Lucy M.
GM denial of claim after manufacturer and vehicle failure caused an incident
On June 26, 2025, while visiting family; I was parking the 2022 Silverado at the Quality Inn in Olive Branch, MS, where the incident occurred. While turning into a parking space to the right, the accelerator began to accelerate while turning and when pressed the brake to stop, the truck did not stop. I hit the parking brake, put the car in park from the gear shift, and also slammed on the brakes numerous times. The truck continued to accelerate, spun out on the top of the parking brick; left black tire marks on the top of the yellow parking brick from burning rubber. After spinning out on top of the parking brick and the tires going faster and spinning out faster on the parking brick; I was then slung into and through a wrought iron fence and into about a 3 ft concrete cinder block. 2 parts of the wrought iron fence were on the ground and the concrete block broken in half with pieces of concrete surrounding the block. The truck continued to accelerate after knocking down the wrought iron fence and into the concrete block. Which, it is my understanding, the truck should have long stopped before hitting the fence. Due to the fast rate of acceleration while on the parking brick, I was slung to the right instead of straight forward. This caused me to turn slightly right and hit the concrete block instead of going into the hotel swimming pool. Failures of truck during this incident: Stuck accelerator –accelerating by self Parking brake Foot brake failure (regular brake) Auto braking system failure Air bags did not deploy Concrete block—only thing able to stop the truck. My claim was then denied by GM for manufacturer failure of vehicle.