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Warning!!! Cruise Control-get Yours Checked! OK THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY BAD DAY!! I am in Grapevine getting gas and as I leave the gas station I am starting to turn left to get behind a truck at the light. I start the turn and just barely touch the gas and cruise control kicks in puting my car into a spin and my feet were LOCKED on the brakes and it just kept pushing me. Well needless to say the truck is what stopped me! I hit my front RIGHT corner into his rear end. Luckily for me it didnt even scratch his truck. He felt bad for me, I was affraid to even let off the brake for a split second. My car is driveable but the right fender, bumper cover, hood, and headlight assembly are all cracked beyond repair. GM is gonna get an earful in the morning! I WILL NEVER FORGET THE SOUND OF MY CAR BEING DESTROYED! This totally sucks. See a pic on my home page at ..... www.SilverSS.cz28.com
See the pics page too for the rest of the pics.
GET YOURS CHECKED OUT, PLEASE!
[ 02 June 2002: Message edited by: Derek C ]
-------------------- Derek C
2002 Camaro SS #2609 Front end change, gutted cats, bullet muffler off stock y-pipe, O2 simms, ported throttle body, LS1 intake, GM 3.73 rear gears w/MAC cover, A/C delete, radio delete, rear seat delete, front bumper support delete, Had ebony leather interior-traded the seats only for neutral leather for a neutral on all black look.
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I am so sorry to hear about your car, but I have to ask a question: Was there any chance your floormat somehow got on top of your accelerator and when you pressed on the brake, it also pushed the mat onto the gas pedal harder?
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I had this same problem. The problem is in the throttle body. It gets stuck open from the carbon that collects in it. Its a notorious problem with the throttle body they use in our cars. I had it cleaned and the problem stoped completly. When I had this problem all I had to do was stab the gas pedal real quick and it would loosen it up so it could close on deceloration.
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quote:Originally posted by Capster78: I had this same problem. The problem is in the throttle body. It gets stuck open from the carbon that collects in it. Its a notorious problem with the throttle body they use in our cars. I had it cleaned and the problem stoped completly. When I had this problem all I had to do was stab the gas pedal real quick and it would loosen it up so it could close on deceloration.
I checked my throttle body yesterday. It had a fair amount of oil around the edges, but no carbon deposits. The oil completely wiped off with a rag.
Then I checked my daily driver a 97 Cavalier Z24. The throttle body was sticking shut from dried/cooked on oil, had to use carborator cleaner to get it off.
The PCV system on both cars feed into the throttle body/intake before the throttle plate. Neither car uses oil between oil changes. The Cavalier has always had conventional oil and the Camaro has always had synthetic(came with Syntec new and I switched to Mobil 1 1st oil change), looks like a good reason for me to stick with Mobil 1.
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you can still smile about having a girlfriend that has a viper. How Cool is that. At least you 2 are OK
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