Vehicle kills while accelerating from a stop. Not every time but I've been stuck in the middle of an intersection trying to restart it from a stop light.

- Coon Rapids, MN, USA

Vehicle accelerated on its own at 35-40 mph, increasing speed to 60 mph. Consumer had to apply brakes hard to stop vehicle. Mechanic stated throttle plate housing needed to be replaced.

- Glenwood, IL, USA

I went to our garage, entered the Lumina, fastened my seat belt, started the car, put my foot on the brake, and put it in reverse. The engine roared and the car took off in reverse while my foot was still on the brake. The car proceeded across an alley and into the driveway of the residence there; it then crashed through the 18 foot garage door (my foot still on the brake), through the garage and through the back wall into another neighbor's back yard where the engine stalled. A witness who was driving his truck in the alley said he saw the brake lights on during the incident. The Chevrolet dealer doing the repairs could find nothing mechanically wrong with the car. I am afraid this sudden acceleration might happen again or to other 1999 Lumina owners with even more disastrous results.

- Stevens Point, WI, USA

This is a leased car I have had since November 1998. I drive with an accelerator adapter that allows me to use my left foot. This is the third car in which I have used such an adapter and have never had any problems. Neither did I have trouble with this car until May 1999. In may I had three incidents of sudden and unexpected accleration while slowly backing out of a driveway or a parking space in a lot. With each incident it was increasingly more difficult to stop. The first time firm pressure on the brake finally stopped it and I could shift into drive and stop. In the second the car finally stalled out after bucking and roaring as I literally stood on the brake while pulling on the steering wheel for more pressure. This was after backing almost the length of a 200 foot driveway which ends in a busy street. In the third incident the car finally stopped after ramming a van and moving its back end 2 feet from where it was parked and bouncing off a second van after which my car spun around full circle and finally stalled out. After the first incident I had checked the adapter and everything was ok. I intended to take the car in for service the following week and thought I'd tell them what happened at that time. But the second incident happened the following Saturday and the third the Tuesday after that. I was told by the shop that fixed the car that there is nothing wrong with it but they did not get a GM engineer to check it as my insurance company suggested. Harold Chevrolet now has the car and are trying to replicate the problem. I do not want the car back and I want to get out of the lease before the car kills someone. Not only was the result worse each time this happened but the time between decreased with each incident.

- Coldwater, MI, USA