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Originally Posted by Armand
ABMW, The scenario you are trying to avoid (stopping when the car is accelerating uncontrollably) is due to the Lexus/Toyota driver side mat. What happens is that if you purchase a non-standard mat or stack two of them on the driver side (of certain Lexus/Toyota car), it is possible for the mat to skid forward over the gas pedal and push the pedal down, creating the unfortunate effect that you described. This has never happened to a BMW and in fact I have tried very hard to replicate it on my x5 and it won't happen. So, I believe you are safe there thanks to BMW's safety record. But I can't blame you for wanting to be absolutely sure about this. I personally am more worried about a bottle of water rolling under the brake pedal and causing the opposite effect.
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Hi Armand,
You're absolutely correct. I've followed that story closely. But floor mat or water bottle jamming does not concern me.
There are reports of Lexus' careening out of control, in an uncommanded manner, with no floor mat involvement.
The basic premiss is that our vehicles use drive-by-wire technology. That is, the throttle is controlled by servo actuated motors that could be prone to malfunction or miscalibration.
I'd simply like to make sure that I'm able to shut my vehicle off at any time, in the emergency situation, that my vehicle suffered such a malfunction.
On the surface, it appears that via a combination of methods, that is possible. It's not as easy as turning a key, as was the case 5-years ago. But, I do believe you can shut down a BMW X5 35d whilst moving at freeway speeds, according to my experiments.