Later, in 2003, Toyota internally dealt with an “unwanted acceleration” incident that arose during production testing of the Toyota Sienna. Toyota did not report that incident to the national safety investigators at NHTSA for another five years and engaged in a pattern of deception and cover-up that continues today."
@blacknight39 NHTSA suspected and was investigating Toyota for sudden acceleration long before 2003. Deception and cover up? Par for the course - look at Ford and their F150's air bag problem today. NHTSA wants 1.4 million recalled and Ford says no, just 140,000 need to be recallled. Look at KIA recalling broken shift cable and GM never recalling their own sunfire/cavalier broken shift cable. Looks like domestic manufacturers get an easy ride compared to imports.
"Toyota notified its dealers through a Technical Service Bulletin that Camry models could experience engine surging and that an electronic calibration was required to fix the problem.
@blacknight39 This TSB you refer to was a delay in the shifting of the transmission. What happened was that people would put their foot down to accelerate onto a highway and there would be a big lag in downshifting. This made people push on the gas even more and when it did finally kick in it shocked them. They complained they almost got killed. But this is a lack of acceleration not sudden acceleration - a very different thing altogether.
This is my first time ever commenting on a you-tube video but i just had to because there are some lies and omissions here.
Folks why is it so hard to believe that acceleration errors can occur with electronic computerized circuity (that is man made and humans make errors and mistakes), and again using the same logic why is it so hard to believe that a company as large as Toyota would try to cover it up?
@blacknight39 It's all believable and something we've seen before with Ford, GM etc. What is really hard to believe is that people when faced with expert reports from NHTSA and NASA the nations top experts, still believe the nonsense reported by CNN and ABC more than a year ago. There has never been a vehicle built by any company that would accelerate out of control and lose its brakes all by itself. Sorry but it's a fact.
PROBLEM WE HAVE IN AMERICA IS TOO MANY UNEDUCATED & MIS-INFORMED PEOPLE.
YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT ABOUT THE NONSENSE FROM CNN, ABC AND THE REST OF THE "GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED MEDIA COMPANIES", WHOM ALL HAVE INTERESTS IN GM, FORD, DODGE/CHRYSLER, ETC, ETC, ETC.
Thanks for your detailed report which clearly show the problem was not on the gas pedal. Many other Youtuber also did investigations as you did. It should be the problem on the Obama regime who own GM. Many Korean who made claims against Toyota, they are people trying to sell more Hyundai cars.
BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG... This is why I could never ever own an american car. That infernal god damn noise may give them 1 more star in the safety test but god damn it drives me fucking mad. I would stab at the noise with a screw driver. European or Japanese proper cars dont have that.
Lesson here.. If your not smarter than your borderline average 16 year old teenager, and you don't posses the knowledge stop your vehicle, ride the bus. Its that simple!
@carquestions, It all comes down to driver error regardless. I see too many idiots on the road and I'm always directly affected by their stupidity. How hard is it to turn off a vehicle that's running away? I had something similar happen on one of my vehicles because a o-ring jammed my throttle body open. What did I do? I quickly turned the vehicle off and pulled off the road. It's not that hard. I laugh at these morons.
There is nothing wrong with the pedal indeed. I dislike Toyota, but this epidemic seems a little far fetched. If anything, I'd say it MIGHT be softwhere. I'll have to test that. Thanks for the test vid.
I know exactly what it is its the tps the throttle body is no longer cabled controled its electronically controlled we had a toyota 4 runner in the shop with this problem
this video doesn't address what was said to be the issue...which is the computer chip inside the pedal that is part of the drive by wire system...but i still think the stuck gas pedal thing is a fluke...i have a 2009 toyota and it's fine
@kilgoja No one of any expert background ever claimed it was a faulty sensor in the pedal - only the media. My advice to you is stop watching CNN - they report rumours not facts.
