# 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
> NHTSA complaint `656656` · 2008-02-07 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** MALIBU
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
- **Speed:** 45 mph
## Narrative
WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 30MPH CHANGED LANES AND SPED UP TO ABOUT 45MPM WHEN A CAR SWITCHED LANES AT THE SAME TIME IN FRONT OF ME JUS AS TRAFFIC CAME TO A STOP. WENT TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE BUT MY CAR WASN'T REALLY SLOWING DOWN LIKE I WAS STILL PRESSING ON THE GAS. ENDED UP CRASHING INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR THAT CHANGED LANES IN FRONT OF ME. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS JUS AN AVERAGE ACCIDENT WHERE I WASN'T GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO COME TO A FULL START SO ALL THE ORIGINAL PARTS ARE STILL ON THE CAR. THERE WAS NO INJURY JUS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF MY CAR AND AIRBAGS .  *TR
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