I'm having a problem fitting my accelerator extension in newer cars.

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I write again about driving. I’ve test-driven a couple of newer (just a

couple of years old) cars, specifically a Honda Fit and a Pontiac Vibe (twin to

Toyota Matrix). In each, my accelerator extension hit the dashboard, and in the

former, it hit such that it kept the accelerator depressed which would have

driven the car forward if I had ever shifted into drive.

Has anyone had that problem - your accelorator knocking into, or getting stuck

under, your dashboard? What did you do to fix this?

I’m looking at shortening the actual pedal (the surface where I put my foot,

NOT the rod that extends that pedal from the original accelerator). But before I

do that, I’m interested in finding out if others have had this problem, and if

so, what you did about it.

I greatly appreciate any info you can provide!

Thank you,

Hillary

D7

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year Hillary et al

I have the Matrix. Got it five or so years ago. I don't remember if I had that

problem, but I can take a picture of it and email it to you or put on my FB

page. I'm not good at physics, but do you sit back in the seat or forward? I

sit with my knees at the edge of the seat which means my extensions are shorter

(do I have that right?) and I have thicker cushioning behind me. The dealership

put the extensions on so maybe they fixed the angle?

Good luck

I'm having a problem fitting my accelerator extension in

newer cars.

Hi everyone,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I write again about driving. I’ve test-driven a couple of newer (just a

couple of years old) cars, specifically a Honda Fit and a Pontiac Vibe (twin to

Toyota Matrix). In each, my accelerator extension hit the dashboard, and in the

former, it hit such that it kept the accelerator depressed which would have

driven the car forward if I had ever shifted into drive.

Has anyone had that problem - your accelorator knocking into, or getting stuck

under, your dashboard? What did you do to fix this?

I’m looking at shortening the actual pedal (the surface where I put my foot,

NOT the rod that extends that pedal from the original accelerator). But before I

do that, I’m interested in finding out if others have had this problem, and if

so, what you did about it.

I greatly appreciate any info you can provide!

Thank you,

Hillary

D7

[Guest guest]

Have you tried rotating the pedal either 90 degrees or 180 degrees to see if

that helped?

It worked on my old Corolla.

Bill

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Hillary <hnmlchn@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> HAPPY NEW YEAR!

>

> I write again about driving. I’ve test-driven a couple of newer (just a

> couple of years old) cars, specifically a Honda Fit and a Pontiac Vibe (twin

> to Toyota Matrix). In each, my accelerator extension hit the dashboard, and

> in the former, it hit such that it kept the accelerator depressed which

> would have driven the car forward if I had ever shifted into drive.

>

> Has anyone had that problem - your accelorator knocking into, or getting

> stuck under, your dashboard? What did you do to fix this?

>

> I’m looking at shortening the actual pedal (the surface where I put my

> foot, NOT the rod that extends that pedal from the original accelerator).

> But before I do that, I’m interested in finding out if others have had this

> problem, and if so, what you did about it.

>

> I greatly appreciate any info you can provide!

>

> Thank you,

>

> Hillary

> D7

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Bill has good advice with the extensions. Just tweak them according to the

positioning in the car. Though, I'd have to say that with the German built cars

(Audi, BMW, VW), I had a difficult time using my Komo extensions on them.

They're built with pedals that have an odd design which prevents the Komo

extensions, in my opinion, from anchoring on well.

I just went back to the Japanese manufactured/designed cars. They work

perfectly with the Komo extensions and the cost to repair Japanese cars are much

more affordable.

-Ellen