1998 CHEVROLET ASTRO — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1998 CHEVROLET ASTRO — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Start: 2004-07-28

crash · 487278 · 2004-07-29

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: ASTRO
Year: 1998
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Miles at failure: 84,000

Severity

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

Narrative

CONSUMER STRUCK A TREE IN THE YARD WHILE PLACING FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. INSTEAD, CONSUMER'S FOOT STRUCK THE GAS PEDAL. THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE PEDALS WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THEY NEED TO BE PLACED FURTHER APART.*AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10083765
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown