2005 Buick Rendezvous

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THE ONLY WARNING WAS THE BATTERY LIGHT. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAVE PLACED A RECORDER ON THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. FROM THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE RECORDER THEY HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION RELAY, IGNITION SWITCH, THE AIR CONTROL MODULE VALVE, AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER. NONE OF THESE REPAIRS HAVE CORRECTED THE STALLING PROBLEM. *AK

I WRITE TO REPORT AN OCCURRENCE OF UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION IN A BUICK RENDEZVOUS. I RENTED THE CURRENT MODEL YEAR RENDEZVOUS FROM AVIS AT LAX AIRPORT ON 5/14/05. THAT EVENING AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL, AND PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE, YET THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I NOTICED THAT EVEN WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND PRESSING AS HARD AS I COULD, THE SPEED WAS INCREASING. FORTUNATELY, AT THE ON-RAMP WHERE I GOT ON, THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT, AND THERE WAS APPROX A HALF MILE WHERE THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN MY LANE. I PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND WAS GETTING READY TO TURN THE KEY OFF, SINCE I COULD NOT OTHERWISE SLOW THE CAR DOWN. AFTER A TOTAL OF 8 ? 10 SECONDS, THE THROTTLE WENT BACK TO ITS NORMAL CONDITION ? IE THE RUN AWAY ACCELERATION CEASED. I SPOKE TO THE RETURN AGENT AT AVIS WHO ASSURED ME THE CAR WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. I WRITE THIS NOTE TO MAKE SURE THAT AVIS KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I CERTAINLY COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF THERE HAD BEEN OTHER CARS NEAR MINE. BUICK RENDEZVOUS (HAD ABOUT 4500 MILES ? SO PRESUMABLY A 2005) CA LICENSE # [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)