**safety tip**

[notchnut]

Some of you may be aware of this however I feel it's neccesary to post.

Today I took the stang out of hibernation for a nice 1 hour cruise. As I was getting on the highway I shifted to 3rd and floored it (to check my boost level, and for fun) The problem showed itself when I let off the pedal and it stayed pinned to the floor! In a panic I started tapping it hard with my boot and fortunatly it released. I then proceeded home granny shifting the whole way. I pulled into the garage, shut it off and then slammed the pedal down and sure as anything it stuck down and stuck down good! I popped the hood and looked at the linkage, turns out the t/b linkage was getting hung up on the 8mm screw from the hose clamp for the inlet tube. I was amazed that: 1. it released itself while i was driving, 2. It has not happend to me yet, and 3. it was so easy to diagnose.

Simple fix, loosen the screw and rotate it away from the t/b linkage. Anyways, I thought I would share this. Hopefully it helps somone.

 

[trinity_gt]

Scary stuff. Good thing to check.

Always remember before panic sets in that the ignition key is always close by... Hard thing to think of at the time for sure but it's the surest way to whoa a runaway.

 

[SaleenGT2001]

i had that happen before. same problem.

i cut the car off when it got too fast

 

[notchnut]

definitley good points, fortunatley I was on the highway when it happend, although I dont foresee myself mashing the gas pedal in a populated area.

 

[LucasMelo]

That also happened to me once... not in the mustang though.....
It was a old friend's car, so I just hit the clutch and let the thing hit the limiter until I was able to stop the car and shut it off!!!!

 

[Jbauer]

x2..stangs have hydro boost for a reason hehe, shut dat bich 0ff

 

[flstang65]

That also happened to me once... not in the mustang though.....
It was a old friend's car, so I just hit the clutch and let the thing hit the limiter until I was able to stop the car and shut it off!!!!

You had to engage the clutch and let the engine hit the rev limiter in order to shut it off? Interesting... I just would have reached up and turned it off.


I had a motor mount break in my 65 and it pegged the throttle. I shut it down and my friend and I reached in and and reset the engine so we could creep it home. Mine happened in town, so i was pretty freaked out when it happened.

 

[LucasMelo]

You had to engage the clutch and let the engine hit the rev limiter in order to shut it off? Interesting... I just would have reached up and turned it off.


I had a motor mount break in my 65 and it pegged the throttle. I shut it down and my friend and I reached in and and reset the engine so we could creep it home. Mine happened in town, so i was pretty freaked out when it happened.

Instead of having to drive the car without powerstering and brakes I decided to engage the clutch for a few second while I was braking/steering to the side of the road....

 

[bhuff30]

That's definately scary. I've had the throttle stick on my 2.3 before. In my case, it was a poorly routed spark plug wire holding the throttle open.
I just wanted a short acceleration of boost and planned to let off quickly. The throttle stuck and I pushed the brakes hard out of instinct. It had nittos and drum brakes in the rear, and with the fronts locked, it was still gaining speed. That was only a few brief moments before I killed the ignition and pulled into a parking lot to streighten things out. Definately scary when you only intend to do a short burst of acceleration.

 

[notchnut]

I'm filing this in the "$hit I took for granted" folder. Lesson learned.


As humerously said above "shut the beitch off"

 

[eliteJAE]

happened to me in a buddies corvette before. he was like "wtf are you doing man?..." at which point i proceeded to show him my foot wasn't even on the pedal haha

it was an auto so i just turned it off at 70mph on a road meant for 15mph lol turns out his dash trim would snag onto the pedal if pushed down enough.

I like to think not every driver would be calm and collected enough to do the same

 

[tag4car]

happened to me in a buddies corvette before. he was like "wtf are you doing man?..." at which point i proceeded to show him my foot wasn't even on the pedal haha

it was an auto so i just turned it off at 70mph on a road meant for 15mph lol turns out his dash trim would snag onto the pedal if pushed down enough.

I like to think not every driver would be calm and collected enough to do the same

03/04 cobras are bad about that, TSB issued for it too. I kinda went a different route and made a contoured plate from 22ga sheet aluminum that goes beside and behind the pedal keeping it from having any possibility of catching, also keeps from rubbing the carpet beside the pedal away.

 

[StangYellow]

Sometimes my car says "Michael, im activating turbo boost" when im not ready for it. What's even stranger is my name isnt even Michael!

Good heads up for all of us, hopefully I remember to check that once April rolls around

 

[Brute03]

happened to me before, the pedal got stuck under mat so i threw it in neutral and reached down to pull it away while the car was bouncing off the limiter