| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006060764 |
Incident Date: Mar, 05 2006 |
| Consumer's City: ANCHORAGE |
Consumer's State: AK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO |
Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: NEON |
Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash:
Yes |
Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire:
No |
Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1B3ES26C95D |
Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 27 2006 |
Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police:
Yes |
Purchase Date:
Jun, 24 2005 |
| Was Original Owner:
Yes |
Anti-lock Brakes:
No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 |
Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed:
- |
Description of the Complaints:
2005 dodge neon [xxx]. 4 cyl, 2.0 ltr engine, 12,326 miles, i was driving in anchorage alaska, on 03/06/06, my accelerator got stuck, and i was going faster, before i knew what to do i slammed into an abandoned vehicle, i was going about 30/40 mph, airbags didn't deploy. at impact i hit my head got a concussion. after impact car was still accelerating, put the car in park, realized the accelerators stuck, now smoke was filling the car, and i got my phone and ran thinking it was going to explode, i called 911, they asked if the engine was still revving and i said yes, they then told me to back away from the car, and wait for the fire dept. 3 witnesses saw that the engine was still revving with me out of the car. anchorage fire/paramedic came. the fire dept disconnected the battery and opened the trunk; smoke was still coming out of the engine/trunk. anchorage police came and asked what happened, i told him. i got a case number case #, and they towed my car to a body shop. body shop found that there was a hole in my plenum/ intake manifold, caused by the collision. that's why the car was still revving. i asked how did the accelerator get stuck in the first place, was told he could not determine that. i called daimler chrysler, to file a claim with them. they sent a special investigator to look at the car. i got a letter from daimler chrysler, and was told that they are denying my claim. i called to find out why, and was told daimler chrysler does not care about the claim, a decision was made and that's final, i can seek legal action if i feel like it. i asked why daimler chrysler does not care about the claim, she told me a decision was made and that was final i can't do anything about it and ended the call. my insurance is going to fix the car, but i have to drive this car knowing that the original problem was never fixed, and that every time i put my wife and my 7 month old in the car. *jb updated 07/16/2012 *js
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