@carquestions haha..i never watch the news...that's just something i had heard somewhere...maybe i read it on the internet..everyone knows everything you read on the internet is true..hahaha...like i said i don't think anything is wrong with the pedal to begin with...it's like a conspiracy theory against toyota...everyone knows toyota makes the best cars out there
all im saying is that some people have luck with their stuff. just because 58 out of 60 people have problems with their cars, doesn't mean 100% will. there are still 2 people that will not complain about a thing, & say there is nothing wrong.
the point is that everything is specific to each person. saying that other people can/can't have problems because you did/didn't is ridiculous. circumstances are different & unique in EVERY situation. period.
-this does not mean that all the pedals are fine, this means that this particular pedal is fine.. this has literally no bearing on anyone else's pedals.
-thats like saying [theoretically] because you never had a braking problem with your Jeep that nobody else ever can.
-obviously, thats false. just because a specific pedal you have has had no issues does not mean other ones can't have problems. i've had an iPod for ~5 years now with no issues, but does that mean all iPods are like that?
@yuskjr If it is claimed by NHTSA or a manufacturer that there is a design flaw or defect in a a mass produced car part then you should have little trouble in finding some evidence of it. Your analogy is faulty by a wide margin. If Apple had said millions of ipods had a defective part then we would have lots of pictures and examples of it. In Toyota's case nobody could ever show you a faulty one.
"-this does not mean that all the pedals are fine, this means that this particular pedal is fine.. this has literally no bearing on anyone else's pedals".
"-thats like saying [theoretically] because you never had a braking problem with your Jeep that nobody else ever can."
@yuskjr You can't argue a fact - no car in all of history has ever accelerated by itself and had its brakes fail. Please review your automotive history regarding the Audi 5000 - lots of people crying saying it killed someone - science proved otherwise
"no car in all of history has ever accelerated by itself and had its brakes fail."
-show me that evidence.
"Please review your automotive history regarding the Audi 5000 - lots of people crying saying it killed someone - science proved otherwise"
-nothing is ever "proven", things can be supported by evidence, but they are never proven; even Einstein's ideas are theory. your biggest mistake is thinking things are fact/proven. science is theory; please review your scientific understanding.
@KrankieV2 Did you notice how the cars all fixed themselves lately? How come there are no more cry babies? - NASA and NHTSA will make a pr statement soon clearing Toyota
The USA gov't has a vested interest in removing Toyota's market share. Japanese cars won that share because of their reputation for quality. THose who know cars will agree that American cars, while great, rarely can hold a candle to Japanese engineering and reliability. After the USA gov't's GM bailout, it went into protectionist mode. It is corruption. American brands suffer regular recalls. There was a major one recently, yet no media circus. Toyota is a victim of the USA gov't lynch mob.
@hdizzlemyshizzle - Every car made today has a fly by wire system as do most trucks, planes and trains - no one including NASA has ever shown the Toyota system to have a defect - just the facts
@cherylbell100 Three things you could try - Let another driver have the car for a while - warn them of course 2. Take it to another dealer and 3. Please submit this complaint to NHTSA right away
@cherylbell100 go to my website carquestions.ca and click on it or search Google by typing in "NHTSA recalls" - have a look around and check recalls and complaints
This whole thing is a fluff to make bailing out crappy companies like GM and Chrysler seem like a good idea. Typical land of the "free". I enjoy how the gov't didn't give Ford any commendations for their success and instead your government encourages failure.
Kris Kitko - Time to wake up and watch the news - NHTSA investigators called the accidents "driver error". All your trying to do is promote yourself in the (fading) hope of music stardom by attacking a car company and the people who work for it. You sound like you're deeply conflicted. If your ridiculous Toyota rant is the best you can do then I'd give up song writing for a real job. And yes I do answer car questions - it's just that you never asked any.
