Uncommanded Acceleration

[paulrog1]

Very interesting topic on Aston Owners.com

https://astonowners.com/Forum?p=post%2Funcommanded...

Looks like a defective wheel bearing could make the cars accelerate uncontrollably!!!

[LooneyTunes]

On which model(s) of AM?

[paulrog1]

All VH cars: DB9, V8V, DBS, Virage, Gen 2 Vanquish, Rapide and DB11 all use the same hubs, susceptable to this failure

[AM4884]

Please tell me the Cygnet is immune to this!

[Aml21s]

can you post the infos from there, here too ? or we must be members?

[paulrog1]

You don't need to pay to go on the forum, just need to sign up.

I've never paid any money.

[LTP]

Already being discussed in this thread

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

DAE have even chipped in

paulrog1 said:

You don't need to pay to go on the forum, just need to sign up.

I've never paid any money.

Not the point. Information is the new oil - any community-minded group would make this sort of information freely available.

By way of example example, any advice on PH is freely available to anyone with an internet connection, but if you want to post then you need to join, which is fair. Same with SwedeSpeed, Sixspeedonline, Aston36, Redpants, etc., etc.

[Aml21s]

I tried to register to the forum each page mentioned PayPal even if you choose free membership it's so complex and confusing I couldn't finish. I m not surprised it's screw like this

[jawilson59]

Same article popped up on Reddit, except there they transcribed into the free forum..

https://www.reddit.com/r/AstonMartin/s/Vm5EEYbx4Q

I had a strange issue earlier in the year on a Euro road trip…after long runs on the m/way and then hitting traffic / queues, the car started to creep forward at standstill requiring SIGNIFICANTLY more brake pressure than the normal ‘barely resting’ foot on the brake. At the time i thought it was related to brake fluid overheating as i previously had a seized piston causing a cyclical noise (audible at low speeds from the front right / drivers wheel) and assumed there was heat transfer through the brake assembly into the fluid. However i checked the reservoir and there didn’t appear to be any cloudiness.

The noise issue (cyclical noise, sounds like creaking almost) is still there but despite the brake assembly and wheel hub being striped by AM, no underlying issue has ben found…..wondering if this ‘Reluctor ring’ could be the culprit…?

[ds666]

Aml21s said:

I tried to register to the forum each page mentioned PayPal even if you choose free membership it's so complex and confusing I couldn't finish. I m not surprised it's screw like this

Maybe Paulrog1 can help, he didn't seem to have a problem - I have paid to join as it is an excellent community.
Don't think AMOC allows free access to their forums .

[paulrog1]

The link in my original post is not AMOC but to aston owners.com, completely different.

Free to use it's forums

[F1NDW]

astonowners.com all one word.
A very good site for the technically minded.

Edited by F1NDW on Saturday 4th October 06:44

[V8LM]

I think it incredible that a TCS or ABS system has positive control over the throttle (able the accelerate), even more so in a non AWD car.

[M1AGM]

Should this be a DVSA mandated recall notice? Sounds quite dangerous.