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Default Accelerator stuck wide open while car is going fast: what should you do?

In article ,
NY wrote:
I suppose any fault with the pedal position sensor that feeds info to
the ECU could cause the engine to race uncontrollably.


They are rather more than a simple pot or position sensor. Designed to
fail safe.

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