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  • Toyota: Runaway Prius Guy Jim Sikes Is Balloon-Boy 2

    03/15/2010 11:57:14 PM PDT · by hamboy · 56 replies · 1,375+ views
    Business Insider ^ | March 15, 2010 | Henry Blodget
    The appropriate word here would probably be "busted." "My Prius went wild!" guy Jim Sikes apparently didn't realize his car carried the equivalent of an airliner's Black Box. Ah, well.  Live and learn, Jim.  In the Big House.
  • Results of Toyota's tests of runaway Prius 'inconsistent' with driver's account

    03/15/2010 2:29:15 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 19 replies · 739+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | March 15, 2010 | 1:14 p.m | Times Staff Reports
    The carmaker says it failed to reproduce the stuck accelerator that a motorist says took him on a wild ride near San Diego last week.The automaker said its two days of testing failed to reproduce James Sikes' reported stuck accelerator that the driver said led to a 20-minute ride on a San Diego area freeway before he could get the car stopped with the help of the California Highway Patrol. Toyota said its investigators found the accelerator pedal to be "working normally," with no interference caused by floor mats. No diagnostic trouble codes were found by the testers in the...