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Old 02-04-2010, 11:38 AM
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I'd place my money on electrical. The throttle assembly tells the pcm it's at WOT and off to the races. Every part malfunctions. IMO where Toyota dropped the ball was having a back up plan. Most manufacturers have a safety net that won't allow throttle and brake at the same time. At least not above a certain speed. I read they are updating the PCM's to do exactly that, any brake input above say 30mph automatically cut's the throttle to idle.
Ford's systems currently default to idle at any sign of a problem,not WOT like Toyota's seem to do.
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