Runaway Ford Explorer - No mechanical faults - Page 2

GTpilot · 08-01-2010, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Airmon

Milk I've heard this happen a few times, mainly with car mats creeping under the pedal and jamming it open. This happened to a member on here, and if I recall correctly, he simply put his car into Neutral and pulled over.

Well with that in mind I move my opinion to this bloke being a complete Wally. He probably panicked and just didn't think to try the gearstick or the key. Can't say I blame him for that, but to lie about it.

Bingo Airmon, you hit the nail on the head in one single word.
Why do people panick? Because they don't know what to do.
It never ceass to amaze me the number of people driving vehicles on the road that lack the basic knowledge of what to do in case of emergency.

Does it not scare you people, that here is one half witted metro sexual idiot driving a two tonne bohemouth, on our streets, without a single clue? I wonder how many times this "cough, cough....Bloke", has driven this thing on a dirt road, let alone a beaten track. how many more of these posing tossers are out there?
My other question is why the hell was he using cruise control on the eastern freeway in busy weekday traffic to begin with? I bet this is the kind of tool that drives down a well lit surburban street at night.....with his high beams on.

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Now I'm not sure with this thing originally being a yank tank,(perhaps some other explorer owning members can confirm) but wouldn't the fuse panel be accessable from the drivers seat??? open it up and start pulling fuses, one or some of them is bound to stop the car.

xdc351 · 08-01-2010, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Airmon

Well with that in mind I move my opinion to this bloke being a complete Wally. He probably panicked and just didn't think to try the gearstick or the key. Can't say I blame him for that, but to lie about it.

Lol, thats the funniest bit... he was on the phone first to the Ford Customer Service Centre (just happened to have the number handy while he was "out of control") and after they suggested he turn it off and put it into neutral which apparently made "no difference".... though I'd love to know what his opinion of "no difference" is. He apparently hung up in disgust after the operator wanted to put him on hold... no doubt the rep wanted to question the mechanical design engineer specialising in American SUV's that Ford have hanging out in their customer service centre, just in case an out of control driver happens to call them instead of emergency services while driving into oblivion on the freeway.

After that he called 000 and they guided him for a further 30 minutes down the freeway before he pulled away from the police escort and in a fit of screaming "I'm gonna die" while driving across the median into oncoming traffic the cop on the phone helpfully suggested to hit the brakes and pull the hand brake at the same time.... which stopped the car.

Like I said earlier.. just a miracle this moron didn't kill an innocent driver with his semi-hysterical driving equivelant of dumb and dumber and the media should be ashamed of promoting this tool as some kind of victim.

mik · 08-01-2010, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Airmon

Milk I've heard this happen a few times, mainly with car mats creeping under the pedal and jamming it open. This happened to a member on here, and if I recall correctly, he simply put his car into Neutral and pulled over.

Well with that in mind I move my opinion to this bloke being a complete Wally. He probably panicked and just didn't think to try the gearstick or the key. Can't say I blame him for that, but to lie about it.

it does seem more likely that he made a mistake and panicked to me too.

ED Classic · 08-01-2010, 01:18 AM

guilty as sin

Interceptor · 08-01-2010, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Scotty85

Especially since the brake recall for VE's flew quietly under the radar.

what was the cause for the recall?

Swordsman88 · 08-01-2010, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Interceptor

what was the cause for the recall?

braking issues. Lack of brake assitance for the 3.0 SIDI models. Basically (as far as i am aware) when first starting up the engine was unable/failed to provide brake pressure so the car had little to no brake assistance. So the brakes would work but be pretty damn hard to push therefore for most drivers (esp if not aware) stopping distances woudl go up.

While not earth shattering, it is surprising it did not recieve more widespread media coverage given it was brake related...

platinumXR · 08-01-2010, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by gtxb67

Chk-Chk Boom

Yeah about as smart as her alright...

low_72 · 08-01-2010, 08:49 AM

I think she is smarter to be honest..it was a laugh hearing her talk...

As for him...dip ...wack it in neutral and slow down with the hand brake...or is this guy a generation y that needs everything to be done for them...

