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AVGWarhawk · 02-22-10, 10:53 AM

No sir, Toyota is in a bit of a pickle. This acceleration problem was noted back in 2002. Was Toyota slow in finding a fix? Yes. Was the NHTSA slow in directing Toyota to recall these cars? Yes. The cars are killing people. The floor mat deal all started as, "faulty installation of floor mats by the customer." WTH? The customer installed the mat incorrectly? That was pure BS. Then Toyota said the gas pedals were the cause. Toyota fingered a Illinois company who makes the pedal. It is made to Toyota's specifications! This company went ballistic. Especially when the issue started in 2002 and this Illinois company did not make the pedal until 2005! It is a cover up and Toyota was attempting to pull the wool over the consumers eyes. Toyota will lose 2 billion this year as a result of this poorly handled issue. Now Mr. Toyoda wants to call foul with Washington? Come on, the last fatality was a state trooper and his family. He removed the floor mat as instructed by Toyota. He and his family ended up in a lake upside down and dead. The floor mat was found in his trunk! The cars are throttled wireless. This is an electical issue with a cableless throttle. Cutting up pedals and removing floor mats was just a way to hold off finding the real problem. Now Toyota says a postage sized piece of metal installed on the pedal will fix it. Yeah sure. Currently the lawsuits lining up for Toyota has gone critical. Negligence, wrongful death and time loss seems to be the leaders for the lawsuits. It will be sometime before Toyota digs out of this one.

This story is far from over.

02-22-10, 10:53 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	No sir, Toyota is in a bit of a pickle. This acceleration problem was noted back in 2002. Was Toyota slow in finding a fix? Yes. Was the NHTSA slow in directing Toyota to recall these cars? Yes. The cars are killing people. The floor mat deal all started as, "faulty installation of floor mats by the customer." WTH? The customer installed the mat incorrectly? That was pure BS. Then Toyota said the gas pedals were the cause. Toyota fingered a Illinois company who makes the pedal. It is made to Toyota's specifications! This company went ballistic. Especially when the issue started in 2002 and this Illinois company did not make the pedal until 2005! It is a cover up and Toyota was attempting to pull the wool over the consumers eyes. Toyota will lose 2 billion this year as a result of this poorly handled issue. Now Mr. Toyoda wants to call foul with Washington? Come on, the last fatality was a state trooper and his family. He removed the floor mat as instructed by Toyota. He and his family ended up in a lake upside down and dead. The floor mat was found in his trunk! The cars are throttled wireless. This is an electical issue with a cableless throttle. Cutting up pedals and removing floor mats was just a way to hold off finding the real problem. Now Toyota says a postage sized piece of metal installed on the pedal will fix it. Yeah sure. Currently the lawsuits lining up for Toyota has gone critical. Negligence, wrongful death and time loss seems to be the leaders for the lawsuits. It will be sometime before Toyota digs out of this one. This story is far from over. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road Last edited by AVGWarhawk; 02-22-10 at 11:40 AM.