According to a friend, with insight into Volvo's similar problems a few years back, it can happen to any modern car/vehicle with a modern automatic gearbox - and it doesn't help switching off the ignition! The ignition key doesn't cut all the power from batteries and generator, as it did on old cars/motorbikes. It just starts a stop-sequence in the computer program controlling the gearbox/accelerator - bloody dangerous! All computers at times goes bonkers, as we all know! Remember Windows ME?! Standing on your brakes, and then pull the parking brake. is probably a better option! Our buses have been equipped with old-style power-off switches at the batteries (not standard), as without it is impossible to do a 'cold' start, if the computers (there are about 20 in a bus) starts imagining things, like that it supposed to open the doors while the bus travels at speed :-(! I don't have a modern automatic gearbox on my car, I'm pleased to say! Tord *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 12 2010 - 17:08:49 PDT
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