Trying to get his 15 min of fame just like balloon boy...

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SVTVNM · 08-01-2010, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Interceptor

what was the cause for the recall?

There has been a recall on Captiva also, steeriing column comes away from streering box or something.

And on topic, this has to be a major case of no friggin idea!!

LTDterri · 08-01-2010, 09:25 AM

ok so he panicked but from the reports i've read it took 45 minutes to stop the car.......how can someone who must have a brain and was taught to drive panick for so long without thinking of ways to stop the car other than call someone to tell him what to do...the man is a peanut or he wanted his 45 minutes of fame, can't turn the engine off...pleeeease it's an Explorer not a 747

pottery beige · 08-01-2010, 10:21 AM

If he was in an old XA Falcon + clevo with a busted left hand engine mount.. And experienced foot trying to flick the pedal off the floor WOT madness.. I would believe him.. I've still got the brown jock's hanging up in my shed....

brodfloyd · 08-01-2010, 11:03 AM

The solution to the reporting of this is easy.
Someone on AFF has to own the same model car as this nitwit.

Get a mate with a good video camera and film the following things.
(In a safe environment)

A) car at 100kmph in cruise. Turn of the ignition and bring car to a halt. (kinda risky, steeringlock, brake booster wont work, but as i said do it somewhere safe)

B) car at 100kmph in cruise, knock it out of drive into neutral.

C) car at 100kmph in cruise, to simulate the cruise not disengaging, press on the brakes whilst also pressing the accelerator (as the braking force should be more powerful than the engine bring the car to a stop.

D) car at 100kmph in cruise, reach under the steering wheel and pull out fuzes until the car stops.

Then, edit it together nicely, make sure to point out that the Cruise, ignition, gear selector and brakes are all seperate unrelated systems in the car and it is impossible for them all to fail at the same time. highlight that the cops couldnt find anything wrong with the car. Upload it to youtube. use the combined resources of all AFF members post and link it everywhere making the thing go viral.

Send it to media outlets. boom, problem solvered.

dogfish · 08-01-2010, 12:12 PM

I reckon the guy has flown past a speed camera and gone S@#T I only got a couple of points left and I can't afford the fine what can I do.
I know I will say the cruise control is stuck on and then I won't get pinged for passing that speed camera back there.
Now it's blown out of proportion and he has to believe his own lie.
As there was a show on free to air about a few weeks before this happened where a girl in America got her throttle stuck on and the car was continuing to accelerate and she couldn't stop it. Hers wasn't cruise but I bet He had seen that show and thats where the lie generated.
It's a fantastic way to get out of speeding don't you think?
Even involved emergency services bloody brilliant.

just_pazz · 08-01-2010, 12:48 PM

I think I'll keep my thoughts 'bout that leather clad tail gunner too myself.

UNR8D · 08-01-2010, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by brodfloyd

The solution to the reporting of this is easy.
Someone on AFF has to own the same model car as this nitwit.

Get a mate with a good video camera and film the following things.
(In a safe environment)

A) car at 100kmph in cruise. Turn of the ignition and bring car to a halt. (kinda risky, steeringlock, brake booster wont work, but as i said do it somewhere safe)

B) car at 100kmph in cruise, knock it out of drive into neutral.

C) car at 100kmph in cruise, to simulate the cruise not disengaging, press on the brakes whilst also pressing the accelerator (as the braking force should be more powerful than the engine bring the car to a stop.

D) car at 100kmph in cruise, reach under the steering wheel and pull out fuzes until the car stops.

Then, edit it together nicely, make sure to point out that the Cruise, ignition, gear selector and brakes are all seperate unrelated systems in the car and it is impossible for them all to fail at the same time. highlight that the cops couldnt find anything wrong with the car. Upload it to youtube. use the combined resources of all AFF members post and link it everywhere making the thing go viral.

Send it to media outlets. boom, problem solvered.

sooo many kinds of aursome in that post

anyone got an explorer? I have HD video ;).

JC807 · 08-01-2010, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dogfish

I reckon the guy has flown past a speed camera and gone S@#T I only got a couple of points left .

