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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
William E. Debs, Novi, MI (US);
Brian S. Schang, Wixom, MI (US);
J. Oscar Aparicio, Jr., Milford, MI (US);
Paul A. Bauerle, Fenton, MI (US);
Joseph E. Ploucha, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Daniel G. Bolstrum, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
William E. Debs, Novi, MI (US);
Brian S. Schang, Wixom, MI (US);
J. Oscar Aparicio, Jr., Milford, MI (US);
Paul A. Bauerle, Fenton, MI (US);
Joseph E. Ploucha, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Daniel G. Bolstrum, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A control system for a vehicle includes an error detection module and a remedial control module. The error detection module detects whether an accelerator of the vehicle is stuck is based on vehicle speed, a position of the accelerator, and one of a pressure applied to a brake of the vehicle and a status of a parking brake of the vehicle. The remedial control module, when the accelerator is stuck, at least one of resets the position of the accelerator and decreases torque output of a powertrain system.