Can you still do burnouts with gas pedal recall?
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For those of you that had the gas pedal recall and software update, can you still do a burnout? I was told by my service advisor you had to step on the brakes twice for the car to shut down.
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There is nothing in my racing techique whether trail braking or brake to throttle transition that will invoke what is listed in the PDF so you saying you don't want it to happen while road racing or it actually happening in racing is two different things.
You probably mean the throttle shutting down and not the engine because that would be catastrophic to an automatic car while in drive and in any case that is NOT what the recall is designed to do.
You probably mean the throttle shutting down and not the engine because that would be catastrophic to an automatic car while in drive and in any case that is NOT what the recall is designed to do.
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If you can't forsee a circumstance where this nanny minder will kick in, you will be caught surprised by it when it does. It's an unneeded distraction of your attention from other more important elements of driving.
They should have made it defeatable when VSC is switched off. Unless you believe there is a problem with the throttle system, (or you don't trust your own feet to operate the pedals), there is no reason for this because it only fixes what was not broken.
I'm not having my stud neutered to satisfy someone's interpretation of added driver confidence.
They should have made it defeatable when VSC is switched off. Unless you believe there is a problem with the throttle system, (or you don't trust your own feet to operate the pedals), there is no reason for this because it only fixes what was not broken.
I'm not having my stud neutered to satisfy someone's interpretation of added driver confidence.
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I had the recall done today after I found this paper. I can do burnouts and left foot brake, I've tested it and it works as described in the image below. I"ll put the video up later when I get home. Basically when you are accelerating and hit the brake after half a second the revs drop and the override kicks in but if you give it more throttle while the brake is still on the brake override turns off even though both the gas and the brakes are on effectively letting you left foot brake. I drove the crap out of the car and didn't see one drawback to having it done.
Here is the document outlining how it works, note the blue areas at the bottom:
Here is the document outlining how it works, note the blue areas at the bottom:
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You're a left foot braker accelerating hard on the gas after exiting the corner apex and hit a rough patch. Your left foot just bumps the brake pedal, and you suddenly lose forward drive. It's right there in the pdf footnotes, for when the accelerator is pressed hard, any pressure on the brake pedal will invoke the override. That's just one example. How about giving an example of when this will do something useful? I admit this should add great confidence for people too careless to properly attach their floor mats.
Don't get talked into this by the people who have given up their choice in the matter. They love company.
Don't get talked into this by the people who have given up their choice in the matter. They love company.