Bobby Likis: How to Stop Your Toyota

Automotive How To : Problem: Toyotas crashing due to stuck accelerator pedals.  Solution:  Bobby demonstrates a very simple way to get control of your car & save your life.   As the automotive expert on the Gulf Coast ABC affiliate, Bobby replicated the out-of-control situation using a "panic stick" and showed -- live, real-time -- how to safely stop the car.   This technique works for any car, so watch & learn.

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[gendy943]

In Europe auto gear boxes are the exception not the rule! You cannot shove the stick into neutral without releasing the clutch!.....STAND ON THE BRAKES!!! AND STALL THE ENGINE.

[BobbyLikis]

@gendy943

Appreciate your comments.

Re STANDARD trans (Euro, Amer, Asian) the driver only has to DEPRESS THE CLUTCH to disengage the engine. Same result as shoving auto trans into neutral: disconnects engine from trans, wheels no turn & car no roll.

While standing on the brakes at very LOW speeds may work without brake burnout...at ROAD speeds (especially out-of-control acceleration), this would not only NOT stall engine, it would likely overheat brakes & render them totally useless.

[jason123456789210]

@gendy943 clutch on a auto trans?

[schindlerman96]

thats crap all the vids of this I seen on youtube had to do with people parking their cars and then they lurch forward I would like to remind people as I have seen vids of 05 camrys people saying their pedal stuck I would like to remind people the camrys pedals were 07-10 on the model years

[immo121]

@TwoTsandaB sorry my bad, was ment to say turn the key to the off position.

[TwoTsandaB]

@immo121 Removing the key locks the steering. Not the best idea at 70mph.

[immo121]

f that.. why not take the key out?

[MattySP34Ks]

Toyota, we may be idiots originally for buying your cars, but we don't want to be kamikazists.

[hassanaliqazilbash]

this Camry is TOUGH??i like it

[buzol157]

Lol you have cleary never driven a car with manual transmission. It's soooooo easy to shove the stick into neutral without even touching clutch. Might be a bit harder when the vehicle is under full throttle, but it's still possible.

[qaart]

also just because it is auto doesnt mean its controlled by a computer the computer selects what drive u want

[acs4llc]

@BobbyLikis

All cars made after 1968 won't allow the key to rotate to the 'LOCK' position until you put the shifter into 'PARK'.