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2007 KIA SEDONA — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

crash · 660479 · 2008-03-06

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
SEDONA
Year
2007
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Speed
15 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

THE ACCELERATOR ON MY MINIVAN WOULD GET STUCK AND NOT RELEASE. I HAD TO THROW THE GEARSHIFT INTO NEUTRAL ONCE TO DISENGAGE IT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SIMILAR EPISODES HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE OTHER TIMES. THE LASE TIME WAS AS I WAS DRIVING UP MY DRIVEWAY INTO THE GARAGE WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE VAN. THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RELEASE AND WE CRASHED INTO THE INTERIOR WALL OF MY HOUSE. WE, FORTUNATELY, WERE NOT HURT BUT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MY HOUSE AND THE VAN. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10220308
Machine
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