My Avalanche Pulled A Toyota On Me...

[old-chevy-dude]

going home from work last night, I hopped on the highway, the 710 in this area has these very short on-ramps, 50 feet or so from a sharp turn, so you have to get on it else you will get run over by the semi's bearing down on you at 65+..

 

 

so I got on, and accelerated up to 65 and changed over two lanes to the lane I need to be in at the 5/710 split. when I got up to 65 and was safely in my lane I took my foot off the gas...

 

 

only the truck didn't slow down, I looked down at the speedo and was at 70, 75 and was climbing..

 

I tapped the gas pedal a few times and nothing, RPMs were stuck at 4,000..

 

put the truck in neutral and turned it off, mind you I am in the middle of the highway at 75mph maybe 50 yards from a two highway split, waited a few seconds and restarted, immediately RPMS pegged at 4,000, engine racing, so I put on the signal and moved over to the shoulder while riding the brakes, once I was over, back in neutral and turned it off..

 

 

horrible brake burning smell, got out and checked the gas pedal and it was stuck about half way down.. I could pull it back/up and press to the floor but it would not retract all the way back up when released, it would hang about the half way point..

 

 

so called AAA and got towed to the dealer that was half a mile from the off ramp I was at..

 

they replaced the whole pedal assembly, it looks like the spring in the pedal assembly broke so the pedal would not retract back to the fully released position..

[Carder09]

Oh damn, not good for the newer model trucks, maybe its just something with the Avalanches, doubt it though....

[old-chevy-dude]

^^ might be something with the adjustable pedals... (sorry I failed to mention I have that option)

[tbhuge]

I really hope this is just an isolated incident.

[Stevens03]

[old-chevy-dude]

 

 

yeah, I guess it's a good thing I am not a tree hugging prius driving hippy that freaks out when my truck decided to take off on it's own..

 

 

in all honesty I don't even think I traveled 2 miles, pedal stuck, shifted to neutral and turned off motor, coasted, restarted, same issue, moved over, turned off truck.. common sense to me..

 

that and I don't usually panic in stressful or emergency situations (I can probably thank the USMC for that)

[Carder09]

did the dealership say that the adjustable pedals is what possibly caused the failure?

[old-chevy-dude]

did the dealership say that the adjustable pedals is what possibly caused the failure?

 

 

no, only showed me that the spring was broken at the end where it rests up against the pedal assembly and applies tension

[Jsdirt]

Yeah, I guess it's a good thing I am not a tree hugging prius driving hippy that freaks out when my truck decided to take off on it's own..

 

 

in all honesty I don't even think I traveled 2 miles, pedal stuck, shifted to neutral and turned off motor, coasted, restarted, same issue, moved over, turned off truck.. common sense to me..

 

that and I don't usually panic in stressful or emergency situations (I can probably thank the USMC for that)

That's the difference between "us" & "them".

 

... and thanks for your service, btw.

 

Glad you got her stopped! This happened to me in a 17 ton trash truck while driving in the stand-up right-hand drive position ... in the snow, no less. Pedal froze from all the snow I tracked in over a 12 hour day. Not a fun feeling ...

[Mckenzie]

I hope you got that fixed for free

[old-chevy-dude]

I hope you got that fixed for free

 

Well since the truck is only 9 months old it was warranty.

[randas]

What a concept.. Stuck throttle, pop it in neutral and shut it off. Those toyota drivers could learn something from you

 

On second thought, think of the children. Lawsuit time

[Wingnut]

I've had it happen a few times myself over the years. It was usually a floor mat causing it though. Of course...That just made this genius realize that I could use the floor mat as a redneck cruise control...Which I did many a time

[Carder09]

I guess they might be keeping this hush, hush, for now until that one idiot who doesn't do what you did panics and slams into someone or something just to get a lawsuit started.

[popik]

Had the same issue on a friends truck a few years back but we were driving through an ice fog and the TB iced up and stuck