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RE: Sudden Acceleration (Or lack of)
Turn off the ignition? Shift into neutral? How are you going to do that
when you've got one hand holding the phone and the other holding a
map/magazine/hairbrush/electric shaver/cup of coffee/etc. (the official
driving position of the clueless)? I mean, if you try to use your knees
you'll lose control of the steering wheel!
If I remember correctly, other cars were listed as having similar problems
around the same time as the Audi. I guess not enough incidents were
reported to qualify those makers for the TV smear job. It's good to see
that Audi has rebounded after being dragged through the mud.
-Brad
The U-boat Commander
-----Original Message-----
From: 16V JASON [SMTP:jason@scirocco.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 10:23 PM
To: Jason; Scirocco List
Subject: Re: Sudden Acceleration (Or lack of)
At 01:10 AM 2/3/99 , Jason wrote:
>> DaleWitt wrote:
>> To elaborate further.. the "problem" turned out to be the location of
the
>> pedals. In the 5000, they're located somewhat unusually towards the
center of
>> the car. People would THINK they were pushing on the brake, would hit
the gas
Correction: The pedals were located *away* from the center of the car
because of the AWD system... and the gas pedal was aligned with the center
of the steering column because of this, where the brake pedal usually is...
But you got the idea right.
>was. Also I could be wrong but aren't the brakes more powerful than the
engine?
Yep. That's US DOT law.
>Ever heard of pushing the clutch in?
The Unintended Acceleration problem was only reported in Automatic cars.
Maybe neutral or park?
Apparently noone thought of this. Nor did anyone think to turn the
ignition off.
We just had a huge discussion about this on the BMW list about a month
ago... interesting stuff.
Jason
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jason@scirocco.org
1987 Scirocco 16v
57,000 original miles.
http://members.aol.com/rocco16v
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