Has anyone ever experienced there Honda 450 Foreman accelerating when you apply both brakes?

 

Yes, My husband and i have and we took it to get the things fixed and they woundt do anything about it. We had some other stuff happen too. But this 4-wheeler is starting to turn around and work right.

 

Mines a '98 and I've never had this happen or heard of it happening to anyone I know.

 

I've never heard of that happening. It's kinda funny that a new member (having one post, 1st post) posted this around 6:30am (my time) and then another new member (having one post, 1st post) posted that they have had the problem around an hour later. People post things and don't get a response for days.

Has anyone else heard of this problem?

 

I should have mentioned in the original post that it was a 2000 Foreman. The suspicion is that since the brake cables and acceleration cable are routed together, applying both brakes may cause enough movement in the cables to cause the acceleration.

It can be both exciting and disastrous to accelerate when you are trying to stop. I am not sure if my cable theory caused the acceleration, but I am interested in finding out because that type of excitement and disatrous situation I can live without.

Thanks for your response.

 

All the cables are shielded. They run in a housing just so this kind of thing cannot happen.

 

I'd say its operator error, pobably the way your grabbing the brake and throttle.