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BEWARE of Unintended Acceleration...
I know that it's hard to think of this in the middle of things, but put it
into Neutral next time. "trainfan1" > wrote in message et... > GatorMan wrote: > >> Beware and be warned. My 2006 Mustang GT Premium Coupe w/ auto trans. We >> took delivery of this Mustang on October 27th 0f this year. A brand new >> 2006 leftover. We have not had the car two months yet. The car has only >> 1100 miles on it. >> >> We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas Lights. >> Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all by itself. >> I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car in drive the >> engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both feet on the brakes >> and could not stop it. The engine would not slow down or go back to idle. >> All I could do was steer and try to avoid hitting things. Well I missed >> the first house in my path, but went up on the lawn of the second home >> and hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I careened of the Caddy and made a 90 >> degree turn going across the street into a driveway hitting the garage >> and finally coming to a stop. >> >> When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a >> dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. >> >> Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). >> >> Ron in Florida >> >> >> >> > > Post the police report. Redacted to your desire, but let's see it. > > Rob |
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BEWARE of Unintended Acceleration...
On Dec 24, 7:54 am, (Brent P) wrote: <SNIP> >Drive? My car's don't have 'drive'. They have real transmissions. <SNIP> hey hey... let's leave the automatic bashing out of this...LOL! |
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On Dec 24, 5:09 pm, "Jim Warman" > wrote: > <SNIP> > Of the few late model Mustangs I've driven, I have to note that the pedals > are too close together for my big old clodhoppers and I find it easy to > cover both pedals at the same time. > <SNIP> I've had a couple of people comment on how close together the pedals on my 2005 seem to be... Not a problem for me... but I have noticed on occasion if my foot is on the right side of the brake pedal some times my foot will catch the gas pedal... |
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BEWARE of Unintended Acceleration...
I think this person works for the new Camaro design team.
Don Manning "GatorMan" > wrote in message .. . > Beware and be warned. My 2006 Mustang GT Premium Coupe w/ auto trans. We > took delivery of this Mustang on October 27th 0f this year. A brand new > 2006 leftover. We have not had the car two months yet. The car has only > 1100 miles on it. > > We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas Lights. > Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all by itself. > I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car in drive the > engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both feet on the brakes > and could not stop it. The engine would not slow down or go back to idle. > All I could do was steer and try to avoid hitting things. Well I missed > the first house in my path, but went up on the lawn of the second home and > hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I careened of the Caddy and made a 90 > degree turn going across the street into a driveway hitting the garage and > finally coming to a stop. > > When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a > dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. > > Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). > > Ron in Florida > > > > > |
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I thought they found that the gas peddle was bent not the brake pedddle like
you would have thought. "Itsfrom Click" > wrote in message ... > > in the Audi "unintended acceleration" from = what, 20 years agp? > For those who weren't around: a number of reports started turning up of > Audi's taking off by themselves.........all kinds of drama for about a > year - TV exposes, investigations, etc. and finally it was attributed > to nothing more than driver error due to the unusual pedal location. > Just about killed Audi in this country. > > Fine (except there were a great number of the drivers who swore they > didn't have their foot on ANY pedal, and other circumstances that didn't > match the official "verdict"). > > I'd tend to be dubious, except I happen to see one of the damn things > take off by itself - with NO ONE behind the wheel: at a convenience > store, fellow pulls into a parking space facing the store.....leaves it > running while he runs into the store........was inside a couple minutes > when that damn thing took off in reverse at full throtle! > > Would have killed anyone behind him because = as said - it was wide > open. The car flew backwards, over a curb, thru the landscaping and was > stopped by metal guardrails along the main road.......but it hit with > such force that the entire body was sprung. > > Impossible - but I saw it. You could say that the guy hadn't gotton it > completely into Park - but what would explain the full throtle? > > And anybuddy remember Ford's cruise controls around 66-67, that used a > beaded chain connection between the cc diaphram and the throtle linkage > - and the chains would get hung up on the linkage at full throtle! > > Yeah, Mustangs have throttle by wire and I'm not thrilled with it. > Don't some German makes have brake-by-wire and even electric steering? > |
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trainfan1 wrote:
> GatorMan wrote: > >> Beware and be warned. My 2006 Mustang GT Premium Coupe w/ auto trans. >> We took delivery of this Mustang on October 27th 0f this year. A brand >> new 2006 leftover. We have not had the car two months yet. The car has >> only 1100 miles on it. >> >> We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas >> Lights. Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all >> by itself. I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car >> in drive the engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both >> feet on the brakes and could not stop it. The engine would not slow >> down or go back to idle. All I could do was steer and try to avoid >> hitting things. Well I missed the first house in my path, but went up >> on the lawn of the second home and hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I >> careened of the Caddy and made a 90 degree turn going across the >> street into a driveway hitting the garage and finally coming to a stop. >> >> When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a >> dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. >> >> Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). >> >> Ron in Florida >> >> >> >> > > Post the police report. Redacted to your desire, but let's see it. > > Rob Okay, you got your wish. We have ordered the police report from FHP. As soon as I get the report I will post it. And if you wish, e-mail me your phone no. and I'll fax it to you. Ron in Florida (Gator Man) |
