[200q20v] 200q20v Avant exhibits unintended acceleration!

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

At last the cause of the infamous Unintended Acceleration problem has been 
revealed. Acorn lodged in throttle linkage. All those court cases, all that 
publicity, all that lost prestige in the auto world..........just a matter 
of putting an acorn detector in the right place and perhaps a few acorn 
shields here and there.  And the whole automotive world would have been 
different.

Perhaps someone will now come up with an after-market kit, to sell in areas 
of high acorn infestation. Preobably should be some risk-reward studies 
done first.

I'm glad the 15 year mystery is being resolved. Great work, Glenn!

Doyt Echelberger

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At 10:10 AM 10/19/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>............snip........................
>  The 200q20v accelerated away rapidly and
>failed to slow at all when I immediately released the
>throttle. I punched in the clutch and killed the
>ignition as we were about to shoot across a
>(relatively at the time) busy road. I don't think the
>engine hit the rev limiter...   Brought the car safely
>to a halt about 10' from entering the road at a right
>angle to traffic. Phew! Whassupwithat? me says.
>
>Get out, pop the hood. Find one each partially-chewed
>medium-sized acorn wedged under the throttle linkage
>on top of the IM. Mustah rolled back they-ahh under
>the linkage when the car initially moved forward and
>then so nicely held the throttle open at about 1/3,
>ahh-yup, recon so. Sweet...   The two year old in the
>car with me did not need a new diaper.
>=====
>-glen
>
>OOOO