Jax
03-10-2010, 07:20 PM
Since the Prius and the rest of Toyota have gone downhill, I thought I'd post this little problem and see if anyone else has the same issue. Scion is made by Toyota and it wasn't until this whole gas pedal thing emerged that I really thought this could be some sort of malfunction.
If I've got cruise control engaged and I'm going anywhere from 70-75 (it did this once when I was going 65) my car will randomly accelerate. It's gone up past 85 one time before I stopped it. It revs just as if I'd floored it at a green light - I've done this before so I know what it sounds like :). It will continue to accelerate until I turn cruise control off. I don't know if it would just continue to accelerate because I don't feel like letting it go and possibly dying. The alternative would be that it's just 75 is just the point of a gear switch, however, I doubt it would rev and speed up that much.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this particular issue. I'm still able to switch gears and my pedal doesn't get stuck so I shouldn't be getting into any Prius trouble anytime soon ;)
If I've got cruise control engaged and I'm going anywhere from 70-75 (it did this once when I was going 65) my car will randomly accelerate. It's gone up past 85 one time before I stopped it. It revs just as if I'd floored it at a green light - I've done this before so I know what it sounds like :). It will continue to accelerate until I turn cruise control off. I don't know if it would just continue to accelerate because I don't feel like letting it go and possibly dying. The alternative would be that it's just 75 is just the point of a gear switch, however, I doubt it would rev and speed up that much.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this particular issue. I'm still able to switch gears and my pedal doesn't get stuck so I shouldn't be getting into any Prius trouble anytime soon ;)