Mikel Valviva sought to return his truck to the dealership at 9150 Airline Highway, saying he no longer wanted it because of the recall on the accelerator, Lee said. The dealership’s manager, Joe Costanza, offered to repair Valviva’s truck and loan him a car in the meantime, Lee said. Matt McKay, owner of the All Star Automotive Group, said Costanza explained to Valviva on three separate occasions on Saturday that the dealership could not refund his money for the truck. McKay said the process during the recall requires dealerships to provide a loaner car while the recalled vehicle is repaired. Valviva refused the offers and tried to leave the dealership, but his gas pedal stuck, Lee said. The truck accelerated forward, striking the building, Lee said.
I’m going to be going 100mph down every street in town and when I get pulled over I’ll look at the officer and go “What? It stuck, you’re lucky I stopped”.