[quote=svelte]Here is an article on the Prius claiming they’ve known about the Prius problem for some time…Prius owners from the previous generation are piping in at the bottom of the article saying they’ve had this problem for years…will Toyota be forced to expand the recall?
It’s looking like Toyota has some ‘splainin to do.
“EL CAJON, Calif. – A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car’s accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said.
Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that he could not control his car, the CHP said.
“I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny… it jumped and it just stuck there,” the 61-year-old driver said at a news conference. “As it was going, I was trying the brakes…it wasn’t stopping, it wasn’t doing anything and it just kept speeding up,” Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he was pressing the pedal so hard.
A patrol car pulled alongside the Prius and officers told Sikes over a loudspeaker to push the brake pedal to the floor and apply the emergency brake.
He also stated he reached down and pulled the floor mat away from the pedal – he said it was definitely NOT the floor mat. Let’s see…not the floor mat, not the pedal (according to Toyota), what could it be?
