Speed Control Cable Problems of Audi A6

Car: 1999 Audi avant wagon 1. The car was left outside during the winter of 2008/9 and unused for several months. In sprint of 2009, the car was jump started and this is when the problems started occurring. 2. Regardless of cold weather, the car will accelerate. More specifically, when the gas pedal is released, the car will not decelerate. This means the car will propel itself forward. Without depressing the gas pedal, the car will sometimes achieve a speed of 40-45 mph. By pushing the pedal down and releasing it quickly (pumping the pedal), the throttle will release and the car will come back down to idle speed. This occurs not every time but approximate 1 out of 10 times that the car is driven. 3. The tube that leads to the throttle, the accelerator cable, and the throttle body have all been replaced. There is a recall on the throttle body on this car related to this specific issue but the recall is only based on very cold ambient weather. I am experiencing this issue during warm weather also. The mechanic now thinks this is due the electronic control module (ecm).

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Consumer's wife had a bad experience last month with the cruise control. She had the cruise set at 75 mph and hit the brakes to turn off the cruise control, but vehicle did not respond. She turned off the switch on the steering column, and that did not stop the cruise control. She put both feet on the brakes and tried to stop vehicle, but the engine continued to run. Fortunately, consumer was able to power brake the vehicle, and bring it over to the shoulder of the highway. Then, brought the speed down enough to slam the transmission into park, and abruptly stop the vehicle's motion. All four wheels were smoking, and she turned the vehicle off. She called the maplewood Audi dealer, where consumer had the car in for full service and scheduled a checkup. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, and kept for diagnostic investigation by the technician. When the technician turned the vehicle on engine revved and rpms went back up. The service department pulled the throttle cable from vehicle. And discovered cracks in the housing of the cable. But were not certain that this was the problem. It was technician's guess. Consumer's wife questioned this because of the cruise control which was not cable related.