Re:A case study of Toyota unintended acceleration and softwa...
by apohn on Monday May 02, 2022 @09:08PM
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>I can't believe I didn't think of it, but... I didn't realize that older throttles could get stuck.
I had a 1991 Taurus SHO (manual) that did this. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the throttle assembly, but the cable would bind somewhere and it would keep the throttle open. I could never figure out where it was binding and neither could any mechanics.
I usually had to pull over to turn the car off and back on again.
The SHO accelerated very fast (at the time) so thankfully it never happened when I was facing a wall.
I had a 1991 Taurus SHO (manual) that did this. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the throttle assembly, but the cable would bind somewhere and it would keep the throttle open. I could never figure out where it was binding and neither could any mechanics.
I usually had to pull over to turn the car off and back on again.
The SHO accelerated very fast (at the time) so thankfully it never happened when I was facing a wall.