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Cylinsier
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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject: This is why American automakers are going out of business |
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Per CNN: 4.5 million Fords recalled due to faulty cruise control switches.
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In all fairness, a bunch of toyotas were just recalled for faulty floor mats...
I might not be able to make a cruise control switch... but HOW THE HECK DO YOU MESS UP A FLOOR MAT?
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Faulty floor mats = retarded drivers
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Toyota = retarded driver !! 
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Retraded?
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lol-and I don't even HAVE a toyota !!!
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Well played.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| ellipses wrote: | In all fairness, a bunch of toyotas were just recalled for faulty floor mats...
I might not be able to make a cruise control switch... but HOW THE HECK DO YOU MESS UP A FLOOR MAT? |
I guess it had a high piling and some people put yet another carpet over that.Slipped up under the gas pedal as driver was riding along and when he went to the brake, pedal was still stuck down .
and boom.
best and probably only thing you can do if that happens is to turn the key OFF and push like hell on the brakes( remember, no power brakes/steering when the key is off)
also push the emergency brake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y1alzS9BSg |
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They just need to do what Honda does. My Civic has little hooks that hold the floor mat in place, making it impossible for it to slide. Problem solved.
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Or just slam on the brake and hold it... then guide it into a pole... how fast can a prius REALLY go with the brake pedal mashed down (even if the throttle is stuck in the floored position?)
I've never tried it in my truck... I'm afraid I'd break something
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I'd put it in neutral, bring it to a stop, then kill the ignition.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: This is why American automakers are going out of busines |
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| Cylinsier wrote: | | Per CNN: 4.5 million Fords recalled due to faulty cruise control switches. |
or this
GM's China Car Sales Rise 78% BEIJING -- General Motors Corp. said Monday its sales in China surged 77.7% in July from a year earlier to 144,593 vehicles, a record for the month in the company's second-largest market. "This was GM China's best July ever, extending an uninterrupted series of single-month sales records that started in January 2009," GM said in a statement. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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If it is a Prius, can't you just pull the plug from the wall?
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| Cylinsier wrote: | | I'd put it in neutral, bring it to a stop, then kill the ignition. |
that is the best thing to do, those reading this, rememeber it
If for any reason the pedal gets stuck or car won't stop
neutral, brakes , key, stop. |
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| FINALLY SOMETHING WORTH READING. THANKS BUS.BB |
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