Sorry, pal. My mechanic didn't charge me a penny for the switch that shuts off the fuel. He installed it--free of charge--because he could see on the printout how erratic the reading was & knew the car wasn't safe. Personally, I believe there is a software/computer problem--which is showing up in the sensor test. I've been driving for over 25 years; don't suggest that I somehow became stupid & floored it by accident--unlesss, of course, you work for Toyota.
@kitkofolk Re-wiring your fuel system is a dangerous thing to do. Your ignition switch works perfectly well and could be used in an emergency. You might have had a slight surge problem but nothing approaching a dangerous level that your brakes couldn't stop. As far as being stupid - can't say - but NHTSA said all the Toyota's they tested where people swore they took off were all driver error. Are you calling them liars? No I don't work for any car company - I work in the industry, not for it.
The hilarious part is that your "mechanic" is an idiot. For one the ECU/PCM is all ENCRYPTED and you don't see "erratic" readings or code. Let me know how 10001110011001 0101010 010101010 is executed by the ECU becaue apparently your mechanics speaks in Toyota binary.
@shred5 Another guy who gets his news from CNN/Fox - Your comments are completey false. Yes we need proof. Got any? Japanese made vehicles had Denso pedals and none of them were recalled, a completely made up claim- only units with the CTS made pedal were recalled. Pedal sticks because of dirt? on an 08- 09 car? you must be joking. Do you think the brakes fail because of dust too? Every car investigated by NHTSA found "driver error" no a faulty gas pedal.
@carquestions, if you actually followed the news most of the cars to get a stuck pedal incident did NOT qualify for the recall as they did not have the CTS pedal, or already had the recall performed. My comment is NOT completely false, and if you had been following the incidents and even look at the car models that had incidents that would be enough to tell you they did not even qualify for the recall, yet the gas pedal was still stuck to the floor.
@shred5 Still completely false "yet the gas pedal was still stuck to the floor" - Gas pedals only stuck to the floor if the floor mat wasn't put in correctly - that is "driver error" in most peoples opinion. All there has ever been is old ladies/man COMPLAINING they stuck. There has been over 2000 investigations since Feb - all driver error - no sticky pedals. If you have a real "source" or research from an expert body please post your source. If you want to spread fiction use your own channel.
@carquestions, you have got to me kiddng me... not false at all. If the mats covering the pedal is the problem then kick the pedal up with your foot. I wear size 15 shoes and barely fit inside most Toyota cars and I have no problem doing that. Plus how many old people ever push the pedal down that far? Please think of what you are saying and how ridiculous that is.
FYI Toyota would not have issued a recall if it was all driver error.
@shred5 No I'm not kidding - have you bothered to do any research on this or are you just going to repeat the stuff you hear from CNN? Do you not know your own history about the Audi 5000? -
@carquestions, put it this way do people with small cars and generic Walmart mats ever crash because the mat covered the pedal? I've seen this scenario happen a few times before and it's never caused so much of a problem. Why is that?
@shred5 Why? - simple - Kane said it to Congress - the watershed moment was when the Saylor crash 911 call was broadcast around the world and picked up by every news outlet in the US. If they guy had said he just had the car fixed at Walmart there would have been the same reaction for them - unfortunately it was a Lexus. Pedal was found by fellow cops stuck to mat - the mat was the wrong one - it was out of an RH400 - jammed the pedal every time
@carquestions, the point is that most people don't have problems with generic mats that are often too large for the car. if the gas pedal gets stuck, kick it, pull it up, or get a car with more power so you don't need to floor it in the first place.
@shred5 Tell it to Grandma - "most people..." First true comment - but the point is it's not MOST people, its a few people mostly over the age of 60 and all driving automatic equipped cars. If its not the people please explain why there are Zero complaints from the manual transmission cars - same controls exactly except for the extra pedal
@carquestions, if I hit the brakes and they don't work, how is that a driver error? If I take my foot off the gas pedal and the car keeps accelerating, how is that driver error? A driver would have to be both extremely plastered, on crack and stupid in order to not know the difference.
