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  • September 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM #452701
    ucodegen
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    Flu and other auto experts-
    Would shifting it into neutral and braking have stopped the engine? Just thinking out loud.

    Generally yes. Depends upon how much ‘drive/fly by wire’ the car is. If the same system controls the auto transmission, it may not work if it is ‘confused’. See my earlier comment, method #3. Turning off the engine and then turning back on but not going to ‘start’ (and not touching start/stop button) will cause ECU to restart, possibly clearing problem. If you turn engine off, move autotrans to neutral and then go back to on (but not start or hitting start/stop) it should reset ECU and the engine won’t restart.

    September 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM #451898
    ucodegen
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    Suggestions for stopping a run-away car:
    1. Put the transmission in neutral. Rev limiter will protect the engine.. won’t sound nice but you’ll stop. Ignition key to off position when no longer moving.
    2. Manual transmission: push the clutch in fool!!!
    3. On a straight section of road, ignition key to off position (3 – 5 sec). Steering will momentarily lock, then turn back to on position but don’t go to start. Engine may restart depending upon speed (> 30mph for automatic). Can try switch to off, trans to neutral then switch to on trick. If engine restarts because still it drive, it still may cause the ECU to ‘reboot’, clearing the problem if it was ECU based.
    4. Hit the brakes. In most cars, the brakes will be able to stop the car even when the engine is trying to accelerate. The exception might be with a car having more than 600hp.. but those usually have even better brakes.
    5. Pull the fuse for the ECU (only useful if there is more than one person in the car). This will immediately shut the engine off (The ECU controls the fuel pump, ignition timing, as well as throttle control on drive-by-wire cars).

    The floormat problem sounds likely on this one. There are too many ways to stop a runaway engine.. Floormats can remove using the brakes if it has bunched up behind the brake and on top of the accelerator.

    Acronym decode: ECU == Engine Control Unit

    September 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM #452093
    ucodegen
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    Suggestions for stopping a run-away car:
    1. Put the transmission in neutral. Rev limiter will protect the engine.. won’t sound nice but you’ll stop. Ignition key to off position when no longer moving.
    2. Manual transmission: push the clutch in fool!!!
    3. On a straight section of road, ignition key to off position (3 – 5 sec). Steering will momentarily lock, then turn back to on position but don’t go to start. Engine may restart depending upon speed (> 30mph for automatic). Can try switch to off, trans to neutral then switch to on trick. If engine restarts because still it drive, it still may cause the ECU to ‘reboot’, clearing the problem if it was ECU based.
    4. Hit the brakes. In most cars, the brakes will be able to stop the car even when the engine is trying to accelerate. The exception might be with a car having more than 600hp.. but those usually have even better brakes.
    5. Pull the fuse for the ECU (only useful if there is more than one person in the car). This will immediately shut the engine off (The ECU controls the fuel pump, ignition timing, as well as throttle control on drive-by-wire cars).

    The floormat problem sounds likely on this one. There are too many ways to stop a runaway engine.. Floormats can remove using the brakes if it has bunched up behind the brake and on top of the accelerator.

    Acronym decode: ECU == Engine Control Unit

    September 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM #452433
    ucodegen
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    Suggestions for stopping a run-away car:
    1. Put the transmission in neutral. Rev limiter will protect the engine.. won’t sound nice but you’ll stop. Ignition key to off position when no longer moving.
    2. Manual transmission: push the clutch in fool!!!
    3. On a straight section of road, ignition key to off position (3 – 5 sec). Steering will momentarily lock, then turn back to on position but don’t go to start. Engine may restart depending upon speed (> 30mph for automatic). Can try switch to off, trans to neutral then switch to on trick. If engine restarts because still it drive, it still may cause the ECU to ‘reboot’, clearing the problem if it was ECU based.
    4. Hit the brakes. In most cars, the brakes will be able to stop the car even when the engine is trying to accelerate. The exception might be with a car having more than 600hp.. but those usually have even better brakes.
    5. Pull the fuse for the ECU (only useful if there is more than one person in the car). This will immediately shut the engine off (The ECU controls the fuel pump, ignition timing, as well as throttle control on drive-by-wire cars).

    The floormat problem sounds likely on this one. There are too many ways to stop a runaway engine.. Floormats can remove using the brakes if it has bunched up behind the brake and on top of the accelerator.

