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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003240529 | Incident Date: Oct, 02 2003 |
| Consumer's City: SANTA BARBARA | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: VIBE | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5Y2SL62893Z | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 04 2003 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 16 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: When at a complete stop vehicle reaches high rpms and suddenly accelerates. the cause of the problem has not been determined.*ak while parking, consumer shifted to neutral. while in neutral the engine suddenly revved up to 5000 rpm's or so and stayed at this full throttle position for 1/2 a minute. his foot was lightly on the brake when sudden acceleration occurred. consumer removed his foot off the brake and had the passenger to verify the engine stayed at full throttle with foot on all pedals. sudden acceleration occurred four times. after the third time, consumer had mechanic to clean/inspect the throttle body assembly and sensors, reprogrammed the power train control module, replace the acceleration cable and disconnect the cruise control. after the fourth incident, consumer had the mechanic to install a monitor to record the electrical conditions for the next incident. no diagnostic codes ever occurred for any of these sudden acceleration incidents. *ph *nlm |
