Toyota - unintended acceleration

[BunsenBurner]

<p>Here we go:</p>

<p>[Government:</a> No electronic flaws in Toyotas](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014159603_apustoyotarecalls.html]Government:”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014159603_apustoyotarecalls.html)</p>

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The Transportation Department, assisted by engineers with NASA, said its 10-month study of Toyota vehicles concluded there was no electronic cause of unintended high-speed acceleration in Toyotas. The study, which was launched at the request of Congress, responded to consumer complaints that flawed electronics could be the culprit behind Toyota’s spate of recalls.</p>

<p>“We feel that Toyota vehicles are safe to drive,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.</p>

<p>Officials with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said they reviewed consumer complaints and warranty data in detail and found that many of the complaints involved cases in which the vehicle accelerated after it was stationary or at very low speeds.</p>

<p>NHTSA Deputy Administrator Ron Medford said that in many cases when a driver complained that the brakes were ineffective, the most likely cause was “pedal misapplication,” in which the driver stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes.

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[BCEagle91]

<p>That’s my belief (I’ve owned a few Audis).</p>

[barrons]

<p>Good for Toyota. It took Audi at least a decade to recover from misplaced hysteria fanned by news media.</p>

[eadad]

<p>As I have said before, the timing of all the Toyota hysteria was highly suspect. It was all just too coincidental that after 50 plus years of virtually flawless auto making and setting the standard for quality that Toyota is suddenly hit with all these accusations of poor quality right after the US govt loans billions to bail out GM.</p>

<p>Even more suspicious is that the findings of “no manufacturing problems” came shortly after GM successfully relaunches its stock in a new public offering…</p>

<p>Call me a conspiracy theorist but this one stinks to high heaven…</p>