B.I.N.G.O and dingo was his name.

vbomber · 08-01-2010, 02:45 PM

If it wouldn't turn off why didn't he just reduce the speed on the cruise control to 40km/h and then braked

Road_Warrior · 08-01-2010, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by vbomber

If it wouldn't turn off why didn't he just reduce the speed on the cruise control to 40km/h and then braked

Mate we've been over and over and over this. Clown boy in his Exploder claims the cruise control system would not respond to inputs via the buttons. Same for the ignition switch and trans gate. How odd.

I think dogfish has nailed it.

just_pazz · 08-01-2010, 02:51 PM

i wonder if he tried actually hitting the go pedal. Doesn't that also usually disengage cruise control? Not sure about the explorers.

Guy like that shouldn't be allowed to drive a 2+ tonne vehicle. Stick him in a barina least that way if he hits someone due to his incompetence he's the one who comes of second best.

AndrewR_AUII · 08-01-2010, 05:05 PM

The Article is incorrect, it was a loose wheel nut.
However, this was not in the vehicle at the time it was examined, and so the problem was not observed by the testing personnel.

Whitey Ford · 08-01-2010, 05:53 PM

The "camry" that had this issue in the USA was a Lexus which had the gas pedal get stuck under the floormat. It was unfortunate for all involved as the driver correctly diagnosed that the accelerator was stuck to the floor but was not of sound mind enough to adjust the floormat that was causing the issue.

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Originally Posted by S3SR

the cruise control bit isnt hard to believe a friends AU Fairlane V8's cruise control sticks ON, the only way to get it off is to jam on the brakes very hard.... its no longer used anymore ....... next time i see him ill try and get some video footage of it just to show the sceptics.......

That's because the switch under his brake pedal is faulty or needs adjusting. Your friend could do the following to disable his cruise control
- Touch the accelerator
- Set the cruise to 'coast'
- Switch off cruise control manually
- Engage neutral
- Switch off ignition

4Vman · 08-01-2010, 07:47 PM

Chase just got "owned" by ACA......

This stunt ranks up there with Balloon boy.

UNR8D · 08-01-2010, 08:07 PM

ohh I MUST see this ACA, be the frist time ive watched ACA in 4 years :P

Bobman · 08-01-2010, 10:43 PM

Here we are:

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=...2-0b1c370f750b

LeadFoot81 · 08-01-2010, 10:50 PM

What did ACA reveal that resulted in ownage for the Explorer guy?

dannyhilton · 08-01-2010, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by xdc351

Lol, thats the funniest bit... he was on the phone first to the Ford Customer Service Centre (just happened to have the number handy while he was "out of control"

13FORD. I remember the number from numerous phone calls I've made to them. But surely, if he remembered the number he would know from previous experience they are as useless as tits on a bull! HAHA

blueluvr · 08-01-2010, 10:57 PM

4Vman: you just made me watch ACA which went against every grain in my body..........Thanks!, this whole "story" makes sense now, he's a goose!

What's with the girly screaming? Damn!

xdc351 · 08-01-2010, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RapidTyphoon

13FORD. I remember the number from numerous phone calls I've made to them. But surely, if he remembered the number he would know from previous experience they are as useless as tits on a bull! HAHA

To be honest I think they did OK with their advice! Lets face it if you were out of control on the freeway and couldn't stop your 'runaway' car who would you call first? Ford or 000?

I think that story was reasonably light on him.... but it was nice to hear the editor of drive and I are on the same page.

Chk Chk Chase?

g220ba · 08-01-2010, 11:45 PM

Watching that interview he proves to be very nervous and deflective when questioned about it being a hoax. The more of this idiot i see the more i can't believe a word he says.

**Full Noise** · 08-01-2010, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 4Vman

Chase just got "owned" by ACA......

This stunt ranks up there with Balloon boy.

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Originally Posted by Bobman

Here we are:

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=...2-0b1c370f750b

I got a phone call telling me about this when I was on my way home.

I wonder who the phone caller, Dan could be?

Does anyone know how I can save this clip to my hard drive?