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Pontiac G6 Vehicle Speed Control Safety Report | Nov 27, 2013
Reported on Nov 27, 2013
| WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON OHIO RTE. 33 (AT 70 MPH) ON 11/27/2013 , MY CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED AND WOULD NOT RE-ENGAGE. I PULLED OVER AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT, SHUT OFF MY CAR FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS, AND RESTARTED. CRUISE CONTROL WAS AGAIN OPERATIONAL. GIVEN SUCH AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, I DISMISSED MY CONCERN. HOWEVER, ON 12/16/2013, I WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON I-70 (AGAIN AT 70 MPH) AND MY CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN DISENGAGED. I NOTICED RIGHT AWAY AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO KEEP MY SPEED UP. THE THREE VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY BEHIND ME, INCLUDING ONE TRACTOR-TRAILER AND A VEHICLE OPERATED BY ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS, NOTICEABLY SLOWED DOWN TO ADD FOLLOWING DISTANCE. MY CELL PHONE RANG, AND MY PASSENGER ANSWERED AND PUT THE CALL ON SPEAKERPHONE. MY FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON AND INDICATED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON, ALTHOUGH NO PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED. APPARENTLY, THIS IS THE REASON THAT THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE SLOWING DOWN - THEY THOUGHT I WAS SLOWING DOWN, EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT! I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT TO AGAIN SHUT OFF AND RESTART MY CAR. MY PASSENGER CLAIMED THAT SOMETHING SMELLED HOT (POSSIBLY BRAKES), ALTHOUGH I CANNOT OFFER VERIFICATION OF THIS. AFTER RESTARTING AND RE-ENTERING I-70, CRUISE CONTROL WORKED AND BRAKE LIGHTS WERE REPORTED BY FOLLOWING FAMILY MEMBERS TO WORK PROPERLY. *TR | |
| Make: | Pontiac |
| Model: | G6 |
| Manufactured by: | General Motors LLC |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | CONTINENTAL OH |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1G2ZM571064 |
| Mileage: | 60000 miles. |
| Speed: | 70 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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