Power steering? No one needs that. My 2000 Saturn SL1 didn’t even have power steering :)
> On Dec 16, 2018, at 17:22, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > >> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 2:07 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> 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 >>>> <[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] >>>> 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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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