You turn the engine off you lose your power steering.
Put it in neutral and you lose your throttle putting power to the
transmission.
Josh Luthman
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 2:07 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 12/16/2018 10:55 AM, Josh Luthman 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 <
> mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> 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
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