If you are worried about turning it off while moving push start/stop button for 3 seconds. Restart is a matter of pushing the start button again. If it’s running away the key isn’t the first thing I’m reaching for - it’s the brake. The brakes are always stronger than the engine. If that doesn’t work push the clutch in or kick the transmission into neutral. No modern vehicle will grenade itself - the computer turns off the fuel injectors at the real redline.
Steering wheel column locks went the way of buggy whips - they are no longer required as long as the lock system meets modern standards and nearly all manufacturers have removed them from production. My car at least will start with a dead remote battery - you have to hold the fob in a specific spot and it will start. I think all of them have some similar provision. And the car bitches for months about the remote battery getting low. Yeah, I procrastinate. Mark > On Dec 16, 2018, at 1:55 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why would you emergency shut off the engine? That sounds absolutely suicidal. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 1:40 PM Matt Hoppes > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > 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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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