# 2001 GMC YUKON — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
> NHTSA complaint `516563` · 2005-01-12 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** YUKON
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
- **Miles at failure:** 64,191
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
THE ACCELERATOR STUCK ON OUR 2001 YUKON SLT WHILE DESCENDING HOOSIER PASS (EASTBOUND ON HWY 9 WEST OF ALMA, CO). THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE TRYING TO SLOW/STOP VEHICLE.  I DOWNSHIFTED TO SLOW OUR VEHICLE TO A SPEED AND MY WIFE AND I EXITED (JUMPED OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING) BEFORE GOING OFF EMBANKMENT. MY WIFE JUMPED FIRST, THEN I DID, JUST BEFORE THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE PASS.  TREES, ROCKS, AND EMBANKMENT STOPPED THE VEHICLE APPROX 150FT DOWN THE SIDE OF THE PASS.  2001 YUKON SLT, VIN [XXX].  INSURANCE CLAIM STILL IN PROGRESS.  LEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION: [XXX]  REGARDS,    [XXX].  *AK  UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS    INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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