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To: SeekAndFind

Except if it actually happens to you or a family member.

A number of years ago my husband and I went for a test drive in a Dodge Caravan and the accelerator stuck. Luckily my husband was able to shift into neutral and pull into a parking lot. The car salesman from the dealership was with us and it scared us all. It was used but still, these things should not happen.


4 posted on 03/18/2010 7:59:31 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012
A number of years ago my husband and I went for a test drive in a Dodge Caravan and the accelerator stuck.

My brother's stuck accelerator story was in a Dodge Viper. Much scarrier with a stuck pedal and 500 hp.

7 posted on 03/18/2010 8:16:02 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (Flame away...)
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Luckily my husband was able to shift into neutral...

No luck involved, anyone qualified to have a driver's license, should know how to shut down a vehicle that malfunctions like this.

I had this happen with a turbo Thunderbird, about 25 years ago (floored, 3rd gear, floor mat). I had the car in neutral, and turned off, within a second or two. I never went back to the car wash which had cleaned my mats, and reinstalled the driver side mat backwards.

10 posted on 03/18/2010 8:42:32 AM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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