Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,192,899 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 137,559 crashes, 55,854 fires, and 8,555 deaths.
Showing 72,381 complaints — component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Incident date: Jan 6, 1995
VEHICLE LOOSES ENGINE POWER, ALTHOUGH PEDAL WAS DOWN TO FLOOR. TT
Incident date: Aug 3, 1994
WHEN TOWING, ENGINE SEEMS TO RACE TOO FAST WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOPS. TT
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 25, 1994
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT A HIGH SPEED WHILE CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED. TT
Incident date: Jan 6, 1995
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO HIGH UNKNOWN SPEEDS CAUSING FRONTEND COLLISION. DRIVERS/PASSENGERS AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING ACCIDENT. TT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 21, 1994
WHEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED HIGHLY, FULL THROTTLE. DRIVER HIT TREE AS A RESULT. TT
Crash
1 injured
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(1994) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 10, 1995
Incident date: Dec 31, 1994
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CRASHING INTO A TREE. TT
Crash
Incident date: Jun 28, 1992
EXPERIENCE ACCELERATION WHEN CRUISE CONTROL SET, REPLACE SPEED SENSOR 6 TIMES/SERVO/GEARS, TO NO AVAIL. TT
Incident date: Jan 12, 1994
HAS HAD PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION SINCE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. TT
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(1993) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 6, 1995
Incident date: Jun 15, 1994
VEHICLE HAD UNWANTED ACCELERATION FROM PARK TO REVERSE GEAR AND HIT A HOUSE. TT
Crash
MITSUBISHI
3000GT
(1995) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 6, 1995
Incident date: Jan 5, 1995
5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. TT
Incident date: Oct 1, 1994
VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE BY ITSELF. TT
WHEN ENGAGING CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE ACCELERATE ABRUPTLY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Incident date: Jan 6, 1995
CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED FROM A PARKED POSITION AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TT
Crash
Incident date: Dec 29, 1994
WHILE BACKING OUT DRIVEWAY, CHANGE GEARS FROM PARK TO REVERSE VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION LOST CONTROL HITTING A CURB UNDER THE BOTTOM DAMAGE. TT
Crash
Incident date: Jul 7, 1993
CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. TT
Incident date: Jan 1, 1995
SUDDEN ACCELERATION. TT
ALFA ROMEO
164
(1991) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 5, 1995
Incident date: Jan 5, 1995
STARTED VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE SUDDENLY IT SURGED HIT TWO CARS CROSSED THE HIGHWAY HIT AN EMBANKMENT AND FLIPPED OVER. TT
Crash
Incident date: Dec 20, 1994
404-261-7770,WK NO., CRUISE CONTROL STUCK AND VEHICLE WENT OPEN THROTTLE POSITION LOST CONTROL HIT ENBANKMENT IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED UNKNOWN. TT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 3, 1993
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES OUT OF CONTROL, DEALER CAN NOT LOCATE PROBLEM. TT
Incident date: Nov 19, 1994
TWICE WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS APPLIED, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL DUE TO THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY STUCK OPEN. TT
Incident date: Dec 1, 1993
CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM. *AK
Incident date: Jan 5, 1995
CAR GOES FIFTY MPH WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. TT
Incident date: Dec 28, 1994
CAR WAS RUN IN PARK PUT CAR IN REVERSE IT ACCELERATED AND HIT FOUR CARS. TT
Crash
Incident date: Jan 2, 1995
AUTO-TRAN: WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING PLACE; APPLIED BRAKES; ENGINE ACCELERATED; LURCHED FORWARD; HIT WALL OF BUILDING; NO WARNING. TT
Crash
Incident date: Dec 30, 1994
CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED VEHICLE SURGED AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. TT
Incident date: Sep 4, 1990
CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGES WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS SPONTANEOUSLY. TT
Incident date: Nov 19, 1994
CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED TWICE IN TWO MONTHS. TT
Incident date: Jan 3, 1995
THROTTLE BODY STUCK IN OPEN POSITION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE OUT OF CONTROL. *AK
Incident date: Jan 2, 1995
THROTTLE STICKS WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TT
Crash
OLDSMOBILE
CUTLASS
(1994) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 3, 1995
Incident date: Dec 21, 1994
WHEN DRIVING CAME TO A STOP SIGN CAR ACCELERATED AND WHEN STARTED CAR IT HESITATED CAR BEEN TO DEALER ABOUT FIVE TIMES WITH THIS PROBLEM NOT BEING FOUND. TT
MERCEDES BENZ
560
(1989) — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Jan 3, 1995
Incident date: Dec 30, 1994
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, BRAKE DID NOT RESPOND, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. TT
Crash