# 1994 PONTIAC TRANS AM — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
> NHTSA complaint `137142` · 1998-08-24 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** TRANS AM
- **Year:** 1994
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
## Narrative
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
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