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My  Gas  Pedal Got Stuck Today... I was merging on the freeway today and pressed hard on the pedal to pass a semi-truck with one of those "not responsible for broken  windshields " signs. Suddenly I felt the truck accelerating by itself with my foot off the pedal. It was accelerating like I was  flooring  it. Extremely hard acceleration! Traffic was a little heavy so I was concerned I could rear-end someone. I got confused for 1 second trying to engage neutral. I know my shifter is not on the steering column, but somehow I thought it was for a second or two. I haven't driven a car with a shifter in the column for at least 20 years! Finally I put the  truck  in neutral and the  engine  kept revving until it hit the red area on the tach and the limiter kicked in. I then engaged drive again and everything appeared to be normal and drove home. Scary stuff! The truck is a 2006 access cab with the 2.7 four...

Honda says ruptured Takata airbag led to death in Louisiana Inflator in the Civic was not the original one installed December 19, 2017 @ 7:22 pm Sanjana Shivdas Reuters Honda Motor Co.'s North American unit and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that a ruptured airbag inflator of Takata Corp. used in a Honda Civic caused the death of the driver on July 10. The 2004 model car involved in the crash in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was under recall but had not received the repair, the company said, adding that the ruptured inflator in the vehicle was not the original one installed. Takata airbag inflators have been linked to at least 18 deaths and 180 injuries around the world. Honda has so far removed over 100,000 inflators from salvage yards and has requested that major online auction sites prohibit and stop the sale of affected airbags. http://www.autonews.com/article/20171219/OEM/171219727/honda-says-ruptured-takata-airbag-led-to-de...

MUST READ:  F ord Asks for Takata Recall Pass Posted on Monday, Dec 18th, 2017 On July 10, 2017, Takata recalled PSDI-5 driver air bag inflators containing phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) as a generant and calcium sulfate as a desiccant, which were used in vehicles sold in the United States as original equipment in frontal driver airbag modules. Recall 17E034 affected 2.7 million Ford, Mazda and Nissan vehicles produced between 2005 and 2012. http://www.safetyresearch.net/blog/articles/ford-asks-takata-recall-pass The price of delay: Lancaster County man’s death prompts lawsuit, national recall over airbags BY TEDDY KULMALA JANUARY 29, 2016 08:16 PM A Lancaster County man who was killed when his pickup struck a cow last month would still be alive had it not been for the truck’s defective airbag deploying violently, shooting a piece of shrapnel through his neck and spine, his family says in a lawsuit filed this week. Joel Knight...