Originally Posted by Rukdafaidas:
From the description on Youtube:
Published on Jan 21, 2013
Terror in our Toyota! Sure looks like the Electronic Throttle Control got stuck, huh? Another case of "UNINTENDED ACCELERATION?" She was only able to control the car with the PRNDL - 3 teenage girls in the car and just pulling into a neighbor's driveway to pick-up during carpool! This could happen to you! The car was totalled, the home has sever damage, and a car inside the home was totaled out and another damaged. Toyota's response: "...no evidence of any sort of manufacturing or design defect..." You look at this video and decide for yourself!
I never understood the issue. Does the car keep accelerating if you put it in neutral?
Originally Posted by Frosty:
So, the unintended acceleration is why she was going 2 mph before she got to the driveway? She also stopped several times, so I don't think the throttle was stuck.
Personally, I think it was a combination of inexperience, panic and a cell phone.
Exactly. Your motor will overpower your breaks every single time. If the motor was truly maxed, she'd have never brought the thing to a stop at all.
It was 3 teenage girls in a car that fucked up and freaked out.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Exactly. Your motor will overpower your breaks every single time. If the motor was truly maxed, she'd have never brought the thing to a stop at all.
It was 3 teenage girls in a car that ****ed up and freaked out.
Uh, no. The brakes will overpower the engine every time. Try it, I have.
Originally Posted by Radar Chief:
Correct, up until the point where the brakes get so hot they boil the brake fluid in the calipers/brake lines. That’s where “brake fade” comes from.
Unless you go with the mechanical connection in the parking brake.
