2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WHILE PULLING A HORSE TRAILER UP A SMALL MOUNTAIN, HEARD ALARM, ENGINE LOST POWER AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE CAME UP AS WELL AS CK ENG LIGHT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 40 MPH INITIALLY THEN WENT DOWN TO 30 MPH. STRUGGLED 15 MILES AT 20-30 MPH TO GET IT TO MY RESIDENCE. TURNED OFF FOR 15-20 MINUTES. TURNED BACK ON, RAN NORMALLY BUT CK ENG LIGHT WAS STILL ON. NEXT MORNING, STARTED UP, CK ENG LIGHT WAS OFF. TOOK TO DEALER. SAID THERE WERE NO CODES AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG. I HAD TO TRAVEL ON A DUAL HIGHWAY, PULLING A HORSE TRAINER AT 20-30 MPH WITH MY FLASHERS ON. ALSO HAD TO TURN ACROSS DUAL HIGHWAY ON AT GRADE INTERSECTIONS, NOT KNOWING OF THE TRUCK WAS GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH ACCELERATION TO GET ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THERE WAS A SLIGHT DELAY OF SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. ONCE THE VEHICLE DID ENGAGE, IT WOULD ACCELERATE RAPIDLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO REMEDY THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. .. UPDATED 02-07-13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR A CORNER, THE SUDDEN UNCONTROLABLE ACCELERATION IS DANGEROUS. NOT BEING ABLE TO DECELERATE THE ENGINE USUALLY CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. UPDATED 02/13/2013 *JS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 2009. SINCE THAT TIME, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES SUDDENLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS. ON ONE OCCASION, WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURES; HOWEVER, THEY INSTALLED A DEVICE THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO THE UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. THE MANUFACTURER FILED REPORT NUMBER 71-7284 AND STATED THAT THE REPORT WILL BE CLOSED BECAUSE THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 06/12/09 *BF UPDATED 06/16/09.*JB