Re: Unintended Acceleration Happens

[Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>]

Mine crumbled 2 days after I bought the car.  Was on a trip to PA and
(yeah!) we were going to the U-Pull It anyway.  Free replacement part and
all is better.  I didn't have any UA, I just couldn't use the cruise.  It
was kind of funny actually, as I drove the first leg and the cruise worked
for me.  My wife drove the next and that's when it broke.  There I was
lecturing her in how to use the cruise (Well, it worked for me!) and the
next time we stopped...  Boy, did I catch it!   <g>

At 05:32 AM 8/21/1998 ,  jday1 was inspired to say:
>  Audian alert!
>  While cruising down the interstate I felt a thud and perceived that my 
>  cruise control had popped off. As I went to use the gas pedal I realized 
>  it was nonresponsive. Trying to manipulate the gas pedal with my foot 
>  caused the accelerator to jam. Now I'm doing 80mph and accelerating!. Got 
>  off the interstate, braked the car as best I could, as soon as I hit 
>  neutral the RPMs went out of sight and I turned the ignition off 
>  immediately. Rolled to a stop and opened the hood. The bushing that holds 
>  the linkage rod for the cruise control had crumbled, the rod had popped 
>  out and was wedged among the injectors. Returning it to its proper 
>  position solved the problem. keeping it there became the job of the ever 
>  present roll of duct tape. Don't leave home without it!
>  I don't blame the bushing or Audi, things get old. Replace yours for the 
>  few pennies they cost.



Cheers,
	Richard
	88 90Q - <insert pithy witticism here>
	88 Golf GTi - PRO Rally