My point still stands that this test does NOT test for aging, wearing, dirt, or abuse (which a 4 cyl Toyota sees plenty of). You'd be surprised how dirty some peoples 2010s are...
@shred5 Again Completey false your just passing on unverfied complaints. There has been no cases of brakes failing or cars accelerating by any manufacturer anywhere in the world - You must get your news from MAD magazine/CNN/Fox or ABC. You're a bit late with the false complaints - that was back in February/March
@carquestions, you're just deadset on saying it's all driver error when it's not. What crackhead would intentionally crash their car at 70mph or whatever the top speed is just to say "the gas pedal got stuck"?
@shred5 You mention crack a lot - you on it? try going to NHTSA and looking up something up for a change - do your homework if you'd like to have a little credibility
Search NHTSA complaint 10320131 - and my video on NHTSA linked to identity theft
She murdered a guy on a Harley, was high on drugs and was facing a murder charge - so YA some people make some pretty dumb complaints and are on crack.
@carquestions, ok put it this way. My friend bought a used 2010 Corolla. It came without floor mats, and after saying he wouldn't have a problem, he said that it's been automatically reving by itself while he's driving, like he's giving it gas but he's not. What he said what he had thought it was, was the computer in the car gone bad, and the gas pedal wasn't moving.
And crack wouldn't be enough to crash because the floor mat got stuck on the gas pedal...
@shred5 The gas pedal is not cabled controlled it's electronic as you may know - so when he uses cruise control intentionally or accidently the gas pedal will not move like it did with cable controlled pedals. People have to know these things and are not being told some things on their cars work differently than their old car.
@carquestions, yeah, I figured so much. The cable controlled ones could potentially have the cable get stuck -- I had a car where the cable actually froze sometimes and I'd have to pop the hood, break the ice and wait for it to warm up.
But my friend said he couldn't notice the gas pedal moving but the car seemed like it was "idling" at 4000rpm.
@shred5 All he has to do is show a dealer the car idling above 1000 rpm and they will flip out. Get a video of it. It could be a number of things but it will definitely store a fault code so they'll be no big mystery and fixed under warranty. If it is going to be a "him" problem that he can't show anybody - tell him to give the car to someone else to see if they have the same problem. If they don't its something he's doing
@carquestions, he said he was going to bring it in and get that checked out, but when he will do that I can't tell you. The dealer is down the street from where he works and can probably walk there in 15 minutes, but he's the type of person who won't spend money on anything unless he absolutely has to (which means not being able to drive at all).
Wouldn't a hot environment disrupt the magnetic field of the magnets? Assuming I'm right, wouldn't that do some harm to the accelerator and thus cause some problems? Again, this is an extreme situation, so, if nothing's wrong with this, it will be fine under our world's conditions. If I'm wrong, sorry for my ignorance. Cheers~
Reply to Carquestions.... The whole video is in neutral which is the cause for the decrease in speed. The reason for showing the clutch being depressed and released was just to evidence that the car was never in gear. The engine corrects itself at the end of the clip but as you can see the car is acting as if there is still pressure being applied to the pedal for the majority of the video. But you can also see I am no where near the pedal.
@HB8081 What you need to do is drive the car and get a second person to film it and be a witness. Take shots of brake, shifter, speedo and road from rear seat/over your shoulder to give viewers more to compare - how do they know you weren't just driving down a hill?
@carquestions My wife was doing the filming at the time from the passenger seat. We were just driving to our inlaws and it started doing it so she pulled out the camera. It does not happen all of the time though so its hard to catch. I was not aware that driving down a hill would cause your idle to stick when the car is not in gear. Also why would the speed be decreasing going down a hill in neutral?
@HB8081 Also, why would somebody try to fake something like this? We own an Avalon and a Tundra and love both of those. The only thing we want is Toyota to fix the damn Corolla. Is that really too much to ask?
