Accident yesterday

[saskak]

Haha, that cheered me up, no Some middle aged , miserable git with a p reg toyoya starlet, lovely guy ;-)

Had and accident tonight in my wife's beloved Berlingo

The car wasn't locked and wouldn't lock when I tried to do it. All doors and boot were shut so I thought maybe the battery is flat, we haven't been out in a while.

I put the car in neutral, put my foot on  the brake and turned the ignition. The car took off at an  alarming speed, burst through the gate and raced down the garden, which is terraced which involved going over two and three feet high walls before coming to a halt crashing into a log pile.

The car remained in neutral and I don't think I touched the accelerator although I was desperately trying not to bang into walls so I was in a bit of a panic. I don't think I took my foot of the brake but ...

The point is I didn't change from neutral, I was only going to start it and not travel anywhere so I had no need to change gear. It is a 2107 Multispace automatic. the one with a circular control to change gears.

Does anyone know of this happening to anyone before i.e goes into power while in neutral?

saville01  PS I realise this should go on a new thread but I am new to the forum and don't know how to do that. Tony

 That sounds pretty scary, How hard where you pushing the brake pedal?as I would expect the car to stall if the breaks where on hard.

I think if the car takes off, the inertia brings you towards the seat and your brake foot looses pressure on the pedal. Combine that with the surprise and a few milliseconds reaction time (maybe more), it would be possible.