So, now Toyota recalls a few million vehicles link because of a defective throttle pedal that can stick?
This morning on the news they were talking about Toyotas last FUBAR situation with the floor mats. They covered the story about the California cop that crashed into an SUV with his whole family in the car and they all died. Naturally, that family is suing Lexus and the dealer for eleventy-billion dollars.
Here's my take. To the cop that died, sucks to be you. Sucks more to be your family. THEY died because, in the minutes you were ripping down the road in your lexus you never once thought to turn the engine off or pop it in neutral? You are a cop, did you not have training in vehicular dynamics???? Heck, that's common sense to turn the key off or pop in in neutral. Instead you have your brother-in-law call 911? What are they going to do?
Years ago I was on a test drive of a Conquest TSI, automatic. To make a long story short the problem was that the trans was starting in second gear. So, I was screwing around with it. I pulled onto a gravel shoulder and brake-torqued it to see if it would even break the rear tires loose on gravel. Well, as soon as boost came on the transmission shifted to 1st. The car jumpd!! I jumped off the gas pedal but it was stuck under the floor mat. So, now this TSI has rotated 90* and is shooting across the road. I was off the gas and on the brake by the time I was crossing the double yellow. The engine was off before I got to the other shoulder. I didn't think "uh, the gas is stuck, I need to call 911. Heck, I didn't THINK at all. I shut it down, started breathing again, changed my underwear, moved the floor mat to the back seat and drive it back to the dealership and fixed the trans.