Why do we hear so much about Toyota when Honda has a more serious problem with their airbag. A defective airbag that has been linked to one death and 11 injuries in the United States over the past few years is still haunting Honda as the company today announced that it is adding 437,763 cars to its existing global safety recall over the airbag inflation problem
@CAREXPERT69 NHTSA the American government agency that is in charge of vehicle safety reports in document INOA-RQ09004 that there have been no reports of injuries or fatalities - so according to NHTSA it isn't a big problem if no one is being injured. The media likes to link things all the time but is always short on actual proof.
What kind of test is this? Its the everyday wear and tear in extreme weather, none of these cars went under water or in a over. You will not recreate that problem with what u just did, that is not the case. Try focusing on the electronics that controls the throttle coz Toyota is trying to makes people focus on gas pedal which cost pocket change to fix, but it isnt the culpit.
Was the firewall block connections ever checked. Since the gas pedal is electronic and it' possible the computer is under the hood. The wires go through the firewall. I'm sure if these connecton have pins, if they get wet and if they are not weather tight, this can cause a problem
@mryome1999 They looked for this especially - this type of problem - rub through or wet is easy for an investigator to find. None was ever found in over 2000 investigations
@q8m302 Oh really it's a rumor? that's why my good friends Toyota suddenly accelerated nearly causing him to lose control. Keep buying into Toyotas lies.
@Blackcuda Most americans can't drive, that's a fact. Too lazy, can't drive manual cars, blame the car when failed to hit the brakes.
Most of the accidents investigated about the toyota "defect" showed that the driver was the guilty one for the accident and not the car. In 50 accidents more than 45 was caused because the driver never pressed the brake pedal, the gas pedal had nothing to do with it.
@HB8081 Just watched it - So its stuck at 2000? at 27 seconds in to your video it says 1500 rpm and looks to be dropping. Also your speed is close to 50 at the begining and drops to 40 by the end of the video. Why did the speed change? Where you in 5th gear going down a hill engine braking?
Mmmm so what you're saying is that all cars sold tens years ago have to get their pedals repositioned???? Well I don't feel mine needs that.. I drive a Peugeut 306 and I've never experienced such a problem (until now lol)
@NaNa9510 I'm not suggesting every make and model - but - the ones with a low brake pedal close to the gas, ones with straight gas pedals instead of angled ones etc - it would be in the 10's of millions but certainly some/half the models would not need it. NHTSA will be coming out with just such a new regulation for new cars shortly.
There is something I don't get here...Now you're trying to prove that the pedals aren't the problem right??? Why wouldn't Toyota not reveal the real problem?? After all what can be worse than a pedal defect????
@NaNa9510 It's not just Toyota, its all companies - they would have to reposition all the pedals so that a foot could not touch both at the same time in all automatic transmission cars going back 10 years - AND Toyota will not blame the customer ever - even if they know its all driver error.
great video. I thought too that it's not the pedal, it's something has to do with the electronics. All I can say is just bring back the old fashion way "drive by wire system". Most of the times the old fashion way works better than the new way.
@LP0095 Since she mostly uses the oven for warming pizzas I didn't think she would notice - we are re-doing the kitchen this summer and can you believe it - she wants a double oven - for what? to warm 2 pizzas at once?
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because cars now a days electronics work off of 5 volts signal to the computers so just any slight change in voltage can affect the sensors and if you shut the car off all evidence is gone
and yes i am a ase certified tech as well as a gold certified tech from chrysler
and at least chrysler has the brake override system
@cpgolden46 If you unplug a sensor and change the voltage to zero it most often sets a code correct? And you can repeat this in front of other people over and over correct? You could shoot video of it correct? You've seen lots of electrical problems in your day, have you ever seen one where the car accelerated out of control by itself and the brakes failed? If you have, you are the first mechanic in the world to witness such a thing.
anyways i think the problem with the toyotas are something to do with static electricity causing the problems just like you have to touch metal or something when you fuel up youre car to discharge static electricity
@cpgolden46 Each model is thoroughly tested in a enclosed chamber for everything from microwaves to electromagnet fields - Harley Davidson has been doing to their bikes for 10 years - all car companies have been doing for even longer. - If it was static electrical discharge it would be easy to replicate - but difficult to explain how it could last 15 seconds.
