A Note on Automobile Cruise Control Faults and Sudden or Unintended Acceleration

by Dr Antony Anderson C.Eng FIEE

• NY Times :  Mercedes Enquiry is Enlarged   WASHINGTON, July 25 1988— Federal regulators have expanded their investigation of unintended acceleration in Mercedes-Benz automobiles to include 309,000 vehicles made from 1984 through 1988, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said today. The agency said it had received allegations of 301 instances of unintended acceleration in cars equipped with gasoline engines and automatic transmissions. Of those cases, 217 involved accidents in which 92 people were injured and one person killed.

• 1984-94 Safety Research Report Index - European Sudden Acceleration -Mercedes Benz Sections J to N

• Radar-assisted cruise control system

• IT Week 24 Nov 2005: When integration falls to pieces : As Mercedes discovered, combining the work of various suppliers can give you a nasty shock  

• LeBlogAuto :  le système anti-collision dont Mercedes se fait une fierté a quelques bugs.
  

• Video: Crash Test failure with the new Mercedes S-Class :Here you will see the Stern-TV film about the Crash test failure at Mercedes Benz and the Studio Interview with a DaimlerChrysler Manager  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fQCwDiO3hc
  
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