Toyota in the news again

[svelte]

Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs!

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..

Just kidding 🙂

Disclaimer. My dad use to work for one of it’s subsidiaries….

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..

Just kidding 🙂

Disclaimer. My dad use to work for one of it’s subsidiaries….

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..

Just kidding 🙂

Disclaimer. My dad use to work for one of it’s subsidiaries….

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..

Just kidding 🙂

Disclaimer. My dad use to work for one of it’s subsidiaries….

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..

Just kidding 🙂

Disclaimer. My dad use to work for one of it’s subsidiaries….

[Coronita]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/13/breaking-wsj-says-crash-data-points-to-pedal-misapplication-in/

Can you say, audi-ish witch hunt?

BREAKING: WSJ says crash data points to pedal misapplication in Toyota sudden acceleration cases

After receiving more than 3,000 reports of sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the U.S. Department of Transportation has concluded that driver error was actually at fault. According to The Wall Street Journal, investigators analyzing different data recorders from Toyota vehicles found that at the time of these sudden acceleration crashes, the throttles were wide open rather and the brakes were not depressed. Thus, they have reason to believe that drivers were mistakenly stomping on the accelerator rather than slamming the brakes in an attempt to avoid these crashes.

Of the 75 fatal crashes blamed on sudden acceleration, only one incident has actually been verified as being caused by vehicle fault – the Lexus ES350 accident that killed a California highway patrolman and three other passengers last August. Even so, this case was chalked up as an incident where the floor mat trapped the gas pedal, which Toyota quickly issued a recall for.

[Coronita]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/13/breaking-wsj-says-crash-data-points-to-pedal-misapplication-in/

Can you say, audi-ish witch hunt?

BREAKING: WSJ says crash data points to pedal misapplication in Toyota sudden acceleration cases

After receiving more than 3,000 reports of sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the U.S. Department of Transportation has concluded that driver error was actually at fault. According to The Wall Street Journal, investigators analyzing different data recorders from Toyota vehicles found that at the time of these sudden acceleration crashes, the throttles were wide open rather and the brakes were not depressed. Thus, they have reason to believe that drivers were mistakenly stomping on the accelerator rather than slamming the brakes in an attempt to avoid these crashes.

Of the 75 fatal crashes blamed on sudden acceleration, only one incident has actually been verified as being caused by vehicle fault – the Lexus ES350 accident that killed a California highway patrolman and three other passengers last August. Even so, this case was chalked up as an incident where the floor mat trapped the gas pedal, which Toyota quickly issued a recall for.

[Coronita]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/13/breaking-wsj-says-crash-data-points-to-pedal-misapplication-in/

Can you say, audi-ish witch hunt?

BREAKING: WSJ says crash data points to pedal misapplication in Toyota sudden acceleration cases

After receiving more than 3,000 reports of sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the U.S. Department of Transportation has concluded that driver error was actually at fault. According to The Wall Street Journal, investigators analyzing different data recorders from Toyota vehicles found that at the time of these sudden acceleration crashes, the throttles were wide open rather and the brakes were not depressed. Thus, they have reason to believe that drivers were mistakenly stomping on the accelerator rather than slamming the brakes in an attempt to avoid these crashes.

Of the 75 fatal crashes blamed on sudden acceleration, only one incident has actually been verified as being caused by vehicle fault – the Lexus ES350 accident that killed a California highway patrolman and three other passengers last August. Even so, this case was chalked up as an incident where the floor mat trapped the gas pedal, which Toyota quickly issued a recall for.

[Coronita]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/13/breaking-wsj-says-crash-data-points-to-pedal-misapplication-in/

Can you say, audi-ish witch hunt?

BREAKING: WSJ says crash data points to pedal misapplication in Toyota sudden acceleration cases

After receiving more than 3,000 reports of sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the U.S. Department of Transportation has concluded that driver error was actually at fault. According to The Wall Street Journal, investigators analyzing different data recorders from Toyota vehicles found that at the time of these sudden acceleration crashes, the throttles were wide open rather and the brakes were not depressed. Thus, they have reason to believe that drivers were mistakenly stomping on the accelerator rather than slamming the brakes in an attempt to avoid these crashes.

Of the 75 fatal crashes blamed on sudden acceleration, only one incident has actually been verified as being caused by vehicle fault – the Lexus ES350 accident that killed a California highway patrolman and three other passengers last August. Even so, this case was chalked up as an incident where the floor mat trapped the gas pedal, which Toyota quickly issued a recall for.

[Coronita]

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/13/breaking-wsj-says-crash-data-points-to-pedal-misapplication-in/

Can you say, audi-ish witch hunt?

BREAKING: WSJ says crash data points to pedal misapplication in Toyota sudden acceleration cases

After receiving more than 3,000 reports of sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the U.S. Department of Transportation has concluded that driver error was actually at fault. According to The Wall Street Journal, investigators analyzing different data recorders from Toyota vehicles found that at the time of these sudden acceleration crashes, the throttles were wide open rather and the brakes were not depressed. Thus, they have reason to believe that drivers were mistakenly stomping on the accelerator rather than slamming the brakes in an attempt to avoid these crashes.

Of the 75 fatal crashes blamed on sudden acceleration, only one incident has actually been verified as being caused by vehicle fault – the Lexus ES350 accident that killed a California highway patrolman and three other passengers last August. Even so, this case was chalked up as an incident where the floor mat trapped the gas pedal, which Toyota quickly issued a recall for.

[svelte]

[quote=flu][quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..
[/quote]

I never said GM was a golden child, so I’m not sure why you’ll be laughing.

My point has always been that Toyota is not the golden child that so many have believed!

As for the DOT finding that most of the sudden acceleration issues are driver error, well then that begs another question.

Since Toyota’s sudden acceleration rate is higher than many other companies, does that suggest Toyota drivers have, shall we say, poorer motor skills than average?

[svelte]

[quote=flu][quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..
[/quote]

I never said GM was a golden child, so I’m not sure why you’ll be laughing.

My point has always been that Toyota is not the golden child that so many have believed!

As for the DOT finding that most of the sudden acceleration issues are driver error, well then that begs another question.

Since Toyota’s sudden acceleration rate is higher than many other companies, does that suggest Toyota drivers have, shall we say, poorer motor skills than average?

[svelte]

[quote=flu][quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..
[/quote]

I never said GM was a golden child, so I’m not sure why you’ll be laughing.

My point has always been that Toyota is not the golden child that so many have believed!

As for the DOT finding that most of the sudden acceleration issues are driver error, well then that begs another question.

Since Toyota’s sudden acceleration rate is higher than many other companies, does that suggest Toyota drivers have, shall we say, poorer motor skills than average?

[svelte]

[quote=flu][quote=svelte]Toyota has found the source of the breaking springs…contaminants in the metal:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/report-lexus-knew-of-valve-spring-defects-three-years-ago/

So the solution they choose? It’s not removing the contaminants from the process…it’s to install bigger springs![/quote]

You know svelte. I’m just going to be like a waiting hawk here. After GM IPO’s, and after GM screws up (again, which they will)… I’m going to be laughing my ass off…. again…..
[/quote]

I never said GM was a golden child, so I’m not sure why you’ll be laughing.

My point has always been that Toyota is not the golden child that so many have believed!

As for the DOT finding that most of the sudden acceleration issues are driver error, well then that begs another question.

Since Toyota’s sudden acceleration rate is higher than many other companies, does that suggest Toyota drivers have, shall we say, poorer motor skills than average?

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