2003 Pontiac Vibe: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Oct 1, 2010 · Acceleration · 106,000 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 pontiac vibe. While driving 35 MPH and making a turn the vehicle suddenly accelerated faster than usual. While the brakes were depressed the vehicle continued to accelerate causing it to crash into an embankment and roll over three times. A police report was filed. He sustained a broken tail bone and was taken to the hospital. He was not wearing his seat belt at the time of impact. The vehicle was destroyed and towed by the insurance company. The manufacturer was not called. The failure mileage was 106,000.

Filed Oct 19, 2005 · Acceleration, Transmission · 58,000 miles · MI · crash

Dt: the consumer owns a 2003 pontiac vibe that experienced sudden acceleration when placed in reverse. The consumer placed the vehicle in reverse and it accelerated backwards into a tree. The consumer did not have her foot on the brake or the accelerator pedal at that time. This has happened again when placed in reverse without her foot on the brake and the vehicle accelerated backwards. A collision was prevented by turning off the engine. The vehicle was taken to a local dealership. The dealer said that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. No repairs or corrections were made . The consumer spoke with gm, who offered no explanation. Gm has not returned the consumer's call at this time. The consumer felt that she could not drive the vehicle with confidence. No injuries reported. *ak (12/01/05) the consumer expects reimbursement for the car rental.

Filed Nov 3, 2004 · Acceleration · 34,000 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

While reversing out of a parking space accelerator pedal stuck when attempting to put the vehicle into the drive gear. Then, vehicle suddenly accelerated at a high speed, went into a brick wall, then through an office window. Driver sustained a concussion/2 broken fractures in the orbit of right eye area, and a sprained neck. The cause of the failure was unknown. The vehicle was totaled.*ak the consumer has been on medication for high blood pressure since the accident.

Filed Nov 5, 2003 · Acceleration · 1,276 miles · CA

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

Filed Aug 7, 2003 · Acceleration · 300 miles · CA · crash

When the consumer applied the gas, the engine started to roar and increased speed excessively. *ak there were three separate incidents that occurred. Once, the engine suddenly accelerated while at a complete stop. Second, when the brakes were applied to avoid rear ending a dump truck, the vehicle accelerated. The third incident occurred when the consumer paralleled parked and the engine went full throttle. As a result, the vehicle surged over the cement parking curb into the low retaining wall. The consumer shifted to neutral and took his foot off all pedals and turned off the ignition, which was the only way to stop the engine. $4298.96 in damage was done to the vehicle. *ph