# 2003 PONTIAC VIBE — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
> NHTSA complaint `498303` · 2004-11-03 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** VIBE
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- **Miles at failure:** 34,000
## Narrative
WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVE GEAR.  THEN, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED, WENT  INTO A BRICK WALL, THEN THROUGH AN OFFICE WINDOW.  DRIVER SUSTAINED A  CONCUSSION/2 BROKEN FRACTURES IN THE ORBIT OF RIGHT EYE AREA, AND A SPRAINED NECK.  THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS  UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK   THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN ON MEDICATION FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SINCE THE ACCIDENT.  *TC
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