2014 PPV gas pedal stuck down

[Carlos Sanchez]

While highway driving I passed a slower vehicle, and after seeing oncoming traffic a little closer than I had thought, I floored the gas pedal. It stayed down, stuck down to the floor, throttle wide open.
I passed the other car at about 150km/hr and was accelerating like a bat outta hell. I white-knuckled it back into my lane at about 165 and it was still roaring to go!.

My wife was curious... "Whatthehellareyoudoing??!!" she politely screamed as speeds increased rapidly.
Instinct caused me to brake, which did virtually nothing and I was about to redline.

I jammed my right foot under the pedal and furiously dug at the mechanism with the toe of my shoe and it finally released.
My next move would have been to turn off the ignition, but losing power steering and power brakes might have been an exacerbation of the situation.

I consider myself to blame for hitting the gas too hard in the first place, but I sure am thankful for how well that former RCMP Rocket tracked straight at those speeds and acceleration!
Other than a little driver re-education, is there any other preventative actions that anyone would suggest I can take to ensure this doesn't happen again?
Is it linkage issue or a driver issue?

 

[Doubeleive]

While highway driving I passed a slower vehicle, and after seeing oncoming traffic a little closer than I had thought, I floored the gas pedal. It stayed down, stuck down to the floor, throttle wide open.
I passed the other car at about 150km/hr and was accelerating like a bat outta hell. I white-knuckled it back into my lane at about 165 and it was still roaring to go!.

My wife was curious... "Whatthehellareyoudoing??!!" she politely screamed as speeds increased rapidly.
Instinct caused me to brake, which did virtually nothing and I was about to redline.

I jammed my right foot under the pedal and furiously dug at the mechanism with the toe of my shoe and it finally released.
My next move would have been to turn off the ignition, but losing power steering and power brakes might have been an exacerbation of the situation.

I consider myself to blame for hitting the gas too hard in the first place, but I sure am thankful for how well that former RCMP Rocket tracked straight at those speeds and acceleration!
Other than a little driver re-education, is there any other preventative actions that anyone would suggest I can take to ensure this doesn't happen again?
Is it linkage issue or a driver issue?

replace the pedal, that should never happen. I floor mine all the time it's only stuck if my foot is on it.
90mph is highway speed around here.... in fact this morning most of the crowd was doing closer to 100mph
there is no "linkage" anymore these trucks are "Drive by wire" since around 2003

 

[Marky Dissod]

While highway driving I passed a slower vehicle, and after seeing oncoming traffic a little closer than I had thought, I floored the gas pedal.
It stayed down, stuck down to the floor, throttle wide open.
I passed the other car at about 150km/hr and was accelerating like a bat outta hell.
I white-knuckled it back into my lane at about 165 and it was still roaring to go!

AWESOME.

I jammed my right foot under the pedal and furiously dug at the mechanism with the toe of my shoe and it finally released.
My next move would have been to turn off the ignition, but losing power steering and power brakes might have been an exacerbation of the situation.

You're wrong about the power steering, but absolutely right about the power brakes.

I consider myself to blame for hitting the gas too hard in the first place

This is (NOT the only) one of the reasons why signal throttle replaced physical throttle -
The engine throttle opening and closing rates can disagree with the driver whenever ecm programming specifies.
That said, it's one thing to stomp an ant, another to stomp a coconut.

... any other preventative actions that anyone would suggest I can take to ensure this doesn't happen again?
Is it linkage issue or a driver issue?

Doubeleive said it first, and better.

replace the pedal, that should never happen.

 

[buckwild27]

Most definitely replace the pedal. And make sure you get the updated pedal from 2017+ the 14-16 had some pedal issues.
GM Genuine Parts 23362231 Accelerator Pedal

 

[RichardCranium]

That is wild! If that were me, there would have been a faulty gas pedal and a ScotchGard protected gray stalagmite right in the center of the bottom driver's seat cushion too.....

 

[Carlos Sanchez]

Thank you for all the helpful responses!! This place has a really good support network!!!

Sadly, after closer inspection I think I'm gonna go back to driver error.
I don't think my floor mats are spec, and when I tromped the pedal I believe it wedged into the mat.
Here's pics of what it looks like when depressed...


That little rubber ridge/crevice is really close to aligning perfectly with the pedal's edge, and I suspect on that road trip it got jostled into the sweet spot, ready to lock the pedal.

That mat has been removed.
With the big rubber floor in the PPV, I'm curious as to what the proper mat actually looks like...

 

[Marky Dissod]

You didn't need to get rid of the entire mat, just cut off the ridges in question.
Does the rubber floor have ANY floor mat retention features?

 

[Carlos Sanchez]

Well the mat is removed but not tossed out so I definitely can try that.
That's a good idea to trim it back and see if it's enough to prevent a reoccurrence.
Neither the floor nor the mat have any positive retention features that I can see.