1996 SATURN SL — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 SATURN SL — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Start: 2002-02-02

crash4 injured · 333239 · 2002-02-05

Vehicle

Make: SATURN
Model: SL
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Speed: 65 mph

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 4
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: Yes
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

ACCELERATOR ENGAGED & WOULD NOT DISENGAGE & STEERING CONTROLS FAILED. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 75-80 MPH CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND TO CRASH INTO CONCRETE WALL.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 757792
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown