Evo X gas pedal stem broken off, very dangerous (merge)
Sep 13, 2009, 05:57 PM
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how is that scary? there's no way a case like that would hold up in court because honestly, what's the danger of the gas pedal breaking? if it breaks, the car slows down. wow, so dangerous. the only thing that would be dangerous is if the brake pedal broke, or even if the clutch pedal broke in gear. the gas pedal breaking is annoying sure, but not dangerous.
Sep 13, 2009, 06:37 PM
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how is that scary? There's no way a case like that would hold up in court because honestly, what's the danger of the gas pedal breaking? If it breaks, the car slows down. Wow, so dangerous. The only thing that would be dangerous is if the brake pedal broke, or even if the clutch pedal broke in gear. The gas pedal breaking is annoying sure, but not dangerous.
Sep 13, 2009, 08:31 PM
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how is that scary? there's no way a case like that would hold up in court because honestly, what's the danger of the gas pedal breaking? if it breaks, the car slows down. wow, so dangerous. the only thing that would be dangerous is if the brake pedal broke, or even if the clutch pedal broke in gear. the gas pedal breaking is annoying sure, but not dangerous.
Not dangerous at all. As long as the brake is working.
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Sep 14, 2009, 07:16 AM
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Can you say assclown??? How is the gas pedal breaking not scary? Maybe in the OP the situation was not scary but what happens if you pull out into traffic to make a u-turn and the pedal breaks with on-coming traffic coming, or you pull out to make a turn, you have plenty of time but traffic is coming and the pedal breaks? I stop at my friendly neighborhood coffee shop every day of the week and when I come out of the plaza I always have to pull out with on coming traffic to merge in. Not scary is an understatement.
Sep 14, 2009, 08:14 AM
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Not scary...
I'd ALMOST assume that you put a TON of pressure on your pedal under WOT, which will cause a lot of stress on a pedal... Maybe not all the time, but enough to break a pedal
Your wife driving it? Probably not putting 50-100lbs of pressure on the pedal at WOT frequently.
And DON'T try to claim that you RARELY go WOT...
I'd ALMOST assume that you put a TON of pressure on your pedal under WOT, which will cause a lot of stress on a pedal... Maybe not all the time, but enough to break a pedal
Your wife driving it? Probably not putting 50-100lbs of pressure on the pedal at WOT frequently.
And DON'T try to claim that you RARELY go WOT...
Sep 14, 2009, 09:19 AM
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Yes it's scary and could lead to injury or death but the only thing that's a positive here is the fact it's a drive by wire throttle system and not the conventional gas pedals found in older vehicles! Once the pedal brakes; the car slows, at least where not getting a sudden surge of gas!
P.S. Until the OP posts pics, don't believe everything you read/hear I know how people are, they constantly try to blow issues up on the internet over one instance, I'm not calling him a a liar but I know how people are, nothing against the OP once again I'd just feel better seeing different pics of another issue in where the pedal broke.
P.S. Until the OP posts pics, don't believe everything you read/hear I know how people are, they constantly try to blow issues up on the internet over one instance, I'm not calling him a a liar but I know how people are, nothing against the OP once again I'd just feel better seeing different pics of another issue in where the pedal broke.
Sep 14, 2009, 09:24 AM
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how is that scary? there's no way a case like that would hold up in court because honestly, what's the danger of the gas pedal breaking? if it breaks, the car slows down. wow, so dangerous. the only thing that would be dangerous is if the brake pedal broke, or even if the clutch pedal broke in gear. the gas pedal breaking is annoying sure, but not dangerous.
Not dangerous at all.
Sep 14, 2009, 09:25 AM
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Yes it's scary and could lead to injury or death but the only thing that's a positive here is the fact it's a drive by wire throttle system and not the conventional gas pedals found in older vehicles! Once the pedal brakes; the car slows, at least where not getting a sudden surge of gas!
P.S. Until the OP posts pics, don't believe everything you read/hear I know how people are, they constantly try to blow issues up on the internet over one instance, I'm not calling him a a liar but I know how people are, nothing against the OP once again I'd just feel better seeing different pics of another issue in where the pedal broke.
P.S. Until the OP posts pics, don't believe everything you read/hear I know how people are, they constantly try to blow issues up on the internet over one instance, I'm not calling him a a liar but I know how people are, nothing against the OP once again I'd just feel better seeing different pics of another issue in where the pedal broke.
Agree that it is very dangerous given that you are merging into traffic or trying to pass someone with a car coming in the opposite direction. Glad the OP is OK in this instance.
Sep 14, 2009, 09:40 AM
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Maybe he puts a lot of pressure on it, or maybe the plastic had a defect that led to its failure... either way a pedal should not fail. Using proper bracing, adding a floor bumper to prevent excess travel, or using a floor-mounted pedal like most other DBW cars would have prevented these incidents.