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Stuart · 19-06-2006, 18:00

A few years back, while I was learning to drive, I was driving my dad's Seat Ibiza and the throttle jammed. As soon as I realsied something bad was happening (the engine sound pitch rose as if it were accelerating), I took my foot off the accelerator. When the engine carried on accelerating, I jammed the clutch down and forced the car into neutral. Luckily, we were only doing 20 MPH.

Maybe something similar happened here? Although I would expect some physical evidence of this (maybe some damage to the throttle where it jammed).

19-06-2006, 18:00	#48
Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	Re: Accelerator jam car hits 135mph A few years back, while I was learning to drive, I was driving my dad's Seat Ibiza and the throttle jammed. As soon as I realsied something bad was happening (the engine sound pitch rose as if it were accelerating), I took my foot off the accelerator. When the engine carried on accelerating, I jammed the clutch down and forced the car into neutral. Luckily, we were only doing 20 MPH. Maybe something similar happened here? Although I would expect some physical evidence of this (maybe some damage to the throttle where it jammed).