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 ]
Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
Sorry about your misfortune! Posted by Steve da Wrench (Member # 1301) on :
Sorry you had a rough weekend. Let us know what you find for the fix.
Posted by poSSum (Member # 119) on :
OUCH
Thanks for the heads up.
Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :
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?
Posted by Capster78 (Member # 1391) on :
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.
Posted by 98SS1678 (Member # 456) on :
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.
[ 14 June 2002: Message edited by: 98SS1678 ]
Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :
quote:Originally posted by 98SS1678: ...(the only way to get my engine to stop racing was to turn the cruise control switch off)...
You can also turn the ignition off.
Posted by killabee (Member # 860) on :
you can still smile about having a girlfriend that has a viper. How Cool is that. At least you 2 are OK
