Thick Yanks caused Toyota's 'runaway' car problems

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A safety scandal over sticking accelerators that forced Toyota into a crisis-stricken recall of millions of vehicles may have been overblown, according to tentative findings from a US government investigation that suggest driver error was the cause of most of the Japanese manufacturer's "runaway" cars.
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In preliminary findings delivered to Congress on 58 incidents, investigators found that in 35 cases, the brake was not applied. In a further 14 cases there was only "partial braking". In one case, both the brake and accelerator pedals were depressed and another showed evidence of pedals getting trapped in a floor mat. But the investigation found no evidence of any electronic problem suggested by Toyota's critics as a likely cause of crashes.
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One Republican congressman, John Mica, told [Toyota's president] Akio Toyoda that he had let down the Japanese firm's US employees: "I'm embarrassed for you sir. I'm embarrassed for my dealers who I've talked to. I'm embarrassed for thousands of hard-working Americans who work in more than 10 plants across the United States."

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Dear Mr Mica - fancy a slice of humble pie you racist cretin?

You should be embarrassed about your thick countrymen who shouldn't be out on the public roads in charge of ANY form of transport :rolleyes:
 
I remember when we were discussing that Lexus incident.
Mad skillz y0, especially for a police officer..

Even if the throttle is stuck, stamp on the ****ing brake or knock it into neutral!
 
Well, I'm sure that one of the cases was that of a Lexus that lost all power to the brakes because the accelerator pedal was stuck open under that floor mat. And the gearshift wouldn't come out of Drive because the car was in motion. The push start had to be pressed and held in to stop the engine, and that's driver unfamiliarity but the rest is arguably bad 'foolproofing'.

I think this just shows that people were thinking if they crash their Toyota, might as well say it was the car's fault.
 
InvaderGIR said:
What I was thinking too. :D

The fact they had recalls over there and over here too would suggest Toyota did find an issue though would it not?
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Toyota operate VERY differently to most manufacturing companies. I'm probably viewing them with my rose-tinted glasses as I highly admire them (for the Lean principles etc.) but I wouldn't put it out of their character to recall "just in case."
 
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