LATimes: Toyota's Fix is a bust, owners claim

Some Toyota owners have begun complaining that their vehicles suddenly accelerated even after dealerships made repairs to fix the problem, according to reports filed with federal safety regulators.

At least seven complaints, filed in the last two weeks with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, allege that after the recall service to modify pedals and replace floor mats the cars still surged out of control.

Although the allegations are unverified by the agency, they are a worrying sign that the nearly 10 million recall notices issued by Toyota may not fully address the problem of unintended acceleration -- which some believe is caused by problems in the electronic throttle system, rather than mechanical issues involving pedals.

NHTSA has said it will review Toyota electronics to see whether they are a potential cause, and the automaker has commissioned a private study of its throttle system.

"There is already doubt out there that the solutions Toyota has put forward really fix the problem of unintended acceleration," said Aaron Bragman, auto industry analyst at IHS Global Insight. He cautioned, however, that the complaints should be thoroughly investigated before definitive conclusions are drawn.

In one report, the owner of a 2010 Camry that was repaired Feb. 12 in Michigan said the car accelerated up a snowbank five days later. It had received special brake override software as part of the recall, the complaint said. Click here to read full article

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• 頭又大是頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳，它的工程師整個就一 -xavet- ♂ (8 bytes) () 03/02/2010 postreply 22:13:55

• 我一點也不覺得奇怪。 -Californiairis- ♀ (106 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 04:20:48

• 回複：LATimes: Toyota's Fix is a bust, owners claim -cintiman88- ♂ (104 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 05:22:22

• 對著白紙黑字你都敢胡說八道，牛B -xavet- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 05:52:30

• 裝了brake override還會加速，他的腳還在刹車上嗎？我看你是胡說八道 -cintiman88- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 05:56:14

• brake override和自動加速是兩回事，而且那個brake override -xavet- ♂ (86 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 06:21:11

• 人為失誤的概率遠遠高於剛調試好brake override出問題的概率 -cintiman88- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 06:29:11

• 這已經不是事發前的概率問題，而是事發後的當事人的描述 -xavet- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 06:48:14

• 20年前，600多奧迪車主也是異口同聲說有自動加速問題，結果是怎樣的？ -cintiman88- ♂ (46 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 06:52:50

• 可又如何？該被收拾還是被收拾，喝涼水都塞牙 -大眼賊- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 07:18:40

• 那倒是的，嗬嗬 -cintiman88- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 08:10:17

• 就是600w多奧迪車主那和這個case有什麽關係？ -xavet- ♂ (82 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 08:40:08

• 事實上，自動加速投訴大多數是由於pedal misapplication -cintiman88- ♂ (186 bytes) () 03/03/2010 postreply 09:48:38