Warning to all PW owners out there......


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Posted by Terry in Bozrah [71.233.255.2] on Monday, March 08, 2010 at 16:50:08 :

Yesterday I was driving my Power Wagon down the road, going about 45.
Thankfully, the road was wide open, with no other cars.
Suddenly, the engine roared, the tires chirped, squeaked,
and the truck accelerated like a bat out of He**.

The sound was deafening, the tires were thumping from flat spot from sitting all winter and my heart started to race.

I immediately looked down to make sure my floor mat hadn't gotten caught, but then I remembered that I don't have floor mats.
So, I worried that my electronic gas pedal might be malfunctioning,
until I remembered that it's a mechanical linkage.
Just then, it occurred to me that the Power Wagon was accelerating because my right foot was smashing the accelerator into the floor board,

So I just relaxed my leg and the trucked slowed down from the 60 mph speed.

I just wanted to warn all the other Power Wagon owners to be careful of this possible defect.
I haven't had the same problem occur in my other one, but if the weather's nice,
I'm going to take it for a spin on an empty road, to check it for a similar malfunction.
Safety First!!
I may have to send a letter to Dodge, and maybe even congress to open an investigation/Lawsuit.



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