAVE BEEN USING ON THERE CARS I AM THANKFUL I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE CAR. *JS

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10608803
Machine
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