Table 1 shows three common vehicle speed control related problems of the 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Car Accelerates On Its Own problems | |
| Vehicle Speed Control problems | |
| Car Throttle Stuck problems |
The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while the brake was depressed. The failure also occurred while in reverse. The failure was experienced several times intermittently, but had become a permanent failure. The brake had to be depressed with force and the gear had to be placed in neutral in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic and a diagnostic test was performed. The mechanic was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 175,000.
I was driving on my way home from work going 45mph when I saw a car a short distance ahead pull out onto the road. I tried to apply my brakes as the car ahead did not reach the speed limit fast enough. My brake pedal went straight down to the floor and all braking ability was lost. I lifted my foot to try to apply the pedal again and again the pedal went straight to the floor. I nearly crashed into the car ahead of me and had to swerve off of the road to avoid causing an accident. It was only after a long distance of riding on the shoulder and downshifting that I was able to come to a stop. Only just as I was stopping did the brake light and abs light illuminate on the dash. I had no warning that this was going to happen or that I had lost my brakes, other than the pedal going to the floor. Before this, the brakes worked perfectly. Had I not had the room to swerve out of the way, I would have been in a potentially lethal accident and one or more lives could have been lost.
I was pulling ip to a stop sign and my throttle stuck and I had no control to stop it and a guy hit me in the front end where all the sensors to my airbags were and they never deployed and the guy was going 95 mph when he hit me.