qdn wrote:
> My brother in-law just had a scary incident with his Honda Odyssey
> (2002?) yesterday (03/13/2005).
>
> While driving on Hwy 635 (between Fort Worth and Dallas), the van just
> completely locks the front wheels causing a skid to a complete stop.
> He almost got rear ended as he can see smoke vented from the wheels of
> several cars behind him.
>
> He quickly got his wife an three kids out of the van and move them to a
> safe distance in front of the now disable van sitting in the middle of
> the left lane of 635 and called 911.
>
> This is shocking to me. How can a car completely lock up while driving
> between 65 and 70 mph? The only thing I could think of is a total
> transmission failure with broken gear/tooth causing the drive train to
> freeze. He engine is probably gone too.
>
> Does anyone had such experience?
>
> Thanks
>

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I had a Volvo that could do a trick like that, but it had a manual
tranny, and the cause was the vacuum-assist brake circuit. Terrible design.

I'd have thought he could still put it in neutral, and it would roll.
Without knowing the mileage, all is speculation. He may have just siezed
a wheel bearing.

'Curly'