Yesterday I was driving about 30 miles an hour and all of a sudden the car took off by itself as if I floored it. I felt the pedal being pressed down (by itself) just like when using cruise control but the cruise button was off. I tried slamming on the breaks but the engine was more powerful. And when i finally popped it into neutral it revved to redline for a couple of seconds then it calmed down and I was able to stop.

I checked the pedal and nothing was obstructing it or causing it to depress.
I checked the accelerator mechanism in the engine bay and the spring did look a little dry but seemed pretty normal.

The car has never done this before and I wouldnt want it to happen again.

Would you guys have any ideas on what might have caused it and what I could do to prevent it from happening again??

TIA

 

thats messed up bro.. i hadda pos altima that used to do that every now and then. never really knew what caused it tho.. bump for the answer!

 

Ttt

 

disconnect the plug to the cruise control. it looks like it may fave faulted