Chances are good that if your car is taking off with unexpected gusto, you’re at fault. It happened in the 1980s with the Audi 5000’s “Unintended Acceleration” issue (which turned out to be ham-footed drivers mashing the gas and the brake together simultaneously), and these days it’s happening with Toyota products. Only it’s not the feet of the driver that’s at fault, but an errant all-season mat that wedged a gas pedal to the floor and caused a fatality in a 2007 Lexus LS ES350.
Regardless of what was at fault, it’s probably a good idea to think about what you’d do if your car suddenly took off. The folks at ConsumerReports.org took to the track to find out and came to some rather obvious conclusions that nevertheless probably bear repeating.
To make a long story short: Either buy a Mercedes-Benz E350 or a VW Jetta with “Smart Throttle Technology,” or use your own smart throttle technology and put the car in neutral.
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