Fortunately, I had just gotten off the freeway and was looking for an address at a slow speed. All of a sudden the car lurched; I had no steering; I lost all electrical control; the car ground to a halt; smoke came out from under the hood. I and a friend got out of the car. Fortuitously, fire trucks appeared. It turned out they were returning from another incident as I could not believe the immediacy of their response. They took over preventing further aggravation of this situation. The battery was boiling. All the electrical wire harnesses were melted. The upper suspension control arm was broken. The firemen's observation was, if I had been going any faster, the car could have flipped. After being towed to a nearby mechanic, I learned the upper control arm had broken. It impailed the starter which shorted. That melted the wiring harnesses to and from the battery, as well as being the cause of the battery boiling. The key issue is that General Motors would build a vehicle where the upper control arm is so flimsy it would break. I have read other incidents of the same thing with the Chevrolet Blazer where, for example, a person was going 30mph, the car flipped, and the person was knocked unconscious. A repeated corporate failure of this nature should have consequences.

- Palos Verdes Estates, CA, USA

Accelerator sticks due to carbon buildup on throttle body. Gasoline prematurely burns before reaching the cylinder. Ball joints had to be replaced. Engine oil leaks. Coolant leaks. Transmission leaks.

- Rockford, MI, USA

Vehicle lunged forward while stopping and shifting gear from drive to park..

- Hazen, ND, USA

While driving, the rpms started revving while cruise control was activated, consumer turned cruise control off, however was knocked out by the inadvertent deployment of the air bag, causing his foot to hit the accelerator pedal, vehicle went across the passing lane, over a guardrail and down a 30 foot embankment.

- Easton, PA, USA

Consumer states on two occasions, the cruise control cut off. Dealer could not duplicate problem.

- Blowing Rock, NC, USA

Consumer states the cruise control is inoperative. Nlm

- Oxford, MI, USA

While driving with speed control on, vehicle started to accelerate. Also, air bags deployed, knocking consumer out. Vehicle crashed and consumer was injured. Consumer states that the deployment of the air bag is what caused the accident.

- Easton, PA, USA

Throttle stuck while driving. Consumer applied brakes, and vehicle would slow down. As soon as consumer stopped applying brakes vehicle accelerated back to 35 mph. Vehicle was taken to dealer, but no problem was found.

- Port St. Lucie, FL, USA

When starting vehicle for the first time that day engine revved to its maximum acceleration immediately. Driver turned engine off instantly. When restarted, problem did not exist. Dealer has been notified.

- East Northport, NY, USA

Consumer was traveling about 35mph and was entering freeway when vehicle started to acellerate and engine just rise up, like it was in neutral, and vehicle decreased speed. Transmission was replaced inside of vehicle. Dealership was aware of this problem there were several incidents happening on this vehicle. The vehicle was brought to the dealer five times for this problem. Each time the dealer replaced different component air flow sensor, fuel pump and transmission. The provlem still reoccurs and the dealer can not find the cause.

- Wedowee, AL, USA