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Car doesn't stall?

name__taken

... Narrp?
Jan 11, 2006
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Cambridge UK
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Sorry for the possible stupid nature of this question, it's probably something I should already know but:

I recently discovered that lifting my foot off all pedals while driving results in a steady crawl at pretty much exactly 5mph. I wanted to know if doing this (in a traffic jam for example) is bad for my car. Is the car using some anti-stall device or is there some other explanation? I'm fairly sure neither of my other cars did this... :think:

Thanks
 

RobM

Back from the dead...
Sep 27, 2006
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Southampton
Most modern cars do this. The ECU stops the car from stalling by keeping the revs up a bit. It's not ideal to let your car drive like this all the time, but for short bursts it's not going to kill the engine.
 
Oct 17, 2006
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northwest
I find myself forgetting to put the clutch down and getting a very funny response of being pushed forward while braking :)

(Two kids and no consentration.....)
 
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