Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Chevrolet Prizm

The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Prizm. The contact stated that when depressing the accelerator, the vehicle would hesitate before moving at a normal pace with the illumination of the check engine warning light. The dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure but provided no assistance to the contact. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 12,000 and the current mileage was 80,000.

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The vehicle spun out of control and headed towards left side while performing a routine lane change. There were no adverse weather conditions, no unusual traffic patterns, and I was not going above the speed limit. I was in the far right lane on a four lane highway, when the vehicle started veering left, I tried everything in my control to steer the car away from the median, but to no avail, my vehicle sideswiped the median, and the left rear wheel fell off. Since I was trying to steer right, the wheel finally responded after sideswiping the median, and I had to steer left again to avoid hitting another vehicle, at which point, it spun 180 degrees and came to a complete stop on the second farthest left lane facing oncoming traffic. I waited for a break in traffic, and quickly pulled the vehicle to the left shoulder with only three wheels. I do not know what went wrong, as I had not done anything out of the ordinary other than performing a lane change to the next lane. The dealership claims everything looks "connected" but I believe defective part or parts caused the accident, I would appreciate an investigation to possible causes. The vehicle was brand new, and I was very careful with it, I don't believe this happened because of something I did. I have filed a report with Chevrolet, and am awaiting their response. Thank you.

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Vehicle surges or slows down at 45 mph on its own, unable to determine defect.

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