two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S
#51
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Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S
Dave,
I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
confusion caused, but mine was not.
On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
would be OK.
Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
restart it was normal idle.
I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
easily kill someone.
If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
Mark
I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
confusion caused, but mine was not.
On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
would be OK.
Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
restart it was normal idle.
I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
easily kill someone.
If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
Mark
#52
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Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S
Dave,
I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
confusion caused, but mine was not.
On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
would be OK.
Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
restart it was normal idle.
I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
easily kill someone.
If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
Mark
I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
confusion caused, but mine was not.
On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
would be OK.
Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
restart it was normal idle.
I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
easily kill someone.
If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
Mark
#53
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S
Dave,
I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
confusion caused, but mine was not.
On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
would be OK.
Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
restart it was normal idle.
I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
easily kill someone.
If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
Mark
I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
confusion caused, but mine was not.
On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
would be OK.
Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
restart it was normal idle.
I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
easily kill someone.
If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
Mark
#54
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Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S 2.8L V6 engine
Just a question, but why didn't you shift the car into neutral?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
#55
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Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S 2.8L V6 engine
Just a question, but why didn't you shift the car into neutral?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
#56
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Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S 2.8L V6 engine
Just a question, but why didn't you shift the car into neutral?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
#57
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Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S 2.8L V6 engine
Just a question, but why didn't you shift the car into neutral?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
377 wrote:
> V 6 right. I normally would have torn into things trying to find a
> fault, but I want Audi US techs to look at it undisturbed, that is if
> Audi US ever responds to my emails. There was no floor mat issue and
> it wasn't a sticking throttle as you might expect from a dirty
> throttle plate, it rapidly and radically accelerated. In the second
> incident I was in 5 mph city traffic and it took off. When I put it in
> neutral it was up against the rev limiter, close to 5500 rpm with both
> feet up and off the pedals. In the hands of a panicked old driver this
> fault can and will kill people. Somehow there may be a clue in the
> reduced brake boost prior to the uncommanded acceleration incident.
> Can anyone see a way that reduced or falling brake boost vacuum could
> cause or be related to this?
#58
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Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S
I don't doubt you Mark! I believe you and thank goodness you survived with
no loss of life or property.
I have seen strange things over the course of years but I always TRY to find
a reason why.
I have even seen an oil pump cause a loss of engine compression so that an
engine dies.
Now could the ECM have raised the idle to that level? I think it is
possible.
Does yours have a check light or store codes in the ECM that might blink out
the codes or allow you to read with a scanner?
Let us know what you find, or if it happens again!
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"377" <boeing377@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1182097253.636428.318340@q19g2000prn.googlegr oups.com...
> Dave,
>
> I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
> wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
>
> I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
> thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
> thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
> confusion caused, but mine was not.
>
> On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
> accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
> off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
> avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
> would be OK.
>
> Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
> up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
> front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
> redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
> it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
> restart it was normal idle.
>
> I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
> getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
> easily kill someone.
>
> If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
> the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
> I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
>
> If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
> know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
> deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
>
> I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
>
> Mark
>
no loss of life or property.
I have seen strange things over the course of years but I always TRY to find
a reason why.
I have even seen an oil pump cause a loss of engine compression so that an
engine dies.
Now could the ECM have raised the idle to that level? I think it is
possible.
Does yours have a check light or store codes in the ECM that might blink out
the codes or allow you to read with a scanner?
Let us know what you find, or if it happens again!
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"377" <boeing377@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1182097253.636428.318340@q19g2000prn.googlegr oups.com...
> Dave,
>
> I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
> wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
>
> I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
> thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
> thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
> confusion caused, but mine was not.
>
> On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
> accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
> off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
> avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
> would be OK.
>
> Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
> up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
> front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
> redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
> it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
> restart it was normal idle.
>
> I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
> getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
> easily kill someone.
>
> If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
> the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
> I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
>
> If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
> know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
> deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
>
> I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
>
> Mark
>
#59
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S
I don't doubt you Mark! I believe you and thank goodness you survived with
no loss of life or property.
I have seen strange things over the course of years but I always TRY to find
a reason why.
I have even seen an oil pump cause a loss of engine compression so that an
engine dies.
Now could the ECM have raised the idle to that level? I think it is
possible.
Does yours have a check light or store codes in the ECM that might blink out
the codes or allow you to read with a scanner?
Let us know what you find, or if it happens again!
