Ozukus
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greendwarf said:But the drive train is completely different and it is that the OP referred to - the car apparently shot forward despite have a foot on the brake. No mention of the brakes themselves failing - which is obvious, as anyone who has had it will testify.
Yes the drive train may be different however I'm sure that they are not going to rewrite the fly by wire code from scratch and I expect that there are many parts etc in both drive trains that are exactly the same, as it would be costly for Mitsubishi not to reuse as many components as possible.
Back to the original point of the message, which was to notify people on here of the issue i had had, and to see if anyone else had had a similar experience.
So as the OP, I can state that the brakes weren't doing anything either.
I've been driving for 36 years, over 20K miles per year, and have never had an accident that was my fault.
So no I didn't also have my foot on the accelerator as I always brake by lifting my foot off the accelerator and moving it in a vertically upright position to the brake peddle. The CAR failed to stop when my foot was on the brake pedal and I felt as if the car accelerated.
I reported this to Mitsubishi and once the car has been repaired they have asked to have the vehicle for 1-2 weeks to run a series of tests.
If I feel that this post is being treated for what it was meant for I'll update it with the results. However if it continues to get critical/inane comments, I won't bother as I won't be using the site again.