Need to push brake pedal to turn off car.

getonit · Post by **getonit** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:32 pm

Hi gang

Just bought my first FTO.
Is a 1995 GPX.
Not sure if this is standard or an issue, cannot find any info googling it.
When i turn the key off, and even remove the key, the engine continues running until i push the brake pedal and then shuts down.
The bloke i bought it of said it was doing it when he bought it and had no idea if it was some quirky idea or a fault.
Any info much appreciated.

rock_it · Post by **rock_it** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:51 pm

Never heard of that one...

Push the brake to to start, yeah, but not to turn it off...

Post by **dstocks** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:04 pm

Nope, shouldnt be doing that. If you have a tiptronic, you often needto have the brake on to get out of park, but nothingwith respect to the ignition.

Post by **Vectose** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:25 pm

Sounds like someone might have wired in a turbo timer.

If you remove the key and leave it running does it turn off by itself after a bit?

Post by **dstocks** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:28 pm

Funny you say that. I was thinking that myself a few minutes ago.

spetz · Post by **spetz** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:50 pm

Does it have a remote start alarm system?
They do that as well quite frequently

getonit · Post by **getonit** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 11:17 am

No turbo timer, naturally aspirated model.
Has an immobiliser.
Maybe someone stuffed up the wiring of that? Or thought it would be quirky to do just that.
Anyway, daughters car, and she thinks it's cool?????

Post by **Vectose** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:33 pm

getonit wrote:No turbo timer, naturally aspirated model.
Has an immobiliser.
Maybe someone stuffed up the wiring of that? Or thought it would be quirky to do just that.
Anyway, daughters car, and she thinks it's cool?????

Some alarms/immobilisers have a turbo time feature.

It doesn't need to have a turbo to have someone think it's "cool" and wire it up.

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