I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't stop.
Posted on 01/30/2010 12:56:35 PM PST by ColdOne
“THey had to make them look bad so they could make them look good.”
Of course...same as the Obama plan - where he’s crashing the economy, just to say he was responsible for the recovery.
Those SOBs, they’re ALWAYS pulling tricks like that.
Remember the big Audi scandal years ago, when some old people couldn’t tell “D” from “R” on a floor shifter? That nearly ruined Audi in the US. Now the gas pedal gets stuck under the floormat, and Toyota recalls a million cars.
You know, me being a constitutionalist type of guy, seeing a statement like that makes my skin crawl.
Toyota is a smart company. I bet its just Doting the I’s and Crossing the T’s.
Doing it right and by the book will give them more goodwill with their customers.
I bet the even give owners a free oil and lube for the trouble. They will turn a bad situation into a good one.
In the late 80s I drove my then-boss’s new Camry once. And I decided to race around in it and the throttle stuck wide open. I pulled over, opened the hood and the little cable came of near the carb. I just put it back on.
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't stop.
They must truely be geniuses. To come up with a fix for 4.2 million cars(2.3 US)seemingly overnight.Just this past week,Toyota was saying the”defective” parts were all made by the same American manufacturer. The blame the manufacturer doesn’t wash.Toyota had a bad design and has known it for a long time.I look at any accelerator,brake,or steering components without a mechanical connection with a jaundiced eye.
Since the can order recalls
My car is not involved in the recall, but if I ever experience rapid acceleration (not caused by me) I would quickly put the car in neutral.
We had Chief Engineers who had to reach retirement before electronic throttles were allowed to be released for production. Cables and linkages can also be problematic. Best to just stay in bed.
Cables and linkages are not without their own issues.
bttt
I have a hard time swallowing the line that Toyota uses exactly the same cables and linkages in a dozen models from compact Corollas to Tundra trucks.
Black box electronic modules, yes. Cables and linkages, no.
"Nothing illustrates that more than the contradictory statements from the two companies involved. Toyota Motor Corp. is telling the government that it thinks a friction problem in its accelerator pedal mechanisms may make the pedal "harder to depress, slower to return, or, in the worst case, mechanically stuck in a partially depressed position."
"CTS Corp., the Indiana-based supplier that makes the devices for Toyota, said in a statement Wednesday that the friction problem accounts for fewer than a dozen cases of stuck accelerators, "and in no instance did the accelerator actually become stuck in a partially depressed condition."
"If there were a simple answer, a one-thing gone wrong glitch with a fix, it's unlikely Toyota would be in the mess it's now in."
"Most throttle systems on modern vehicles are electronic. Typically, the driver steps on the accelerator and gets resistance back from a spring. The movement activates components in the pedal assembly that send an electronic signal to the engine-control computer, and a signal from the computer feeds more fuel to the engine"
"But auto suppliers typically design parts based on the specifications of the individual automaker, and a part's installation and operation can vary based on the vehicle. The three other automakers said they had received no complaints about their accelerator pedals.
"A key problem appears to be the absence of a mechanism that overrides the accelerator if the gas and brake pedals are pressed at the same time, Kane said. In the recall last year involving floor mats, Toyota told the government it would retrofit some vehicles with that feature."
"Such a mechanism, called a "brake-to-idle algorithm," is an important fail-safe, Kane said. He said some other automakers already have them, and Rajkumar said more will install them in the future."
Thanks for the tip.
I’m with you.
ECU glitch.
I think Toyota is sweating bricks about the coming lawsuits, where they will have to provide high level internal memoranda. They may show that they knew the floormats and gas pedals were a red herring all along. Just my guess.
Interesting!!
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