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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / 4x4 Cars / February 20052000 Ford Explorer - Brake Problem
This morning when I was leaving for work, my vehicle actually accelerated when I pressed the brake pedal. This almost caused an accident as I shot out into the middle of traffic. Have others experienced this problem? During the remainder of my morning ride the brakes were fine. Last night, I do recall a slight sensation like what happened this morning, but it was minor in comparison and I had actually thought it was just my vehicle slipping a bit on wet pavement (it rained all day). After the occurance this morning, I'm wondering if my vehicle is safe to drive. Any suggestions on what the problem might be? Any others with this experience? > This morning when I was leaving for work, my vehicle actually > accelerated when I pressed the brake pedal. This almost caused an [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Any suggestions on what the problem might be? Any others with this > experience? Most likely you actually had your foot miss positioned so that it was at least partially on the accelerator pedal. I've had this happen more than once on a variety of cars. It can be scary. For my Thunderbird it is very easy to press the accelerator pedal while pressing the brake pedal. The brake pedal moves a fair amount before the brakes are actually applied. During this movement, if you happen to also press on the accelerator pedal, the car will speed up. When this happens the natural reaction to release the pedal. My advice is for you to pay careful attention to foot placement. Ed Same suggestion that everyone else gets when this happens: your foot was probaly on the accelerator and not the brake. Even I did it once, and I'm a fairly good driver (no accidents in the last 20 or so years). For a vehicle to actually accelerate under the conditions you describe, you would have to have two, transient, failures at the same time: your brakes would have to have failed, and your accelerator would have to also failed causing the engine to rev up. Chalk it up to life, and be careful... >This morning when I was leaving for work, my vehicle actually >accelerated when I pressed the brake pedal. |
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