Stuck cruise-control

bear · December 16, 2009, 20:14:37 PM

LoL He could not find ignition key, gear stick or parking brake I suppouse.

http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/national/cruisecontrol-freeway-drama/20091216-kv5k.html?selectedImage=2

Rivkid · December 17, 2009, 12:00:37 PM

Quote from: bearLoL He could not find ignition key, gear stick or parking brake I suppouse.

http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/national/cruisecontrol-freeway-drama/20091216-kv5k.html?selectedImage=2

On the report I read the other day hed tried everything. Put the parking brake on, took the key out of the ignition etc..

Clock'd 0Ne · December 17, 2009, 14:57:07 PM

I dont believe that at all, I really dont see how there can be no way of stopping or at least slowing the car either by sticking it in neutral or turning off the ignition and therefore killing the engine running. It seems a bit suspect.

Leon · December 17, 2009, 15:39:23 PM

Can you drop an auto into neutral on the move? Ive never had one

soopahfly · December 17, 2009, 17:55:39 PM

Yeah, you can.

Ive had two.

Mark · December 17, 2009, 21:16:44 PM

I dont know what model it was, but some of them have an electronic gearbox - the dash mounted shifter isnt directly connected to the gearbox - so it is possible that an electronic fault could prevent gears being disengaged.

On some of them the ECU controls engine and box.

Serious · December 18, 2009, 06:27:33 AM

A few are also supposed to lock they key while in motion, so you cant just turn the engine off. Actually managing to do this would cause the power steering to fail resulting in impossible steering.

Mark · December 18, 2009, 10:36:11 AM

The steering would be difficult more than impossible - Ive driven an old Scania 94 before with failed steering and it was possible to move it, but it was pretty heavy.

When youre moving you dont really notice it though

Edd · December 18, 2009, 11:37:33 AM

Quote from: MarkThe steering would be difficult more than impossible - Ive driven an old Scania 94 before with failed steering and it was possible to move it, but it was pretty heavy.

When youre moving you dont really notice it though

you do have massive arms tho mark

Clock'd 0Ne · December 18, 2009, 12:21:58 PM

Power steering only affects low speed turning on anything but a truck I would have thought?

Edd · December 18, 2009, 13:08:36 PM

my powersteering has a spaz sometimes and i cant turn the wheel at all. Its quite scary cause ive nearly driven into other cars when its decided to have a spaz. luckily its always at low speeds <10mph

knighty · December 18, 2009, 13:32:37 PM

didnt this happen not so long ago with a guy doing 140mph in his bmw down the M1 ? and it turned out he was just an attention seeking freak....

and a couple of years back, a guy driving an lorry said his accelerator was stuck to the floor.... and he turned out to be an attention seeking freak too.....

Bacon · December 18, 2009, 15:27:41 PM

I was driving an auction car back one day on the m5 when the engine turned itself off, something to do with the engine management i think, the steering wheel was a nightmare to control, i was in the outside lane doing 70mph and tbh i sh*t bricks

i thought that was it my first major motorway collision. The car in question was a 307.

XEntity · December 18, 2009, 18:41:11 PM

They recalled a load of the explorers due to a fault with the power steering, there were actually quite a few crashes because of it!

I think they were shorter accidents, where the drivers were more caught by surprise, not sure why he didnt just switch it off, or stand on the brakes?

Binary Shadow · December 18, 2009, 23:50:34 PM

most of these turn out to be rubbish after the vehicle is inspected

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