Hi All
Something happened today and Im not embarrassed to say it scared the s*it out of me. Hoping someone can shed some light on this.
Hoping to describe this well but here goes....there is a viaduct (by the east hills Jeep dealer on Northern Blvd for those long islanders out there) where to merge onto it, its like getting on to the highway with a very short on ramp. If cars are congested and moving fast, you have to speed up enough to merge in. I did that and my accelerator for lack of a better way to term it, GOT STUCK! I took my foot completely off the gas pedal and the car lurched forward and would NOT stop accelerating. The ETC light flash and in my state I had enough sense to try the break pedal. Which still worked and I tapped it a few times thinking if I slammed on the breaks with my engine revving that high nothing good could come out of it. Since I was right there, immediately turned around and went to the east hills jeep dealer to ask WTH happened. I am a 40 something mom of two so of course I got the "are you sure your carpet wasn't holding the pedal down" (which really pisses me off but thats another post). It was not my mats. This was pretty scary and Im thankful that nothing really came of it. I made an appt for next week to check it out as they didnt seem to think this was a big deal stating "just don't floor it":facepalm:
I read a few of the posts about the ETC sensor but what Im not seeing is why this would light up with what happened to me. Im going to search some more on line but thought Id bring this up to you guys hoping someone had some logical (and non condescending) answers.
I sincerely appreciate any responses!
Something happened today and Im not embarrassed to say it scared the s*it out of me. Hoping someone can shed some light on this.
Hoping to describe this well but here goes....there is a viaduct (by the east hills Jeep dealer on Northern Blvd for those long islanders out there) where to merge onto it, its like getting on to the highway with a very short on ramp. If cars are congested and moving fast, you have to speed up enough to merge in. I did that and my accelerator for lack of a better way to term it, GOT STUCK! I took my foot completely off the gas pedal and the car lurched forward and would NOT stop accelerating. The ETC light flash and in my state I had enough sense to try the break pedal. Which still worked and I tapped it a few times thinking if I slammed on the breaks with my engine revving that high nothing good could come out of it. Since I was right there, immediately turned around and went to the east hills jeep dealer to ask WTH happened. I am a 40 something mom of two so of course I got the "are you sure your carpet wasn't holding the pedal down" (which really pisses me off but thats another post). It was not my mats. This was pretty scary and Im thankful that nothing really came of it. I made an appt for next week to check it out as they didnt seem to think this was a big deal stating "just don't floor it":facepalm:
I read a few of the posts about the ETC sensor but what Im not seeing is why this would light up with what happened to me. Im going to search some more on line but thought Id bring this up to you guys hoping someone had some logical (and non condescending) answers.
I sincerely appreciate any responses!