unintended acceleration

[Lee Levitt]

Tom Donohue <donohue at netconnx.net> writes:
>
> Hi all...had an unusual occurrance last night on my way home from
> Christmas
> dinner.  Just reached the bypass where I was able to pass some slower
> traffic, floored the 200q20v and the throttle stuck wide open.
> The pedal was
> not stuck...put my foot under it thinking this would help...and
> it didn't.  I
> tried braking, hoping that it would help...and it didn't.
> Finally disengaged
> the clutch, steered to the right, planning to shut it down.  The engine
> revved to 7k+, then returned to idle as if nothing ever happened, and
> continued operating normally for the last 15 miles or so to home.
>  I haven't
> seen any similar pattern before, nor have I heard of same.
> Anyone have any
> similar experiences or ideas?  Regards, Tom Donohue


Yep. 1990 200T. Foot to the floor acceleration, then liftoff (or not). I
stamped on the pedal a couple of times before it came unstuck. Pretty
interesting as this was in moderate highway traffic.

IIRC, we had to replace a piece in the throttle linkage...but this was a
number of years ago...

Lee
1999 Range Rover 4.0
1996 Audi A6 quattro avant