Accelerator Pedal Broke While Driving!!

[ChrisBrand]

Happened to me in my e46 328i.

Easily replaceable but quite the experience

 

[rick540]

They must be buying their pedals from Toyota :biglol:

 

[Dippies]

There is only two instances on the forum where this happened this is one of them :fencelook:

 

[Clownshoe]

The e36 I had would stick for a second or two when you came off full throttle, then flop back out.

 

[Bavs108]

Imagine it happened in a DCT M3, M5 or M6:fencelook: Glad you got out of unharmed though.

 

[LordPhoenix]

Come on, a part of you actually enjoyed the sound of your car flooring it (pardon the pun) :fencelook:

Glad you ok though.... I woulda shat in my pants...

 

[Flash-Gordon]

Come on, a part of you actually enjoyed the sound of your car flooring it (pardon the pun) :fencelook:

Glad you ok though.... I woulda shat in my pants...

True! The Sound of a Bmw Inline 6 @ 6000RPM is something to beholdraise: But in a controlled situation though:roflol:

 

[moranor@axis]

Happened to me in my e46 328i.

Easily replaceable but quite the experience

forgot who it was :fencelook:

 

[ChefDJ]

Holy crap dude, that's bad! :fencelook: Glad you're okay!
Would have been one nasty accident if someone else was in front of you...

 

[Flash-Gordon]

Ok Gents

Here's the juicy details.....




Check the red arrow - it broke off right at the top of the pedal.

Now this things works like a type of hinge mechanism, where the pedal is mounted to the floor as well as onto the connector where the shaft slides into, are both plastic materials that have to bend in order to move the pedal (if it makes sense)

My question, Why would you make these things plastic?

Some Pics of the broken thingy....


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Now to get this thing fixed!

 

[ChefDJ]

Not cool. Damn. Would make sense to be a metal hinge or something....

 

[Flash-Gordon]

Not cool. Damn. Would make sense to be a metal hinge or something....

That's what I don't understand myself........:flyfun:

 

[ChefDJ]

Phone ze Germans und kak zem out! :fencelook:

 

[Flash-Gordon]

Stealers = R420 for the pedal:nonono:
Just so that it can break again sometime during it's life......

 

[ChefDJ]

:fencelook:

 

[S1NGH 001]

Sorry buddy, glad you're ok :thumbs:

 

[Flash-Gordon]

Happened to me in my e46 328i.

Easily replaceable but quite the experience

Hey Bud

How did you remove your old pedal?:thinking:

 

[applehero]

Wow! Glad you are okay!

 

[Dr Evil]

glad you ok, same thing happened to me with my golf 4 when i had it only it was the clutch, the weld that holds it in place broke, from what i read on the interwebs it was common for those cars

Sent from my HTC One X using my finger

 

[Flash-Gordon]

Pedal Finally replaced, but geeez what a mission to get the old one out!! Just a tip for the gents - when taking it out, you WILL need a new one! You literally have to break the old one out! Little bit of elbow grease and a few harsh words and it's out:rollsmile:

Thx 2 all for the comments!

This fanatic lives to die another day:rollsmile: