Engine RPM's went to 5500 RPM's, vehicle did not go faster, just the motor. When cruise control was turned off, the vehicle coasted to the side of the road, as if the transmission had went to neutral, pushing on the gas pedal did not help.
2000 Chevrolet S10 acceleration complaints
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While driving vehicle suddenly accelerated. Accelerator suddenly stuck when applying gas on an incline. Throttle became stuck, causing vehicle to strike a wall . Consumer tried to contact gmc, but had no luck. *ak there was one person injured in accident.
Driver was going up hill on gravel road and shifted into 3rd gear , driver heard engine rev high. Let foot off the accelrator and vehicle did not stop. Applied brakes ,rear wheel still spinning, causing driver to lose control of vehicle, and roll over 2-3 times. Please provide further information.
Cruise control cannot be shut off via brake, only via master on/off switch. Yesterday, even the master switch would not cut off the cruise control and it stuck in the accelerate position causing a run away vehicle situation. I had to smoke the brakes to stop an kill engine. Vehicle has been towed to local chevy dealership. This hapened first when the truck was only 2 weeks old and then again yesterday twice. Yesterday was the first time for the master switch to fail also. Very dangerous!!! F.
The cruise control was not shutting off with application of the brake pedal only the master on/off switch, however the on/off switch failed to shut off the cruise control resulting in sudden acceleration.
Vehicle experiences hisitation/stalling which causes rough driving. Also, vehicle hesitates/stalls when foot is removed from accelerator.
Gas pedal stuck and brakes were hard to press when trying to slow down. This caused consumer to hit a tree. Also, airbags did not deploy, and drivers side seat belt did not properly restrain. It did not lock into position, causing consumer to sustain a head injury. Dealer has not been able to duplicate the problem. *ak
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