# 2000 CHEVROLET SILVERADO — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
> NHTSA complaint `339421` · 2002-03-18 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** SILVERADO
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
WHILE PULLING INTO MAIN HIGHWAY, ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. VEHICLE HIT A TREE BEFORE STOPPING, CONSUMER STATED HE HAD TO KICK THE GAS PEDAL TO GET THE PEDAL UNSTUCK. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. *AK   *JG
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