Just had a good scare

TwoYo · 2015-11-25T14:24:56+00:00

So I'm driving my green SR5 with my 5 yr old in tow when the following happened. I passed a car in front of me on the interstate doing 50-55 and when I floored it the truck responded. Downshift from 4th to 2nd but the gas pedal stuck to the floor! !! I hit the brakes at first thinking it was stuck in gear. To my surprise it was pulling and the brakes were ineffective. I quickly slapped it in N and shut it off. It took some effort to stop but once I got it over to the shoulder I started it up and the gas pedal went back to normal. Ever happen to a 4runner owner before? Pretty crazy. Just a good thing I have my wits about me.

Thread starter TwoYo
Start date Nov 25, 2015

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Nov 26, 2015

JoeBand said:
here's one though that would make you think something else was at play:

Feds Point to Stuck Gas Pedal in Lexus Crash | NBC 7 San Diego

a CHP officer should be among the most prepared for such a situation... sad.

jgue467 said:
What else could be at play?

I read about the CHP long ago and Simply could not understand how he failed to Simply shift it out of gear then tried a turn at 100mph!? No disrespect intended but ya' gotta be able to Think under pressure or else. Luck to us all! :cowboy:

Exactly, I don't understand what else could be at play here. He could have shifted out of gear or used the brakes.