    Acronym decode: ECU == Engine Control Unit

    September 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM #452506
    ucodegen
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    Suggestions for stopping a run-away car:
    1. Put the transmission in neutral. Rev limiter will protect the engine.. won’t sound nice but you’ll stop. Ignition key to off position when no longer moving.
    2. Manual transmission: push the clutch in fool!!!
    3. On a straight section of road, ignition key to off position (3 – 5 sec). Steering will momentarily lock, then turn back to on position but don’t go to start. Engine may restart depending upon speed (> 30mph for automatic). Can try switch to off, trans to neutral then switch to on trick. If engine restarts because still it drive, it still may cause the ECU to ‘reboot’, clearing the problem if it was ECU based.
    4. Hit the brakes. In most cars, the brakes will be able to stop the car even when the engine is trying to accelerate. The exception might be with a car having more than 600hp.. but those usually have even better brakes.
    5. Pull the fuse for the ECU (only useful if there is more than one person in the car). This will immediately shut the engine off (The ECU controls the fuel pump, ignition timing, as well as throttle control on drive-by-wire cars).

    The floormat problem sounds likely on this one. There are too many ways to stop a runaway engine.. Floormats can remove using the brakes if it has bunched up behind the brake and on top of the accelerator.

    Acronym decode: ECU == Engine Control Unit

    September 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM #452696
    ucodegen
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    Suggestions for stopping a run-away car:
    1. Put the transmission in neutral. Rev limiter will protect the engine.. won’t sound nice but you’ll stop. Ignition key to off position when no longer moving.
    2. Manual transmission: push the clutch in fool!!!
    3. On a straight section of road, ignition key to off position (3 – 5 sec). Steering will momentarily lock, then turn back to on position but don’t go to start. Engine may restart depending upon speed (> 30mph for automatic). Can try switch to off, trans to neutral then switch to on trick. If engine restarts because still it drive, it still may cause the ECU to ‘reboot’, clearing the problem if it was ECU based.
    4. Hit the brakes. In most cars, the brakes will be able to stop the car even when the engine is trying to accelerate. The exception might be with a car having more than 600hp.. but those usually have even better brakes.
    5. Pull the fuse for the ECU (only useful if there is more than one person in the car). This will immediately shut the engine off (The ECU controls the fuel pump, ignition timing, as well as throttle control on drive-by-wire cars).

    The floormat problem sounds likely on this one. There are too many ways to stop a runaway engine.. Floormats can remove using the brakes if it has bunched up behind the brake and on top of the accelerator.

    Acronym decode: ECU == Engine Control Unit

    September 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM #451922
    CBad
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    Yikes. I don’t dig these new cars without keys and we always drive manual transmissions. If they are going to make cars suck as much as computers at least put a CtrlAltDelete function on them so we can reboot.

    September 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM #452118
    CBad
    Participant

    Yikes. I don’t dig these new cars without keys and we always drive manual transmissions. If they are going to make cars suck as much as computers at least put a CtrlAltDelete function on them so we can reboot.

    September 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM #452458
    CBad
    Participant

    Yikes. I don’t dig these new cars without keys and we always drive manual transmissions. If they are going to make cars suck as much as computers at least put a CtrlAltDelete function on them so we can reboot.

    September 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM #452531
    CBad
    Participant

    Yikes. I don’t dig these new cars without keys and we always drive manual transmissions. If they are going to make cars suck as much as computers at least put a CtrlAltDelete function on them so we can reboot.

    September 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM #452720
    CBad
    Participant

    Yikes. I don’t dig these new cars without keys and we always drive manual transmissions. If they are going to make cars suck as much as computers at least put a CtrlAltDelete function on them so we can reboot.

    September 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM #451988
    briansd1
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    Could be suicide by car.

    Cars’ computers just don’t accelerate cars out of control. And if they did, it would not happen on only one car.

    People jump off the bridge all the time. Why not suicide by car and blame someone else with deep pockets at the same time?

    Time will tell…

    September 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM #452184
    briansd1
    Guest

    Could be suicide by car.

    Cars’ computers just don’t accelerate cars out of control. And if they did, it would not happen on only one car.

    People jump off the bridge all the time. Why not suicide by car and blame someone else with deep pockets at the same time?

    Time will tell…

    September 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM #452523
    briansd1
    Guest

    Could be suicide by car.

    Cars’ computers just don’t accelerate cars out of control. And if they did, it would not happen on only one car.

    People jump off the bridge all the time. Why not suicide by car and blame someone else with deep pockets at the same time?

    Time will tell…

    September 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM #452597
    briansd1
    Guest

    Could be suicide by car.

    Cars’ computers just don’t accelerate cars out of control. And if they did, it would not happen on only one car.

    People jump off the bridge all the time. Why not suicide by car and blame someone else with deep pockets at the same time?

    Time will tell…

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