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Re: What is the last word on the 'unintended accelerations'
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 3/23/1999 1 Reply

Older vehicles, usually large domestics with RWD and mechanical accelerator linkages, can go WOT from bad motor mounts. Torque causes the engine to twist, which changes the throttle linkage geometry. Of course once the darn thing stops it just idles away like ... Login to read more.

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