If all these people really had problems, why didn't they take their cars to the dealership before the media told them? If you check the facts a little closer, you will see that the overwhelmingly majority of people that had crashes were over the age of 60. Thanks to the media, anyone who had a wreck because they were speeding or driving like an asshole is now blaming Toyota. Americans are now "who can I blame" instead of "I made a mistake".
@SigalaSigala The driver profile is 60 to 80 and more female then male - I mention this in another video. I agree an entire nation of "excuse abusers"
@carquestions If I had a problem, I would have taken it to the dealer when I first noticed it instead of waiting for the media to tell me I had a problem. The biggest problem with 24 hour news is they have to fill time, taking a nothing story and blowing it out of proportion into something major, and the sheeple eat it up-if it's on TV, it has to be true. To paraphrase Mark Twain-If you don't watch the TV news, you are uninformed. If you do watch the TV news, you are misinformed.
Might be a software issue. Steve Wozniak was saying he could duplicate strange cruise control behavior in his Toyota. If the system has 1 software issue, maybe it has 2.
March 31, 2010, 9:30 pm - Sources familiar with the NHTSA / Toyota investigations have reported to Carquestions that all of the investigations of the past two weeks (more than 8) have all resulted in a finding of "driver error" and no vehicle defects have been found. It is also reported that NHTSA will halt its current round of investigations into Toyota sudden acceleration claims until further notice.
@insurancefrauder Mechanics find and solve intermittent problems every day. Is there some reason you can't find any examples? All your evidence is anecdotal - every last bit - you state "that's clearly what's... - clear as mud you mean, unless all you take for evidence is someone saying it happened. Guess you believe in UFO's just because there are so many anecdotal stories - use a dictionary and look up the word anecdotal - you'll learn something today
@DLSTechUnlocks - Try this fact on for size - thousands of Toyota techs contact me and state they have changed thousands of pedals and have never found a single one that is defective in any way - guess they are all wrong too eh? - That's what I tell my students - listen to an expert and not you uncle Barney
Two videos wasted with testing a gas pedal mechanically, and you didn't even test it electronically. I don't buy that the floormats or even the gas pedal are the cause of these accidents. Some of these accidents may be credible (electronic control faults), but others may be caused by the driver ( people who want to cash in on a lawsuit). On your next video why dont you test an ECM from an affected Toyota vehicle instead of wasting your time on this supposed defective gas pedal.
Two videos wasted on showing the mechanical movement of the Toyota gas pedal. Keepin mind that the pedal is electronic too. For your follow up video why not test it with a multimeter and make sure it is within spec. Instead of wasting your time with that, why not acquire an ECM from an affected Toyota recall car and check that. I dont buy Toyota's claim that it was the floormat or the gas pedal. Maybe they need to re-flash/ re-burn or replace the affected computers to solve the problem.
@looker190 How about put it back in the car and see if it fails instead of testing it with a multimeter? - You of course are aware that every Toyota investigated has shown the vehicle to be defect free right? Sikes, NY nanny etc. All done with Gov investigators, police and independent investigators present and reaching the same conclusion - where have you been?
i love TOYOTA and ur VIDS....but sticky pedals and no proof.....
maybe people are spilling their sodas and starbucks on the pedal.....and so creating the "STICKY PEDAL EFFECT" or maybe they should just get off their cell phones?
