Another Likely RV Brake Failure Crash

fj12ryder wrote:
Older driver, could have been she stepped on the gas instead of the brake. Happens a fair number of times, but no way to tell at this point.

Yeah, I had heard this scenario mentioned quite a bit, too, and took it for a common place event and the cause of most sudden acceleration events. That is, until I had an oil change done at a Ford dealer. When the mechanic checked my air filter, he clipped off a piece of the filter flange. The next day, after entering a State Highway, the piece of clipped plastic lodged into the throttle body and held the vehicle at WOT. The replacement air filter has a different material for the flange.