Stuck Accelerator Pedal

If your accelerator pedal sticks to the floor or your engine races out of control:

1. Kick the side of the accelerator once or twice to try to jar it free.
2. Shift the car to NEUTRAL at the same time you apply the brake.
3. Choose an escape path that leads to an open zone off the roadway. Continue braking.
4. If you are steering into a sharp curve or turn, shift to NEUTRAL immediately. Depress the clutch in a stickshift vehicle. The engine will race, but power is removed from the drive wheels. You might damage the engine or transmission in an automatic transmission, but you may avoid a collision.
5. Follow your escape path off the roadway.
6. Turn off the ignition once you are off the roadway.

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