Wrecked - Mustang Kept Accelerating
04-23-2007, 03:58 AM
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RE: Wrecked - Gas Pedal Got Stuck
Sorry to hear about the car, but it's good that nobody was hurt.
One thing I don't get. I thought the front brakes more than overpower the acceleration force generated by the rear tires??? I thought this was the case for just about any car on the road (I know it was true for all the cars driven by me and my buddies back in high school
). Isn't this why you can keep a foot on the brake, floor the gas, and keep your Mustang sitting still while you burn through your rear tires?
One thing I don't get. I thought the front brakes more than overpower the acceleration force generated by the rear tires??? I thought this was the case for just about any car on the road (I know it was true for all the cars driven by me and my buddies back in high school
). Isn't this why you can keep a foot on the brake, floor the gas, and keep your Mustang sitting still while you burn through your rear tires?
04-23-2007, 04:07 AM
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RE: Wrecked - Gas Pedal Got Stuck
Sometimes things happen so fast anyway that you forget to just shut her off. Sorry about the car and hope it isn't to much to fix. Yes the power brakes would not work but still would have stopped the car. Then still something else could have happened to the car any way...I think power steering doesn't work as well or at all either.
ORIGINAL: Arwing
yeah, i know what you mean. you don't really have time to think. Ok...hmm..what should i do here? you just go with your instincts, which was to slam on the brakes, to bad it didn't work..oh well, at least you're ok.
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Yeah I've been beating myself up about not bumping it up to neutral - just happened to fast.
Turning it off is an interesting thought, but would've killed the power brakes, no?
As far as the e-brake is concerned, I don't think it would've cut it.
Yeah I've been beating myself up about not bumping it up to neutral - just happened to fast.
Turning it off is an interesting thought, but would've killed the power brakes, no?
As far as the e-brake is concerned, I don't think it would've cut it.
04-23-2007, 04:07 AM
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RE: Wrecked - Gas Pedal Got Stuck
I'm not sure. That may well be the case when you're at a standstill... but in that scenario you don't really have any forward momentum like you do when your accelerating down the road.
The car did slow a bit when I pushed on the brakes, but it was also still trying to accelerate since the throttle was stuck. It was VERY strange. Combine that with me running out of road ahead, and well, there you have it.
The car did slow a bit when I pushed on the brakes, but it was also still trying to accelerate since the throttle was stuck. It was VERY strange. Combine that with me running out of road ahead, and well, there you have it.
04-23-2007, 04:11 AM
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RE: Wrecked - Gas Pedal Got Stuck
ORIGINAL: mygt500
Sometimes things happen so fast anyway that you forget to just shut her off. Sorry about the car and hope it isn't to much to fix. Yes the power brakes would not work but still would have stopped the car. Then still something else could have happened to the car any way...I think power steering doesn't work as well or at all either.
Sometimes things happen so fast anyway that you forget to just shut her off. Sorry about the car and hope it isn't to much to fix. Yes the power brakes would not work but still would have stopped the car. Then still something else could have happened to the car any way...I think power steering doesn't work as well or at all either.
ORIGINAL: Arwing
yeah, i know what you mean. you don't really have time to think. Ok...hmm..what should i do here? you just go with your instincts, which was to slam on the brakes, to bad it didn't work..oh well, at least you're ok.
ORIGINAL: JayFi
Yeah I've been beating myself up about not bumping it up to neutral - just happened to fast.
Turning it off is an interesting thought, but would've killed the power brakes, no?
As far as the e-brake is concerned, I don't think it would've cut it.
Yeah I've been beating myself up about not bumping it up to neutral - just happened to fast.
Turning it off is an interesting thought, but would've killed the power brakes, no?
As far as the e-brake is concerned, I don't think it would've cut it.
Shutting the power steering down would've been a bad thing in this case. But in a straight line it would've made a lot of sense.
04-23-2007, 04:22 AM
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RE: Wrecked - Gas Pedal Got Stuck
I dont want to get flamed...
But when a car 'surges' for no reason, and theres no physical reason like a floormat getting stuck, it can very well be a problem with the electronics/computer.
And you have a tune installed...
*hint hint*
Ok, I could be wrong - most likely.
But that, in my opinion, could be screaming warranty issues.
But when a car 'surges' for no reason, and theres no physical reason like a floormat getting stuck, it can very well be a problem with the electronics/computer.
And you have a tune installed...
*hint hint*
Ok, I could be wrong - most likely.
But that, in my opinion, could be screaming warranty issues.
04-23-2007, 04:34 AM
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RE: Wrecked - Gas Pedal Got Stuck
ORIGINAL: ohnoesaz
I dont want to get flamed...
But when a car 'surges' for no reason, and theres no physical reason like a floormat getting stuck, it can very well be a problem with the electronics/computer.
And you have a tune installed...
*hint hint*
Ok, I could be wrong - most likely.
But that, in my opinion, could be screaming warranty issues.
I dont want to get flamed...
But when a car 'surges' for no reason, and theres no physical reason like a floormat getting stuck, it can very well be a problem with the electronics/computer.
And you have a tune installed...
*hint hint*
Ok, I could be wrong - most likely.
But that, in my opinion, could be screaming warranty issues.
04-23-2007, 09:17 AM
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RE: Wrecked - Gas Pedal Got Stuck
hey the dealer fixed mine before anything else happened, they were rather hushed about it though, they replaced the throttle body, when i told them my pedal was stickin constantly, i didnt think of puttin it in neutral either lol.