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Had that happen several years ago. In Minnesota, in the winter. I
don't remember what the temperature was, but I know it has a "-"
in front of it and there was more than 1 digit. The driver had
stepped on it (dry pavement at least), but the throttle stuck. It
was probably something in the linkage. None-the-less, the
immediate remedy at the moment was to turn off the ignition. It
almost worked flawlessly, but the guy turning the key went one
step too far, and also locked the steering wheel. Disaster was
avoided when he unlocked the steering wheel, but left the ignition
off.
bp
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On 12/16/2018 10:55 AM, Josh Luthman
wrote:
Why would you emergency shut off the engine? That
sounds absolutely suicidal.
Josh Luthman
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We
are looking to refresh one of our SUVs. Everything seems to be
going push start - which scares me for several reasons:
1) key fob battery death - leaving you stranded. Apparently
with most vehicles there are hidden keys and slots. Ok.
2) needing to perform an emergency engine stop at highway
speed. Apparently you can hold the stop button for three
seconds (which I might add can be a very long time and a long
distance at 70mph!)
3) that brings us to 3. Assuming the engine is forced to stop
at highway speed. How do you: a) put the vehicle into ACC mode
so the wheel stays unlocked b) attempt a restart of the engine
(while shifted to neutral) while the vehicle is still moving
from previous engine momentum?
Although this may seem trivial. I’ve had 2-3 instances over my
20 years of driving where I’ve either had to dead stick a
vehicle into a service location because of a broken component
that died at highway speed, or another engine issue. In all
cases, having to stop the vehicle to attempt an engine restart
would have caused me to get stranded rather than arrive at a
location where the vehicle could be serviced.
#20YearsWithoutNeedingATow
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