Back in March, we told you about a bizarre incident that took place in Britain where a motorist drove for 60 miles at speeds over 135mph, claiming the accelerator had jammed on his BMW 318i. He also claimed the brakes “burnt out” after holding them for a few miles. Today, Reuters is reporting that the man who was driving the car has been arrested. Examinations of the car by BMW and police after the incident found no defects.
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06/19, 4:34 PM
posted by:
Mike
not a surprise. even if the accelerator HAD jammed, a simple flick into neutral and a coast to stop would have solved that…. or, just turn of the freaking car.
06/19, 4:45 PM
posted by:
tino
yeah, this happens to me all the time in my spiffy bmmmmer
06/19, 5:27 PM
posted by:
swe
nice try though
06/19, 5:58 PM
posted by:
mike
believe it or no, back in 1986, I had a very nice mk3 escort 1.6, that had a fault in the throttle where on occasion it would depress the accelerator by itself and take off.using clutch of course disconnected the drive, and a bit of working the accelerator worked it free, but it really used to happen.
06/19, 6:04 PM
posted by:
Jim in LA
JUST as we suspected.
what are the chances of an accelerator cable failure, complete braking system failure, automatic shifting failure and an ignition failure, all at once?
pretty slim. this guy’s trying to get his picture into one of those awful british murdoch-owned tabloids. probably worked, too.
06/19, 6:24 PM
posted by:
Brotherman
lol #5
06/19, 9:21 PM
posted by:
Money
mike read the first report of this but i agree
06/20, 1:29 AM
posted by:
stuart
Its the same problem that the previous generation Ford Explorers incountered.
06/21, 5:13 PM
posted by:
Dwight Finnie
This is not the first time a BMW has done this. No on can find the source of the problem and BMW will not admit to a problem as they have been sued for this issue in the past. The owner of that 318 should sell that car as soon as possible or replace the ECU; otherwise he could be facing fatal consequences the next time it happens. And at the very least he should install an Event Data Recorder before driving the vehicle again. At least this way the application of brakes would be recorded as “evidence� rather than just “here say� on the part of the driver. If it were me; I would have killed the ignition.
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