# 2000 CHEVROLET MALIBU — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
> NHTSA complaint `590218` · 2006-07-28 · 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:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- **Miles at failure:** 78,000
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
I STARTED MY CAR AND PUT IT IN REVERSE.  ACCELERATOR STUCK AND WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR FROM MOVING OR REDUCE ITS SPEED.  WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND NOT THE ACCELERATOR I RAN ACROSS TWO LANES OF THE HIGHWAY AND SLAMMED INTO A TREE.  APPARENTLY I HAVE A TOTALED VEHICLE/MALIBU 2000.  TROOPER DID NOT BELIEVE THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK. *JB
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