@BDATNYNY Any investigator could easily find evidence such as that - all of the valid investigations to date have proven floor mat or driver error as the cause - no car defects have been found - thats a real fact
By "They" I guess you mean major news outlets like ABC..CNN etc - all of the valid investigations to date have proven floor mat or driver error as the cause - no car defects - thats a real fact
Good job. Even thought sticky gas pedal or whatever, car can still stop. Personally I think it's driver's falut. There are always 2nd or even 3rd safety features in cars. I have ford focus 2000, the coil on the front tire collapsed while I was driving. Fortunately, I was only going 10 mph at parking lot. I have a picture too. If that happend while I'm on high way? I would be injured or dead. Plus, it was on recall! and dealer just sold me without fixing it. what a joke. I rather buy toyota.
@hicky777 Want to get real mad? They have had broken coil spring problems before 1996 - they just called it something else check out a 1998 Windstar - coil spring breaks puncturing tire - People have some nerve saying one car company hides info for years without knowing the truth about all the other companies
@carquestions Thank you very much. I don't think I will buy ford focus anymore. I understands that cars break down. cuz it doesn't last forever. But I am mad that after they fixed, no apology at all. Also they told me that my passenger door is on recall too, but they didn't fix it. They told me that it's not that big problem. well maybe not to me. but whoever rides my car can't get out unless I unlock the doors! very faulty car. and my car has had so many other problems at 100,000 miles.
@insurancefrauder I'd explain it like any logical person would by reading the two separate investigations that stated very clearly the floor mat caused the accident. It is exactly like the Audi - everyone who claimed the car accelerated was wrong. And now you are too. Can't you read for yourself? If licenses mean nothing why are you too dumb to get one? Thanks for insulting all the mechanics out there, I'm sure they appreciate it. I'm surprised you get internet in the trailer park.
@carquestions And here you go again with the insults. For a guy your age, you should be more of a grown up when communicating with others.
If everyone was wrong, that explains the well publicised police officer? I guess he was wrong too?
Licenses mean you can pass a test. If you worked in the trade, you would have seen many examples of "licensed" mechanics who don't know anything. The same oges for drivers licenses.
I have a 310S license, but I don't need it where I am now.
@insurancefrauder You're one angry old guy eh? You mean you had a 310s license don't you Frauder? that's a Canadian license that's likely expired, your profile say you live in the US. You do know that you are one of the few people on the planet who is willing to believe in the Toyota ghost defect after all the investigations proved suspected fraud or driver error? what's your opinion on Bigfoot? Still no hard physical evidence you can show us - just one car that's all we ask.
@carquestions I didn't let it expire. I may be returning to the "land of the heavily taxed" so I kept it valid.
I'm not angry, but your testing is a joke. If the problem was cold or heat, maybe you would have a point, but it's supposed to be wear and yet you tested just a couple pedals and deemed the parts acceptable.
Then because you can't find a problem with the pedal, you deem it driver error becuase that's what Audi said 25 years ago? Joke.
@insurancefrauder Returning to Canada? leaving your girlfriend? - For the fifth time my Bio is on my website. Meanwhile you don't even give you last name - you scared of the big bad internet and evil Toyota's? How come you want info from me you don't give out? Do you think anyone would believe an 08 or 09 car would have such a worn pedal as you suggest and that a pedal like mine from an 08 would show no signs of wear? Do you think things through?
You have a difficult time grasping the concept of an intermittant problem, don't you? That's clearly what's causing the unintended acceleration. Not something that's repeatable, time and time again. When will you get into the software and lack of safeguards?
My name has no place in this discussion, just like your has no place here. What I wanted to know was your job. What do you do for a living? I told you what I do. I'm a mechanic.
@insurancefrauder Mechanics find and solve intermittent problems every day. Is there some reason you can't find any examples? All your evidence is anecdotal - every last bit - you state "that's clearly what's... - clear as mud you mean, unless all you take for evidence is someone saying it happened. Guess you believe in UFO's just because there are so many anecdotal stories - use a dictionary and look up the word anecdotal - you'll learn something today
@insurancefrauder I"m both - 2 mechanics licenses and a qualified employed Teacher. But you still won't say what you do eh? Still haven't found one story about a valid investigation or defective part somewhere in the world? Don't you want my $2,250 eh? Safeguards? You mean like the ones Gilbert was talking about? In case you missed it he rigged it so the safeguards wouldn't work according to university professors, professional engineers etc. But hey, I'm sure you know more then them.
