Unintended acceleration of a Hyundai Sonata caught on camera
05-10-12, 04:48 AM
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eh, I agree. BS.
05-10-12, 06:05 AM
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Hmm, never heard of UA launching a car from a stop like that. There have been cases of automatic throttle adjustments causing a car to lurch forward from a stop, but not anything that brakes couldn't overcome. Also, in listening to the audio, it appears that the engine is receiving variable accelerator input. Very suspicious.
05-10-12, 06:15 AM
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nobody has yet proved that brakes can not stop car at any speed... Camry V6 was tested at 100mph by on of the big mags, with gas pedal pressed 100%, brakes stopped the car only 10ft longer than if the gas pedal was not pressed at all.
05-10-12, 07:41 AM
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Just seems too unrealistic...need to hear more...as you can see we seem to not get on the "jump to conclusions" mat...
Thank goodness this wasn't a new Camry or it would be all over the news and internet right now.
Thank goodness this wasn't a new Camry or it would be all over the news and internet right now.
05-10-12, 07:49 AM
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Putting it in neutral would have solved that. I do not get it how people's instincts don't tell them to just put the shifter in neutral?
I got an accelerator peddle stuck one time after my father purchased a beat up 5 series BMW. I took it for a test drive and I floored the throttle. After releasing the throttle the car kept going as if it was stuck. Without thinking I immediately shifted to neutral. This saved me big time.
People need to be educated on what neutral does. I'm pretty sure 99% of people that have never driven a manual would not know what to do in a situation like this and would end up dead or killing someone else.
I got an accelerator peddle stuck one time after my father purchased a beat up 5 series BMW. I took it for a test drive and I floored the throttle. After releasing the throttle the car kept going as if it was stuck. Without thinking I immediately shifted to neutral. This saved me big time.
People need to be educated on what neutral does. I'm pretty sure 99% of people that have never driven a manual would not know what to do in a situation like this and would end up dead or killing someone else.
05-10-12, 08:07 AM
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I remember that. I think it was C&D. If I recall correctly, the stopping distance of the Camry that was tested this way was only a few feet longer than a Taurus stopping distance tested the normal way with no throttle applied.
05-10-12, 01:14 PM
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There are LOTS of examples of "Not Just Japanese" cars who have statistical anomalies regarding SUA, a couple of years of Volvos are particularly bad as are some years of Lincoln town cars. In every case, once a scientific, independent review is done... it is almost always the driver pressing the wrong pedal
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