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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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11-04-2009, 12:58 PM | #16 |
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11-04-2009, 01:00 PM | #17 |
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Oh sure. There won't be any problem stopping if the car doesn't even start in the first place.
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If you watched the program last night, you might be convinced, as I am, that it is not a floor mat issue. One lady in Prius, said she did not even have the floor mats, in her car. You might want to read some of the links, or do a google search on the subject, or is this just more of your blind defense of all things foreign again? |
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11-04-2009, 01:08 PM | #19 |
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Toyotas come with fitted floor mats that are secured to the floor. If you are not smart enough to put them in right, then you deserve to die in a firey crash. This is a case of people trying to sue a large company to get free money. You can sue anyone for anything in this country and alot of times the company settles quick to avoid a long court battle. That's all this is.
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I guess since a TV show says the Prius is dangerous, I should immediately sell my 84 Chevy pickup with the saddlebag gas tanks, after all Dateline NBC told me they were unsafe. You might want to ask yourself what your motivation was to post this thread. |
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11-04-2009, 01:16 PM | #22 |
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How are the gas pedals sticking to floor? Am I the only weird one that doesn't floor the goddamned gas pedal? I mean WTF kind of an explanation is that? Definitely sounds like an ECU issue.
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I remember some Dodge computers from the late 80's or early 90's early that were affected by a CB radio frequency. A truck using an amp with a CB could actually cause the engine to stop in the car next to it.
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Oh, and it is no secret I hate foreign cars, we all know that. I make no bones about it. This is the first thread I have started in months, and felt it might we a worthwhile discussion, and their might be a remote chance that someone may have some personal experience with it. |
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It happened to me, I just rode that mother fu@ker till she was out of gas.
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