Dangerous Brake/Throttle Pedal Interference
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From: Birch Bay WA.
Originally Posted by BPofMD
Ummmm....I've never seen this either as I too am a 'left-foot braker' when driving an automatic.. Been driving both auto tranny's and changing back to right foot braking with driving sticks for so long, it's natural to me.
Ken
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From: Milky Way Galaxy
I've never hit the go-pedal while braking, but with all this talk of it I went out and gave it a shot. And sure enough, if I didn't lift my foot high enough and just tried to slide from go-pedal to brake, my foot ended-up partially off of the brake pedal and I hit the go-pedal when I pressed down. It felt uncomfortable, as though as I was going to miss the brake pedal, but it was easy enough. I then tried it on my wifes Land Rover LR3 automatic and my Suzuki Samurai w/manual and could do it on both of those as well. But, just by eyeballing it, I really didn't see any difference in the distance from edge to edge or front to back between the pedals on the LR3 and my truck. Anyone looked to see if there's a significant difference between the pedals on any other vehicles they have and the SD?
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I have to say I have done it once, with big hunting boots on in my wifes X, however, she has the movable pedals, and when they did the recall fix on those they left the accel pedal unhooked, the nice part was, was that I was able to adjust the brake and gas distance and THEN I hooked up the go pedal, works much better now. Ya might try that if you got the movable ones?!
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Never did it before I got this truck. Had a 87 250 and never had any trouble. Never done with my car either. Sure does give ya a start when you brake and all of a sudden it wants to go. Lucky I've never hit anything. I only do it in reverse. Never had it do it going forward. Maybe cause you have to turn a little to back up to see behind you. If I use the mirrors I have no problem.
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