Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / MALIBU / 2002

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006090845 Incident Date: Nov, 14 2006
Consumer's City: TAMPA Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: MALIBU Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 04 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 14 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My 2002 chevy malibu suffers from sudden acceleration. most of the articles i have read on the internet state that they were unable to replicate the results. on my car, i can reproduce the results anytime. the first time this happened, i thought that maybe i had pressed the gas instead of the brake, but i quickly realized that even after releasing the accelerator pedal, the car continued to accelerate on its own. fortunately, for me, there were no cars on the road when this happened. the second time, i was pulling into a gas station and had to turn off the car while it was still moving to kill the engine. the third time, i was in the city and i know that i must have really worn out my brakes. the problem still exists and i have called gm to let them know about it. they offered little help and only suggested me that i take the car into the dealership to have it checked. that too, they said i would have to pay for the check-up. i would like some feedback as what i can do to resolve this matter and also, i would like to know if there was a resolution, if any, in cases that were similar to mine. *jb