Has anyone experienced this Toyota problem?

[cyrus buelton]

There is a 3 billion dollar class action being created.

mitt

and the IL Professor is supposedly working with this group...........


what a surprise.........

[cyrus buelton]

I forgot about the sticky linkage problem due to "supplier defect" part, so there are at least 4 different hot topics.

mitt

I thought that was what caused the acceleration issue?

The pedal was getting stuck.


shit, I need to keep up on my news.


1. Floormat (knew about)
2. Sticky Accelerator (knew about)
3. Computer Making car accelerate uncontrollably (never heard of until I read that professor tampered and made it work)
4. What's the 4th?

[derby]

The floor mat issue is an oversight on Toyota's part and can be easily fixed. Nissan figured it out no problem...the drivers side mat in my Xterra has a hole in the rear of it which fits over a pin attached to the seat rail. What do ya know...the mat never slides forward!

my '06 tacoma mats were like that when i bought the truck.

[Grappa]

I just can't figure out why companies would make car with fully electronic acceleration or steering.  Where is the benefit?  I would think it would be more expensive for one.  I trust mechanical over electrical any day.  Planes are fly by wire now, I believe, but don't they have at least 3 levels of redundancy/backup?  

[mitt]

1. Floormat (knew about)
2. Sticky Accelerator (knew about)
3. Computer Making car accelerate uncontrollably (never heard of until I read that professor tampered and made it work)
4. What's the 4th?

4 - weirdness in prius braking - new software is supposed to fix

[cyrus buelton]

4 - weirdness in prius braking - new software is supposed to fix

Is there like a USB port where you hook a jump drive up to it, start the car, hit a button or 2 and it updates the computer system off the firmware on the drive?



but seriously.......it probably does get upgraded like that.

Kind of scary.

[Speedbag]

I think you simultaneously hold down the brake, accelerator, and turn the key.

Sort of like ctrl-alt-delete.

[cyrus buelton]

I think you simultaneously hold down the brake, accelerator, and turn the key.

Sort of like ctrl-alt-delete.

I remember when my Dad got a new battery in his 91 Audi Quattro at Sears (took them an hour to find the battery........it was under the back seat). They forgot to keep power to the car, so of course anti-theft locked out the stereo.

I pawed through the manual to find out how to unlock it. Holy shit, it was so make the beast with two backsing funny:

1. Hit AM once
2. turn the tuner know three clicks left, then four right.
3. Hit program keys 1 5 3 4
4. Hit eject on tape player
5. Press power 5 times.


It was so make the beast with two backsed up.

[ducatiz]

Sounds like the key fob programming proc on my old Xterra

[NAKID]

Both my F150 and all of my wife's recent VW's have had a latch to hold the floor mats.
If you put pressure on both the brake and gas simultaneously, the fuel cuts out on the VW.

As far as benefit of dive by wire? Only thing I can think of is no firewall penetrations for a mechanism.

[duccarlos]

On the news right now. Guy in a Prius had to be told through a police officer's loud speaker how to stop his Prius.

[cyrus buelton]

Sounds like the key fob programming proc on my old Xterra

Probably similar system


I heard VW now charges a few hundred bucks to unlock your stereo.

I sure as hell can't find the "code" card in my owners manual and I got the car brand new.

[Pip]

Probably similar system


I heard VW now charges a few hundred bucks to unlock your stereo.

I sure as hell can't find the "code" card in my owners manual and I got the car brand new.

TRUE. I work for a used car reconditioner, and we have to send all of the locked out VDub's to the dealer so they can do it. No other way. We've tried it all. LOL

[derby]

On the news right now. Guy in a Prius had to be told through a police officer's loud speaker how to stop his Prius.

yeah, i'm not buying that dude's story at all.

[metallimonster]

Probably similar system


I heard VW now charges a few hundred bucks to unlock your stereo.

I sure as hell can't find the "code" card in my owners manual and I got the car brand new.

You'll be make the beast with two backsed if you lose the coding, they'll have to take the head unit out to get the serial number and then hook the car up to the internet and jump through a bunch of hoops to get the code back.  I used to hate doing it when I worked on Audi's