GAS PEDAL BECOMES STUCK AND ACCELERATION CONTINUES. ACCELERATOR CABLE FROM PEDAL TO THROTTLE IS BECOMES STUCK OFTEN. I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE GAS PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT TO FREE UP. *TR
- NHTSA ID
- 10335497
- Incident
- May 20, 2010
- Mileage
- 73,000 mi
Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Isuzu Rodeo submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
GAS PEDAL BECOMES STUCK AND ACCELERATION CONTINUES. ACCELERATOR CABLE FROM PEDAL TO THROTTLE IS BECOMES STUCK OFTEN. I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE GAS PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT TO FREE UP. *TR
THROTTLE CABLE WAS CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO STAY ENGAGED AFTER RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. CONSUMERTHOUGHT IT WAS A DESIGN DEFECT. *AK *TC
ON 2 OCCASIONS VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT FOOT ON ACCELERATOR AND SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR. CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT COULD NOT OVERRIDE ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF ENGINE AND COAST TO SIDE.*AK
ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING PUSHED AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, AND BECAME STUCK. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND IN PARK. *AK THIS HAD OCCURED BEFORE AND THE CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. *YH
GAS PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR. BARELY ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME, MY WIFE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CAUSED NEAR FATAL COLLISION. (I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE SEVERITY OF THE FIRST INCIDENT UNTIL AFTER THE SECOND OCCURANCE.)*AK
WHEN GOING DOWNHILL WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, THE GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO A VERY HIGH SPEED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP WITH USING THE BRAKES OR EMERGENCY BRAKES. *AK *JB
THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
TRAVELING 40MPH VEHICLE SURGED AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. BRAKES INOPERATIVE. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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