History Main / VehicularSabotage

* ''Film/TheShining''. Wendy is able to lock her insane husband in the pantry, but he just gives an EvilLaugh and informs her that he's already sabotaged both the radio and the Snowcat [[SnowedIn that's her only means of escaping]] the HellHotel. [[spoiler:Fortunately someone else turns up to help them, but while he quickly gets killed Wendy and Danny use the Snowcat he arrived in to escape.]]

** In "The Flying Club," the fuel line on a stunt plane is cut during an airshow.

** In episode "Death of the Slow Lane," one of the murders was committed by shearing through the steering linkage on a car, causing it to crash while going round a sharp bend.

** In the episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS13E5 The Master Class]]", one couple's car has its brake-line cut, leading to a near-fatal crash.

* In the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "Death of the Slow Lane," one of the murders was committed by shearing through the steering linkage on a car, causing it to crash while going round a sharp bend.
** And in the episode "Master Class," one couple's car has its brake-line cut, leading to a near-fatal crash.

** Season 2's {{Multi Part|episode}} story "Something in the Shadows" has this happen to Walker's GMC Sierra, thanks to Curtis Nypo and his band of drug dealers: Walker's accelerator and brakes were rigged, and no matter how much Walker tried to apply the brakes, the truck kept accelerating until it was stopped in a pond. [[spoiler:Walker luckily gets it fixed by the end of the episode]].

** Gage suffers this in Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]". While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, namely Lara Pope and Jane "Hitch" Harrelson, who, [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] at the time, were two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]Lara trying to [[ClearMyName clear]] [[FrameUp herself]] of a murder that her mobster ex-husband, Garrett Pope committed, while Harrelson, AKA the "Thrill Killer", received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed and run off the road by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when Harrelson decides to kill him.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:namely Lara Pope and Jane "Hitch" Harrelson, who, [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] at the time, were two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]Lara trying to [[ClearMyName clear]] [[FrameUp herself]] of a murder that her mobster ex-husband, Garrett Pope committed, while Harrelson, AKA the "Thrill Killer", received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed and run off the road by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when Harrelson decides to kill him]].

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Part 2 has an example with heroic intent: Right before Joseph and Wamuu start their chariot race, Joseph requests to inspect the floor for any loose dirt, which Wamuu accepts, but he's actually throwing rocks directly in front of Wamuu's chariot's wheels, preventing it from moving when the race begins. During the race itself, both sides engage in this sabotage, and by the end of the race, both chariots have been completely destroyed.

* In ''Film/TheAbductionOfSaintAnne'', Dave realizes his brake lines have been cut as he's driving downhill. His truck drives off-road and rolls over, but he manages to avoid serious injury.
* In ''Film/AngelFace'', a car is tampered with so that it will shift into reverse when the driver tries to go forward.

* In ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'', Hector rips the distributor cap and spark plug wires out of Doc Velie's hearse to stop Macreedy from leaving town.
* In ''Film/BadTimesAtTheElRoyale'', Sullivan disables all of the cars in the parking lot so that no one can leave the ''El Royale''.
* At one point in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', the Penguin manages to install a [[HollywoodHacking remote control]] in the Batmobile, then takes it on a destructive joyride through Gotham. Batman finds the device and regains control just in time to avoid running down an old lady.

* In ''Film/{{Blastfighter}}'', the {{Evil Poacher}}s cut the brake lines and wreck the gearbox in Tiger's car so he can't sop or slow down as his car descends a winding mountain road
* In ''Film/{{Blooded}}'', the first thing Liv does when she makes it back to the cottage is to attempt to start the Land Rover, but it won't go. It seems likely that the RLA sabotaged it, given they also [[CutPhoneLines cut the phone lines]].
* In ''Film/BloodHarvest'', Jill's stalker tampers with [[spoiler:Sarah]]'s car doors so they can't be opened.

* In ''Film/CapricornOne'', the bad guys not only cut Caufield's brake lines, they disable his parking brake, jam his gearshift lever in Drive, and somehow yank his accelerator pedal all the way down to the floor.

* In ''Film/DTox'', the killer ensures no one can leave the rehab clinic by removing the carburetors from the snowmobiles and smashing them with a hammer.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, namely Lara Pope and Jane "Hitch" Harrelson, [[spoiler:who, [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]Lara trying to [[ClearMyName clear]] [[FrameUp herself]] of a murder that her mobster ex-husband, Garrett Pope committed, while Harrelson, AKA the "Thrill Killer", received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed and run off the road by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when Harrelson decides to kill him]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, namely Lara Harrelson and Jane "Hitch" Harrelson, [[spoiler:who, [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]Lara trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder that her mobster ex-husband, Garrett Pope committed while Harrelson, AKA the "Thrill Killer", received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed and run off the road by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when Harrelson decides to kill him]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder that her mobster ex-husband committed while the other received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed and run off the road by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him]].

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': In one of the books, Edward sabotages Bella's truck to stop her from visiting Jacob.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'': The BigBad, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Alphonse Perrier du von Scheck]], is subjected to this during his VillainousBreakdown after Arnold and Gerald stop his evil plan to avenge his ancestors who suffered a humiliating defeat in the Revolutionary War by illegally demolishing their neighborhood and replace it with a shopping mall by [[EngineeredPublicConfession showing everyone the video of him]] [[FieryCoverUp burning]] [[DestroyTheEvidence the vital document in front of them]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard taken from his own security camera footage]]. Just as he arrives to reprimand his construction crews for not doing their job, Scheck is horrified to find that his scheme has been exposed and is forced to make his escape as the angry townspeople advance on him, and in doing so, tries to run over everyone, [[WouldHurtAChild including Arnold and Gerald]], only to find that Arnold's grandmother stripped his tires. The angry mob made sure Scheck wasn't going anywhere, [[PutOnAPrisonBus except to prison]].

* A standard Dick Dastardly tactic in the ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', to try to get a leg up on the competition.

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder that her mobster ex-husband committed while the other received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed and run off the road by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed and run off the road by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low[[note]]one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men[[/note]] after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, [[spoiler:and when the two women unknowingly offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the motorcycle fixed, they find out who he is when they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him]].

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women [[spoiler:unknowingly]] offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the motorcycle fixed, [[spoiler:but it is after they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning do the two convicts find out who Gage is, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him and her cellmate.]]

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women [[spoiler:unknowingly]] offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed, [[spoiler:but it is after they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning do the two convicts find out who Gage is, and vice versa when one of the convicts decides to kill him and her cellmate.]]

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women [[spoiler:unknowingly]] offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed, [[spoiler:but it is after they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning do Gage and the two convicts figure out who each other are.]]

** Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]" has Gage suffering this. While stopping at a restaurant on his way back to Dallas following a charity motorcycle ride, the drive belt for his motorcycle is cut by two thugs whom he roughed up for harassing two women, [[spoiler:who, little did he know at the time, happened to be two of four escaped convicts trying to lay low-- one trying to [[ClearMyName clear herself]] of a murder she didn't commit while the other received life without parole for killing three men-- after their prison bus was ambushed by [[OutlawCouple the boyfriends of the other two escapees]]]]. [[KarmaHoudini The two harassers get away scot-free]], and to add insult to injury for Gage, his cellphone's battery is dead, so the two women [[spoiler:unknowingly]] offer him a ride to a repair shop to get the drive belt fixed, [[but it is after they are stopped by a State Trooper for speeding and left off with a warning do Gage and the two convicts figure out who each other are.]]