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"377" <boeing377@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1182097253.636428.318340@q19g2000prn.googlegr oups.com...
> Dave,
>
> I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
> wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
>
> I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
> thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
> thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
> confusion caused, but mine was not.
>
> On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
> accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
> off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
> avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
> would be OK.
>
> Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
> up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
> front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
> redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
> it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
> restart it was normal idle.
>
> I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
> getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
> easily kill someone.
>
> If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
> the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
> I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
>
> If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
> know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
> deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
>
> I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
>
> Mark
>
no loss of life or property.
I have seen strange things over the course of years but I always TRY to find
a reason why.
I have even seen an oil pump cause a loss of engine compression so that an
engine dies.
Now could the ECM have raised the idle to that level? I think it is
possible.
Does yours have a check light or store codes in the ECM that might blink out
the codes or allow you to read with a scanner?
Let us know what you find, or if it happens again!
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"377" <boeing377@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1182097253.636428.318340@q19g2000prn.googlegr oups.com...
> Dave,
>
> I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
> wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
>
> I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
> thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
> thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
> confusion caused, but mine was not.
>
> On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
> accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
> off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
> avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
> would be OK.
>
> Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
> up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
> front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
> redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
> it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
> restart it was normal idle.
>
> I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
> getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
> easily kill someone.
>
> If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
> the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
> I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
>
> If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
> know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
> deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
>
> I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
>
> Mark
>
#60
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: two SCARY sudden acceleration incidents 92 Audi 100S
I don't doubt you Mark! I believe you and thank goodness you survived with
no loss of life or property.
I have seen strange things over the course of years but I always TRY to find
a reason why.
I have even seen an oil pump cause a loss of engine compression so that an
engine dies.
Now could the ECM have raised the idle to that level? I think it is
possible.
Does yours have a check light or store codes in the ECM that might blink out
the codes or allow you to read with a scanner?
Let us know what you find, or if it happens again!
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"377" <boeing377@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1182097253.636428.318340@q19g2000prn.googlegr oups.com...
> Dave,
>
> I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
> wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
>
> I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
> thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
> thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
> confusion caused, but mine was not.
>
> On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
> accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
> off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
> avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
> would be OK.
>
> Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
> up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
> front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
> redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
> it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
> restart it was normal idle.
>
> I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
> getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
> easily kill someone.
>
> If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
> the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
> I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
>
> If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
> know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
> deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
>
> I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
>
> Mark
>
no loss of life or property.
I have seen strange things over the course of years but I always TRY to find
a reason why.
I have even seen an oil pump cause a loss of engine compression so that an
engine dies.
Now could the ECM have raised the idle to that level? I think it is
possible.
Does yours have a check light or store codes in the ECM that might blink out
the codes or allow you to read with a scanner?
Let us know what you find, or if it happens again!
--
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
"377" <boeing377@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Dave,
>
> I have a job. I am an electrical engineer. I never said the brakes
> wouldnt stop the car, they DID.
>
> I too once held a totally skeptical attitude about sudden accel. I
> thought it was senile drivers jamming on the gas harder and harder
> thinking it was the brake pedal. Maybe most of those cases were driver
> confusion caused, but mine was not.
>
> On the first instance I was driving UPHILL, and the car started to
> accelerate. I thought it was a runaway cruise control, took my foot
> off the gas, tapped the brakes, then even shut the cc off, all to no
> avail. I pulled over, pulled out the cc fuse and thought everything
> would be OK.
>
> Later that same day in 5 mph traffic, on flat ground, the engine wound
> up and I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hitting the person in
> front of me. When I got stopped and put it in neutral it was near
> redline RPM with BOTH FEET OFF THE PEDALS. I shut it off, restarted
> it, redline RPM again, right up against the rev limiter. On the next
> restart it was normal idle.
>
> I am not trying to make one red cent off Audi, just keep someone from
> getting killed. Believe me, a panicked driver with this problem could
> easily kill someone.
>
> If you think I dont know cars, I have rebuilt engines myself. I know
> the difference between a stuck throttle and an accelerating throttle.
> I am not an Audi expert but I am not an idiot either.
>
> If you think I panicked and jammed on the gas pedal you are wrong. I
> know how to keep cool. I have twice in my long skydiving career had to
> deal with main chute failures and I am obviously still alive.
>
> I totally understand your doubts, I once shared them.
>
> Mark
>