Re: Unintended acceleration (REALLY!)

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

But you may have started a Schaumburg panic.  The tale does
serve as a reminder to folks on this list who offer aftermarket
performance goodies for sale that their liability policies should be
all paid up.

DeWitt Harrison     de@aztek-eng.com
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq

On 14 Mar 1998 20:00:30 -0500, Rob Winchell wrote:
>Just got off the phone with a friend of mine who has a 2.8(24v) A4 Quattro.
>He was driving along up in Vermont someplace when the car just started
>GOING. Threw it inot neutral and it kept reving so he pulled it off the
>road, reached down and literally yanked the gas pedal up and off (not sure
>why he did that) then turned the car off. Towed to local Audi dealer.
>
>Cause? Corrosion in the throttle body caused the throttle to stick open.
>This was one of the Schaumburg modified throttle bodies that I think was
>about a year old.
>
>Now, I certainly don't mean to start a 60 Minutes type panic, especailly
>after a 5 minute conversation where details were spotty. I just thought
>people might be interested to hear about it, especially if they have the
>modified throttle body, an A4 or just in general.