Toyota Owner Faces Issues After Recall Fix
Updated 2/9/2010 8:20:01 PM
ATLANTA -- Samar Ahmed thought he had the ideal family car, a fully loaded 2010 Toyota Camry. Like thousands of others when heard about the gas pedal recall, he says he took the car right in for repair.
The next morning he was in for a shock when he said what happened.
"I hit the gas and it just revs up. It wasn't moving. Totally unpredictable behavior. I didn't have any issue like this before at all. Immediately when it happened I was in total shock. I didn't know what to expect. Actually I thought I was the problem, I thought I didn't have the car in drive but I double checked -- then I pushed the pedal again a third time and it just took off," Ahmed said.
He says took the car back for another fix. 11Alive's Bill Liss joined him for a test drive. Now, everything seems okay.
Liss contacted the general manager of the Metro Atlanta dealership where Ahmed took the car to see if there was any relationship between what happened to Ahmed and the recall repair.
After the repair, Ahmed says he was told by his service advisor at the dealership, "They think that maybe in the recall when they did it and reset the computer and downloaded some software something and it got corrupted and could have caused the computer to make the car not perform the right way."
The dealer referred the matter to Toyota's corporate staff in Houston, Texas.
"We used the prescribed Toyota methods and tooling to complete the accelerator pedal repair. Mr. Ahmed had a subsequent unrelated issue, which we quickly rectified," they said in a statement.
No matter what happened, Ahmed now says his mind is made up.
"I don't want the car anymore," he said.
Toyota is asking drivers to contact dealers immediately if they experience any issues whatsoever.
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原來Toyota這次召回除了修油門踏板,還要動車載電腦,為什麽呢?
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下麵的鏈接是電視報道
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02/12/2010 postreply
10:00:58
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那是一定要動的
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02/12/2010 postreply
10:02:43
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那Toyota究竟說了多少實話?
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02/12/2010 postreply
10:07:39
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電腦程序的毛病是什麽?
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02/12/2010 postreply
12:14:56
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Not surprised. Toy has a tradition to fix sth without telling yo
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02/12/2010 postreply
10:09:28
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KAO!我的TrailBlazer,地勒不知作過多少次s/w upgrade了。
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02/12/2010 postreply
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KAO啥KAO,長期向外界隱瞞安全隱患巨不認錯的隻有TOY了吧.
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02/12/2010 postreply
15:14:11
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看看福特吧
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02/12/2010 postreply
15:29:48
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這麽說吧,死了19人後TOY還咬牙死扛頭,有點兒過了。
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02/12/2010 postreply
15:51:52
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同意。每個廠家都需要為自己生產的爛車負責。
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02/12/2010 postreply
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日車裏最早的是三菱,後來董事長出來磕頭謝罪
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02/12/2010 postreply
18:39:23
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we sre going to buy new cars next year, thanks god not this
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02/12/2010 postreply
14:21:23
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Ford Fusion is a good choice as Camry replacement.
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02/12/2010 postreply
16:34:15
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get her a Volov XC-90
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02/12/2010 postreply
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