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Car to spin out. putting the car into neutral, youll be fine. >> we were confused here, he is pressing an ignition switch. is that what the prius has, its not a turnkey function? >> well, that particular year should ab push button. you just hold the button for five seconds or longer and the engine will shut off. if you listen further into the 911 call because i did listen to it many times myself, he said he was afraid of shutting the car off because of someone behind him hittingle and thats why ...

2010 vehicles affected, they dont have the ignition switch, they have a push button. >> on the push to start ignition system, you push it and hold it for more than three seconds, that will cut off the power to the engine, and youll do the same exact thing, shift from drive position to neutral and steer the vehicle safely to a shoulder. to come to a complete stop. >> now, thats what you can do on the road if something happens when that accelerator does give you that kind of unintended acceleratio...

In the meantime, if you havent yet had your gas pedal fixed, what can you do if it gets stuck? we took a toyota camry on the road to demonstrate what drivers can do in that event. take a look. >> reporter: and lets say im going about 60 miles an hour here, my accelerator pedal becomes stuck, staying down on the floor, starting to become concerned here, whats the first thing to do? >> shift the vehicle from drive to neutral. >> got it. >> turn the ignition switch off. >> turn it off. >> cut the p...

You should shift the vehicle from drive to neutral. >> thats the first thing. >> thats the first thing. depress the brake pedal, slightly pull over, shut the engine off if need be. if the vehicle does not slow down, shut the vehicle -- if you have a push to start ignition switch, you just depress and hold for more than three seconds, that will kill the engine. >> reporter: to clarify, you are going to lose a little bit of your power steering, but you pointed out to me, you can still have some co...

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