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GatorMan wrote: > Beware and be warned. My 2006 Mustang GT Premium Coupe w/ auto trans. We > took delivery of this Mustang on October 27th 0f this year. A brand new > 2006 leftover. We have not had the car two months yet. The car has only > 1100 miles on it. > > We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas > Lights. Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all > by itself. I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car in > drive the engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both feet on > the brakes and could not stop it. The engine would not slow down or go > back to idle. All I could do was steer and try to avoid hitting things. > Well I missed the first house in my path, but went up on the lawn of the > second home and hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I careened of the Caddy > and made a 90 degree turn going across the street into a driveway > hitting the garage and finally coming to a stop. > > When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a > dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. > > Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). > > Ron in Florida Ron in Florida, That is some funny ****. If by chance, some of it is true though, here is what everyone is thinking. You were showing off to a friend (hot doggin'), lost control, and aren't a very good driver, and do not react well. You are why I drive an Excursion. See ya on the road. Duped |
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On Dec 24, 5:13 am, GatorMan > wrote: > Beware and be warned. My 2006 Mustang GT Premium Coupe w/ auto trans. We > took delivery of this Mustang on October 27th 0f this year. A brand new > 2006 leftover. We have not had the car two months yet. The car has only > 1100 miles on it. > > We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas > Lights. Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all > by itself. I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car in > drive the engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both feet on > the brakes and could not stop it. The engine would not slow down or go > back to idle. All I could do was steer and try to avoid hitting things. > Well I missed the first house in my path, but went up on the lawn of the > second home and hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I careened of the Caddy > and made a 90 degree turn going across the street into a driveway > hitting the garage and finally coming to a stop. > > When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a > dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. > > Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). > > Ron in Florida Seems you are not alone... I found this rather interesting... http://www.mustangforums.com/m_2247754/tm.htm |
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"John S." > wrote in message ups.com... > > > On Dec 24, 5:13 am, GatorMan > wrote: >> Beware and be warned. My 2006 Mustang GT Premium Coupe w/ auto trans. We >> took delivery of this Mustang on October 27th 0f this year. A brand new >> 2006 leftover. We have not had the car two months yet. The car has only >> 1100 miles on it. >> >> We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas >> Lights. Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all >> by itself. I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car in >> drive the engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both feet on >> the brakes and could not stop it. The engine would not slow down or go >> back to idle. All I could do was steer and try to avoid hitting things. >> Well I missed the first house in my path, but went up on the lawn of the >> second home and hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I careened of the Caddy >> and made a 90 degree turn going across the street into a driveway >> hitting the garage and finally coming to a stop. >> >> When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a >> dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. >> >> Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). >> >> Ron in Florida > > Seems you are not alone... I found this rather interesting... > > > http://www.mustangforums.com/m_2247754/tm.htm > What you have found just PROVES what everyone else here has been saying about the brakes, and a normal drivers reactions! "I held the brake down hard which kept me from moving but the RPMS kept increasing and the tires began squealing, I put the car in Park (instinct) and now the engine is red-lining so I turned the ignition off. I then restarted and it ran ok." |
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John S. wrote:
> > On Dec 24, 5:13 am, GatorMan > wrote: >> Beware and be warned. My 2006 Mustang GT Premium Coupe w/ auto trans. We >> took delivery of this Mustang on October 27th 0f this year. A brand new >> 2006 leftover. We have not had the car two months yet. The car has only >> 1100 miles on it. >> >> We went to visit a friend this evening to check out the Christmas >> Lights. Upon leaving to come home around 6:30 the Mustang took off all >> by itself. I backed out of his driveway and as soon as I put the car in >> drive the engine revved up all by itself. I put not one but both feet on >> the brakes and could not stop it. The engine would not slow down or go >> back to idle. All I could do was steer and try to avoid hitting things. >> Well I missed the first house in my path, but went up on the lawn of the >> second home and hit a Cadillac in the driveway. I careened of the Caddy >> and made a 90 degree turn going across the street into a driveway >> hitting the garage and finally coming to a stop. >> >> When I get the car back from the body shop, I am thinking it needs a >> dead-man switch installed. The least I can do for my family's safety. >> >> Drive careful, with those Mustangs (with the drive by wire systems). >> >> Ron in Florida > > Seems you are not alone... I found this rather interesting... > > > http://www.mustangforums.com/m_2247754/tm.htm > I have already ordered a "kill switch" for our mustang. As soon as it comes out of the body shop, installing the kill switch will be my first priority..... http://www.killswitchcentral.com |
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