1996 KIA SPORTAGE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

crash · 426726 · 2003-08-25

Vehicle

Make: KIA
Model: SPORTAGE
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Severity

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

Narrative

WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE IT EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER DETERMINED THAT THROTTLE PEDAL WAS STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10034539
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown