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Stuck accelerator Video. HOLY CRAP

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LTC8K6 said:
Loss of power assist to the brakes and steering can be disconcerting in such a situation.

In older cars, you may turn the key too far and lock the steering wheel.

A lot of newer cars do not have locking steering wheels, though.
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FFS, YOU DON'T INSTANTLY LOSE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE CAR. I bet that most of you posting that haven't actually turned off a moving car before.

You know what's even more "disconcerting"? Having your car suddenly lurch forward under full acceleration without a control input, and continue to accelerate as you try to control it. "My steering became a bit harder" is nothing by comparison.
 
jagec said:
FFS, YOU DON'T INSTANTLY LOSE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE CAR. I bet that most of you posting that haven't actually turned off a moving car before.

You know what's even more "disconcerting"? Having your car suddenly lurch forward under full acceleration without a control input, and continue to accelerate as you try to control it. "My steering became a bit harder" is nothing by comparison.
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I just posted that loss of power steering is no big deal.

Try to follow the thread before you post. If you had, you'd know that I know you don't instantly lose steering and brakes. You'd also know that I conducted and documented my own personal stuck accelerator tests on both an old and a new vehicle. You'd further know that on the old vehicle I purposely tried to use up the reserve vacuum assist on the brakes, and I still had good braking.
 
Puppies04 said:
I have to disagree with you there, worst case scenario is you burn out your clutch/blow up your engine and befoe anyone starts i'm not saying it is very likely just that it is more than possible.
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You're a few astronomical units separated from the point here...

I'm referring to the worst-case accident scenario. You know, for normal people who are more worried about the damage that they do to others than for the guy who's more worried about his clutch than slowing his car down. Damage done to your own car in the process of slowing it down doesn't factor into the equation.

As for burning out the clutch, of course it can happen.

ZV
 
This happened to me in a old Plymouth Fury. Drove over some railroad tracks and a part of the throttle on carb came loose. I was maybe 18 or so and it scared the shit out of me but it took no more than three seconds to turn key back one notch. I was going already 30 when I went over tracks and breaks would not stop car.
 
rpanic said:
This happened to me in a old Plymouth Fury. Drove over some railroad tracks and a part of the throttle on carb came loose. I was maybe 18 or so and it scared the shit out of me but it took no more than three seconds to turn key back one notch. I was going already 30 when I went over tracks and breaks would not stop car.
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On my old Audi, it was a gas pedal position sensor malfunction. If you depressed the throttle more than 80%, the sensor would malfunction and it would get stuck there. I was able to reproduce the problem consistenly after I drove home, as was the dealership.

On the bright side, the big V6 in that car sounded awesome while hovering around 7,000 RPM 🙂

Amusingly, Audi corporate still tried to blame the problem on a loose floor mat even AFTER I had the car fixed! Bastards.
 
classy said:
Yep

Just slam it in park, it will tear out the entire transmission, but she will stop.
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?? no it wont... park is just neutral with a ring gear. theres an arm that holds on the notches, thats why sometimes if youre still rolling and you put it into park you hear CLICK CLICK CLICK, its just the gear popping past the arm (not sure what you call all of it but yeah...). if anything you might ruin the teeth on that gear but even that is unlikely.
 
rpanic said:
This happened to me in a old Plymouth Fury. Drove over some railroad tracks and a part of the throttle on carb came loose. I was maybe 18 or so and it scared the shit out of me but it took no more than three seconds to turn key back one notch. I was going already 30 when I went over tracks and breaks would not stop car.
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if that's true then your computerless car had 2 deadly defects, at least.
 
I've had this happen to me, I was stopped at a red light and the throttle started revving up like crazy and I had to jam the brakes as hard as I could to keep it from moving. Putting it in park would stop it from doing this, and luckily I made it to the mechanic in time to get it fixed. Stupid ass late 90's Buick, which was an otherwise very good engine. That one time it just went nuts and the first time it happened I didn't have the brakes pressed hard enough and it almost rear ended the car in front of me. Freaky stuff.
 
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