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| Thread ID: 105856 | 2009-12-16 10:45:00 | What's with the Oz runaway Ford thing? | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 840262 | 2009-12-16 23:52:00 | He did play around with the foot brake earlier, but said the pedal went 'hard'. Welcome to brake fade, which usually follows closely behind brain fade, especially as you approach right-angle bends at the foot of long steep grades at around Warp 9, while changing a CD..............:help:. It was probably an automatic, which would at least excuse him for not depressing the clutch, but very little else. As for the Ford Help Line, I'm surprised he was able to leaf through a phone book while careering out of control down the motorway, or perhaps he got the manual out of the glove box, which, surprisingly, failed to lock automatically when he engaged cruise control. This guy has caused no end of grief at Chez Billy because I've only just managed to convince Mrs T that cruise control is a fine and wondrous asset, and now she says I can't use it anymore. Fortunately she doesn't know that it is controlled from the steering wheel so I'll be able to get away with it until the heat dies down. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 840263 | 2009-12-17 00:00:00 | Ever had a computer with a brain-dead motherboard? sometimes the basic functions like the power button don't work correctly in that circumstance It's probably unlikely but I wouldn't rule out an electrical failure either. If it took the guy 54km to finally stop the thing, you'd think he'd have stopped panicking by then I've seen cars being recalled for repair, there was some Japanese brand which had faulty brake lines, and a Citroen which had bad seals around some electrical part which eventually caused corrosion and led to a fire hazard |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 840264 | 2009-12-17 00:05:00 | . . . and trees . Ken :lol: This nutter should lose his licence until he's had a psych assessment . Do they do sych tests on trees? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 840265 | 2009-12-17 00:17:00 | A link in this thread would've been nice. Couple of things people haven't pointed out: (from here (www.heraldsun.com.au)) Pumping the brakes only slowed the car down to 80km/h and he couldn't pull the vehicle out of gear or turn the keys to shut off the engine. The model was part of Ford's largest ever global recall on faulty cruise control devices but the company insists the incident has no link to known faults and problems with the device. Sounds pretty legit to me. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 840266 | 2009-12-17 00:54:00 | Pumping the brakes only slowed the car down to 80km/h and he couldn't pull the vehicle out of gear or turn the keys to shut off the engine. If you believe that, you'll believe anything, and I have some very old US Railway Stock Certificates that are now worth millions and they are yours for a very modest price. If you read his own words, he pulled the keys out of the ignition, so unless you are extraordinarily technically challenged, you will know that you can't do that without turning the engine off (and locking the steering once you move it off centre). As for the taking out of gear, it might be hard in a manual under load, but that is what a clutch is for, and in any automatics I've driven you could pull it out of drive at any time you like, it doesn't have to pass through lower gears. He also claims that he did use the brakes to stop, which puts paid to that argument. The handbrake doesn't provide anything like the retardation that the foot brake can, its only advantage is that it still works when the brake fluid is boiling. The Ford recall problem was nothing like this either, and didn't affect cruise control operation per se. See below: Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: Ford found that brake fluid could leak through the cruise deactivation switch into the cruise system's electrical components and cause corrosion. Corrosion can cause a short and keep the cruise control from working, but in some cases it can lead to a higher flow of current that can overheat and cause a fire at the switch. |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 840267 | 2009-12-17 01:06:00 | I agree the guy must be few sandwiches short of a picnic. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 840268 | 2009-12-17 02:13:00 | (rant) so unless you are extraordinarily technically challenged, you will know that you can't do that without turning the engine off (and locking the steering once you move it off centre). (more ranting) Actually, I can do this in my car without turning the engine off or locking the steering. Granted, my car is 24 years old but hey I must be extraordinarily technically challenged right. Oh, and you can keep your train pictures, I'm more into the cars :) |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 840269 | 2009-12-17 05:28:00 | Actually, I can do this in my car without turning the engine off or locking the steering. Granted, my car is 24 years old but hey I must be extraordinarily technically challenged right. Nah, just relevance poor and cognitively challenged, with a time-warp on the side. Cheers Billy 8-{) :p |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 840270 | 2009-12-17 05:36:00 | What are you guys on about? link to this elusive piece of information that you are talking about? Its been a hard day in my world, be nice to me......... :stare: beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 840271 | 2009-12-17 06:09:00 | This Link (www.heraldsun.com.au) will explain as much of it as can be explained beetle. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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