| Issue ID | 706066 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10253161 |
| Manufacurer | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Brand | CHEVROLET |
| Model | TAHOE |
| Model Year | 2004 |
| File date | 26/12/08 |
| Component | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | After coming off cruise control at 55 mph and proceeding through town, i hit the resume button to once again increase speed from 45 mph to 55 mph but while on a road with a slight incline (less than 5% grade.) after pressing and quickly releasing the resume button as i normally do, the cruise control accelerated unintentionally and proceeded to increase speed to over 101 mph before i disengaged it. This has happened at least 3 times on this vehicle and in the past i always would disengage it immediately but seeing as how i was on an open road i figured i would see if it would disengage itself. When i felt i was going way too fast to talk a policeman out of a ticket and actually didn't feel safe any longer i disengaged the cruise control after figuring that it wasn't going to disengage itself until the speed limiter was reached. This vehicle has 54000 miles on it and the only thing that has been done on it was the dash was replaced under a recall when the speedometer went to malfunctioning. I have called gm and reported this but they have indicated they have never heard of this problem in the past. I use the cruise control in probably about 80% of my driving and this has happened on 3 occasions (all with my family in the car) and on longer trips (after driving for more than 1 hour) in excess of 75 miles. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 53974 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | MILLBROOK, AL |
| VIN pattern | 1GNEC13Z14JXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 06/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 45 |
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