In Neutral RPM would be zero if the accelerator wasn’t stuck. when your shifting into neutral in a manual transmission, your taking your foot off the gas.
Assuming that the gas was stuck and traveling 90mph the RPM would instantly redline.
Regardless of whether it was or wasn’t the car, I’m not quite sure what the guys going to get out of it. Since there was no bodily injury, the best he can hope for is a recalled prius.
Isn’t this exactly what has been happening all along? I did not see
any footage of this incident, but heard
about it. The article said that Toyotas
have “sticky acceleraters”. And will
“tapping the brake and holding the
accelerater” cause a burning smell?
I would think that would only be caused
by holding the brakes down fairly
strongly.
I always thought something was wrong that the guy was able to call 911 on the cell phone but was to afraid to turn off the car.
This doesn’t pass the smell test. The blogosphere says the guy filed for bankrupcy, owes $700,000 and wasn’t even making the lease payments on the car.
Also alleges that he had a few insurance claims for missing property.
So is Toyota Admitting they can’t locate and fix the problem? Well since Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem we only have one solution is to Ban Toyota in the US. Toyota is a dangerous weapon which Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem. Toyota has admitted they can’t fix and locate the problem so they give the vehicle back. What kind of government allow such a dangerous automobile back on the streets. If Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem they should be banned in the US.
How many Toyota owners out there feel safe knowing that Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem so they send the vehicle back out on the streets to kill another person.
That’s a bit extreme. Barack is just trying to create a new America-
An America where the oppressive white people and evil corporations pay for others to collect welfare and health insurance checks- as is their right, considering past injustices!
In any current hybrid vehicle, serious application of the brakes cuts off fuel to the engine in order to save gasoline. Even if that feature failed, the Prius’s brakes could easily overcome the little toy engine that powers the Prius. Even the most powerful cars ever sold to the public even with old style drum brakes could bring the car to a halt. This was demonstrated in the 80’s when Audi 5000s were falsely accused of unintended acceleration. (It was shown that a Plymouth Hemi Roadrunner with 425 advertised horsepower could not overpower it’s very small brakes.)The Audi was completely cleared of any such fault in spite of a media frenzy that almost drove Audi out of the US market.
The xenophobic conspiracy theorists who think Toyota is an evil customer hating entity should go back into the woods, find a cousin to marry, and leave us all alone.
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In Neutral RPM would be zero if the accelerator wasn’t stuck. when your shifting into neutral in a manual transmission, your taking your foot off the gas.
Assuming that the gas was stuck and traveling 90mph the RPM would instantly redline.
Regardless of whether it was or wasn’t the car, I’m not quite sure what the guys going to get out of it. Since there was no bodily injury, the best he can hope for is a recalled prius.
Isn’t this exactly what has been happening all along? I did not see
any footage of this incident, but heard
about it. The article said that Toyotas
have “sticky acceleraters”. And will
“tapping the brake and holding the
accelerater” cause a burning smell?
I would think that would only be caused
by holding the brakes down fairly
strongly.
I always thought something was wrong that the guy was able to call 911 on the cell phone but was to afraid to turn off the car.
This doesn’t pass the smell test. The blogosphere says the guy filed for bankrupcy, owes $700,000 and wasn’t even making the lease payments on the car.
Also alleges that he had a few insurance claims for missing property.
I don’t think this is the end of the story.
So is Toyota Admitting they can’t locate and fix the problem? Well since Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem we only have one solution is to Ban Toyota in the US. Toyota is a dangerous weapon which Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem. Toyota has admitted they can’t fix and locate the problem so they give the vehicle back. What kind of government allow such a dangerous automobile back on the streets. If Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem they should be banned in the US.
How many Toyota owners out there feel safe knowing that Toyota has admitted they can’t locate and fix the problem so they send the vehicle back out on the streets to kill another person.
Toyota knows where the problem is, they just can’t fix it or publicly say anything for fear of alienating customers.
Why?
The problem is driver error and so they would have to say that their customers are the problem- no company can do that.
The real problem is Barry O. and his liberal policies! Isn’t that what it always comes down to on this board?
That’s a bit extreme. Barack is just trying to create a new America-
An America where the oppressive white people and evil corporations pay for others to collect welfare and health insurance checks- as is their right, considering past injustices!
Your opinion betrays your Kulak roots, comrade.
In my city we’ve had six recent cases of elderly drivers driving into buildings. All drivers were 70 or older. Must be the car, right?
What if my cousin isn’t cute, could I marry my sister instead?
In any current hybrid vehicle, serious application of the brakes cuts off fuel to the engine in order to save gasoline. Even if that feature failed, the Prius’s brakes could easily overcome the little toy engine that powers the Prius. Even the most powerful cars ever sold to the public even with old style drum brakes could bring the car to a halt. This was demonstrated in the 80’s when Audi 5000s were falsely accused of unintended acceleration. (It was shown that a Plymouth Hemi Roadrunner with 425 advertised horsepower could not overpower it’s very small brakes.)The Audi was completely cleared of any such fault in spite of a media frenzy that almost drove Audi out of the US market.
The xenophobic conspiracy theorists who think Toyota is an evil customer hating entity should go back into the woods, find a cousin to marry, and leave us all alone.