Sudden Unintended Acceleration
04-27-2010, 06:37 AM
#11
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Interesting first post......
Sorry, but I will call BS on the story. Just seems to "made up". But maybe that's just me.
Sorry, but I will call BS on the story. Just seems to "made up". But maybe that's just me.
04-27-2010, 07:54 AM
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Car & driver tested this:
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tion-tech_dept
The only car that they couldn't completely stop with a fully open throttle was a 540 HP Roush Mustang because the brakes got too hot.
It's safe to say that most cars have strong enough brakes to stall an engine.
Yves
http://www.caranddriver.com/features...tion-tech_dept
The only car that they couldn't completely stop with a fully open throttle was a 540 HP Roush Mustang because the brakes got too hot.
It's safe to say that most cars have strong enough brakes to stall an engine.
Yves
04-27-2010, 08:06 AM
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Interesting first post but I have to call BS on this also. I haven't been able to overcome the front brakes on my HHR while apply the gas and giving'r-the-onions at least not to the point of laying out rubber. A SS HHR maybe different but I don't think your average HHR is gonna be able to do it.
04-27-2010, 08:37 AM
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OP, do you work for Toyota?
04-27-2010, 08:38 AM
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I'm gonna hafta join the ruling on BS. I think it was human error also.
04-27-2010, 09:46 AM
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I too am smelling the putrid essence of bovine fecal matter and long for a hit of Febreze.
First thing I did when the Toyota pandemic hit the news was take my HHR out onto the two-lane blacktop and attempt to stop it from various speeds at 10-mph increments with wide-open-throttle. It stopped every single time. There is no way a FWD car can have the brakes engaged so fully as to leave treadmarks with the rear wheels whilst the fronts are laying down rubber. No. Frakking. Way.
First thing I did when the Toyota pandemic hit the news was take my HHR out onto the two-lane blacktop and attempt to stop it from various speeds at 10-mph increments with wide-open-throttle. It stopped every single time. There is no way a FWD car can have the brakes engaged so fully as to leave treadmarks with the rear wheels whilst the fronts are laying down rubber. No. Frakking. Way.
04-27-2010, 10:20 AM
#18
In the case of Toyota, I do believe it's possible. It is some type of mechanical, electronically, or computer error. It's not normal, and it seldom happens, so that's why they can't replicate it.
However, beings that the HHR does not have the same components, and not even made by the same manufacturer, I highly doubt it. Kinda like when you read a medical book, all of a sudden you have every disease.
However, beings that the HHR does not have the same components, and not even made by the same manufacturer, I highly doubt it. Kinda like when you read a medical book, all of a sudden you have every disease.
04-27-2010, 10:47 AM
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In the case of Toyota, I do believe it's possible. It is some type of mechanical, electronically, or computer error. It's not normal, and it seldom happens, so that's why they can't replicate it.
However, beings that the HHR does not have the same components, and not even made by the same manufacturer, I highly doubt it. Kinda like when you read a medical book, all of a sudden you have every disease.
However, beings that the HHR does not have the same components, and not even made by the same manufacturer, I highly doubt it. Kinda like when you read a medical book, all of a sudden you have every disease.
04-27-2010, 11:00 AM
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I'm with ya on the bad air quality seepin' from the O P. If the post count were larger that say.....10.... i might be thinkin' one of ya'll broke wind......
100?......... could be......
100?......... could be......