Thread: EOC - concerns
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Old 04-25-2008, 04:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
jcantara
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EOC - concerns

While doing some very low-speed (luckily) testing of EOC (engine-off-coast) in a parking lot, at one point during a turn, I was coasting, and had apparently turned the key to 'off' rather than 'accessory', and the steering wheel locked. I had enough time to slow down and unlock the steering wheel, but it was a scary adrenaline-filled second when the wheel wouldn't turn where I wanted it.

Anybody else ever run into this and/or is there a way to address it aside from modding the vehicle by putting in something like a fuel cutoff button to manually disable the engine without the key?

(first post, btw, cool site)
-Jesse

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