1995 Chevrolet Beretta

ALTHOUGH THIS DEFECT/FAILURE DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT, IT COULD HAVE ENDED DISASTROUSLY. THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE BECAME BINDED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. AS I WAS GOING TO WORK, I REALIZED THE CAR WAS NOT STOPPING LIKE IT SHOULD. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT HIT ANY STOPLIGHTS. THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY; THE IDLE WAS NOT EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH. HOWEVER, ONCE I GOT ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND BEGAN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO IDLE HIGHER AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE REGULAR BRAKES, I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE CAR TO ONLY 50 MILES PER HOUR. I GOT OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND COASTED TO SAFE PLACE. BY THIS TIME, I HAD LITTLE IF ANY BRAKES LEFT. I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP BY HITTING A CURB. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE HAD BECOME BINDED AND STUCK ON THE ACCELERATE POSITION. I DID NOT HAVE THE CRUISE CONTROL ON WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND I RARELY USE THIS FUNCTION WHEN DRIVING. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I HAVE JUST SENT A LETTER TO CHEVROLET DETAILING THIS EVENT. I LISTED PROPERTY DAMAGE ON THIS FORM BECAUSE I HAVE BRAKE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE DUE TO MY EFFORTS TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. THERE IS ALSO BUMPER DAMAGE WHEN I RAN INTO THE CURB. THESE ARE MY APPROXIMATIONS. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT CITY CHEVROLET BEING REPAIRED. *AK

THE RUBBER HOSE BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION COOLER CAME OFF TWICE WITHOUT ANY OBVIOUS CAUSE. THIS CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO LOSE TRANSMISSION FLUID VERY RAPIDLY, CAUSING A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. THE MECHANIC THAT MADE THE FIRST REPAIR TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS CAR. HE TOLD ME THIS WHEN I CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT I HAD LOST ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID . *AK

THE CAR WON'T TURNOVER, IT ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO BUT WON'T. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES, THIS ONLY OCCURS IN COLD WEATHER. ALL THREE WINTERS I HAVE HAD THE CAR THIS HAS HAPPENED. LAST WINTER SAM LEMAN IN EUREKA,IL HAD TO REPLACE THE PLUGS AND SAID THEY HAD BEEN FOWLED FROM TOO MUCH GAS, THESE SUPPOSEDLY HAD BEEN REPLACED BY CENTURY CHEV IN BLOOMINGTON,IL BUT I WAS TOLD BY SAM LEMAN THE PLUGS HAD NEVER BEEN REPLACED. TO DAY IT WON'T TURNOVER AND I AM LUCKY THAT I AM AT HOME, HOWEVER I HAVE BEEN STRANDED BEFORE. I KNOW HOW TO START MY CAR, I T ISN'T THAT I AM FLOODING IT. I HAVE HAD THE BOOK OUT MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THESE INCIDENTS. I AM TIRED OF SPENDING MONEY ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS A RECURRING PROBLEM AND ONE THAT COULD BE HAZARDOUS JUST BY BEING STRANDED IN THER BITTER COLD, WHICH IS THE ONLY TIME THIS OCCURS. THANK YOU, CHERYL BOWMAN