1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1996 CHEVROLET CAVALIER — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Start: 1997-08-20

crash · 85030 · 1997-08-26

Vehicle

Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CAVALIER
Year: 1996
Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

Severity

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

Narrative

AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, BRAKES STUCK AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK TO THE FLOOR- DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AUTOMOBILE. HE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO STOP AUTOMOBILE BY SHUTING THE IGNITION OFF. HE ALSO STATES AT THAT TIME HE COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS SO HE COULD NOT DISENGAGE THE AUTOMOBILE. *AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 815705
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown