The Most Unexpected Ways Your Car Can Fail You
January 8, 2018
Electrical Failure
Given the other issues that could happen to your vehicle, surely a simple ‘electrical failure’ couldn’t be too bad. Wrong. A serious electrical failure could stop a car dead in its tracks in the middle of the road (a few VW’s had that issue in the mid-00’s). In some vehicles with fly-by-wire systems, or electronic sensors determining how much pedal pressure isbeing appliedtothe throttle or brakes, a failure could cause thecarto go fullspeed or full brake without warning or control of the driver. The fatal Toyota incidents of 2008 - 2009 were caused by an electrical failure. Keep reading for another way an electrical failure could result in serious damage to both the vehicle and it's unsuspecting driver.