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Owners of Toyota Cars in Rebellion Over Accidents Caused by Sudden acceleration.
Owners of Toyota Cars in Rebellion Over Series of Accidents Caused by Sudden Acceleration
Anyone else been following this story? They had a pretty graphic show on nightline about it last night. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Runawa...ory?id=8980479 Refusing to accept the explanation of Toyota and the federal government, hundreds of Toyota owners are in rebellion after a series of accidents caused by what they call "runaway cars." Share Department of Transportation: underlying defect causes accelerators to stick. More PhotosSafety analysts found an estimated 2000 cases in which owners of Toyota cars including Camry, Prius and Lexus, reported that their cars surged without warning up to speeds of 100 miles per hour. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OF THE RUNAWAY TOYOTAS STORY. Toyota says the incidents are caused by floor mats becoming stuck under gas pedals, but owners say that's not what happened to them. Watch the full report tonight on 'World News with Charles Gibson' and 'Nightline'. "I'm absolutely certain that in my situation, it was not the floor mats," Elizabeth James told ABC News. She was driving her Toyota Prius outside Denver, CO when she says it suddenly shot up to 90 miles an hour, even though her foot was on the brake and not the gas pedal. "I kept going faster and faster," James said. "And all of a sudden… my foot was pressing on the brake super, super hard and I wasn't slowing down." James and some other Toyota owners suspect the accidents have been caused by some kind of glitch in the electronic computer system used in Toyotas that controls the throttle. http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...at-recall.html Last edited by HemiEd; 11-04-2009 at 12:48 PM.. |
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The report is how many vehicles per year have how many problems. If there are 1000 vehicles and 1000 defects their rating would be 1.0. Which is about average. The higher you go the worse the vehicle. Ford is up there with Toyota being far below the 1.0 mark. It is not when initially delivered.
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11-04-2009, 04:25 PM | #93 |
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Ford has been doing a lot better in it's quality ratings, that's a fact.
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11-04-2009, 04:28 PM | #94 |
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OK, but they say that shit in commercials all the time.
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If you do a Youtube seach on this topic, there are countless examples of owners with issues on this problem. Some have gone to great lengths to verify the problem, in fact one guy had a 9 minute one recording the deception of the Toyota dealer Service Manager. |
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11-04-2009, 04:31 PM | #96 |
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Yeah but I don't use commercials as basis for debates. Every single car company is best at the same thing in commercials. Its propaganda and false advertising. Which used to be illegal. Not sure if it is anymore because everyone does it.
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11-04-2009, 04:44 PM | #97 |
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"Initial Quality" is just as stupid in the Consumer Report as it is in the commercials.
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11-04-2009, 04:46 PM | #98 |
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The dude who died called the police on his cellphone while the car was hauling.
The idiot on the phone never mentioned to change gears or use the emergency brake. stupid. |
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11-04-2009, 05:53 PM | #102 |
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So, the two main points I’m getting here are:
1. Ford did something just about as bad so that lets Toyota off the hook. 2. HemiEd sucks for not liking ricers as much as some here do.
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11-04-2009, 06:24 PM | #105 |
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Is it not true that braking systems on modern cars are more powerful than the engine/ accelerating force?
My understanding is that that when mashing the brake pedal you should be decelerating regardless of how the engine is trying to accelerate. What about power braking,, has everybody done this? stand on the brakes & the gas at the same time in your car. it doesn't go anywhere until you release the brakes right? just stand on the brakes & pull the e-brake at the same time you should be slowing down. I believe that all cars are designed with more braking power than accelerating power. Am I wrong here? honestly the brakes are more powerful, so use them. maybe it takes a little longer than normal, but the case in so cal with the cop he is saying "we have no brakes", so were there multiple simultaneous failures, or did he freak out, and not stand on the brakes? Last edited by svuba; 11-04-2009 at 06:51 PM.. |
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