Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 1999 Audi A6

1999 Audi A6 quattro suddenly accelerated. I was pulling into a parking slot at maybe 5 mph, my foot was lightly pressing on the brake pedal, as I was nearly in the parking stall. The engine was at idle speed. As I coasted into the parking stall with my foot on the brake pedal the engine suddenly and without any prior warning revved up to above 3000 rpm. The car lurched forward hitting the parking curb directly in front of me. I immediately applied more pressure to the brake pedal to keep the car from jumping over the curb, and shifted the gear selector into n. The engine then revved even higher, at which point I turned off the key. With the key off, I moved the gear selector to p, and restarted the engine. The vehicle then ran idled at normal speed, and drove normally to my home about 1/4 mile away. I'm afraid to drive the vehicle. This is the second time this has happened; the first time it happened was as I was coasting to a stop at a red traffic light. Again my foot was on the brake and the engine was returning to idle speed. As I approached the intersection the engine revved causing me to coast through the intersection before being able to bring the vehicle to a full stop, again by applying strong breaking force. I then put the transmission in n and the engine revved higher, so I switched off the key. Thankfully the other vehicles had already cleared the intersection and there was no collision. When I restarted the vehicle, it idled and drove as normal again. The outside temperature was above 45 degrees fahrenheit and the pavement was dry in both cases.

- the contact stated that the 1999 Audi A6 quattro had problems with acceleration. The vehicle accelerated on 02/05/07. The contact's wife was driving at 65 mph when the vehicle accelerated on its own. The contact stated the only way the vehicle stopped was to push the brake pedal with both feet. The contact called the dealership and had an appointment set up for today 02/12/07. It happened again on 02/09/07. While driving the vehicle, and she was at a complete stop made a right turn and slowly accelerated to 45 mph. The road surface was completely dry, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly. The gas pedal went to the floor by itself without her pushing it to the floor. The driver applied the brakes with the right foot and the vehicle didn't stop. Then tried to pull the accelerator pedal up with the oe to stop the acceleration. She tried to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road, but the vehicle didn't decrease in speed. While trying to get the vehicle to come to a stop she then hit a tree. She hit the tree off the center of the front of the vehicle, and airbag didn't deploy, but the seat belt did restrain her. The contacts wife sustained neck and sternum injuries. And was taken to the hospital by an ambulance. There was a police report. The current mileage was 14000.