Your test not conclusive, you can bake them all you want you can drown them for days on end in that freezing whether. the test you have preformed are not even applied in daily use.
Build a hydraulic or a pneumatic paddle machine, and make it push the peddle 40 times per min for 30 day's or 60, then check the bushings for ware and tear or grinding.
"you sound more like your getting payed by them" your test are pointless"
OK- maybe we live in areas where these cars are not having problems - but SD to NY is cross country. The internet is worldwide and no one has tried getting $2,250 out of me - there is no defective part or system - we'd have seen evidence of it somewhere by now - same as Audi story - there must be something wrong - but there wasn't - how do you explain the Audi hysteria in 1986?
you implied I was in the wrong demographic - I'm unable to find the problem since I'm part of the age group - Doctors are part of the wrong demo for delivering babies since they are not women - get it now
Anyone here want to pledge towards the REWARD? - it's at $2,250 - so far - Just IM and I'll add your pledge to the amount. Don't worry - there is as much of a chance as the sun going "super nova" as there is you'll ever have to pay.
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FIJIBOWL 2 months ago
is that a vrod my dad has one
joeldude76 10 months ago
@joeldude76 Yes it is - an 03 anniversary model
carquestions 10 months ago
@carquestions yep thats what his is also
joeldude76 10 months ago
but btw good video i thought it put the pedal through all the conditions possible
joeldude76 10 months ago
That was a jeep
ilao1231 10 months ago
Go and google 2002 service report, and think about it.
blacknight39 11 months ago
Later, in 2003, Toyota internally dealt with an “unwanted acceleration” incident that arose during production testing of the Toyota Sienna. Toyota did not report that incident to the national safety investigators at NHTSA for another five years and engaged in a pattern of deception and cover-up that continues today."
blacknight39 11 months ago
@blacknight39 NHTSA suspected and was investigating Toyota for sudden acceleration long before 2003. Deception and cover up? Par for the course - look at Ford and their F150's air bag problem today. NHTSA wants 1.4 million recalled and Ford says no, just 140,000 need to be recallled. Look at KIA recalling broken shift cable and GM never recalling their own sunfire/cavalier broken shift cable. Looks like domestic manufacturers get an easy ride compared to imports.
carquestions 11 months ago
GOOD INFO BLACKNIGHT39.
DOMESTICS ALWAYS GET A FREE RIDE AS PER THE FEDS.
THEY JUST WANT TO GET RID OF THE FOREIGN JOBS.
TOO LATE ALREADY!!
FIJIBOWL 2 months ago
"Toyota notified its dealers through a Technical Service Bulletin that Camry models could experience engine surging and that an electronic calibration was required to fix the problem.
blacknight39 11 months ago
@blacknight39 This TSB you refer to was a delay in the shifting of the transmission. What happened was that people would put their foot down to accelerate onto a highway and there would be a big lag in downshifting. This made people push on the gas even more and when it did finally kick in it shocked them. They complained they almost got killed. But this is a lack of acceleration not sudden acceleration - a very different thing altogether.
carquestions 11 months ago
VERY GOOD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT!!
FIJIBOWL 2 months ago
This is my first time ever commenting on a you-tube video but i just had to because there are some lies and omissions here.
Folks why is it so hard to believe that acceleration errors can occur with electronic computerized circuity (that is man made and humans make errors and mistakes), and again using the same logic why is it so hard to believe that a company as large as Toyota would try to cover it up?
blacknight39 11 months ago
@blacknight39 It's all believable and something we've seen before with Ford, GM etc. What is really hard to believe is that people when faced with expert reports from NHTSA and NASA the nations top experts, still believe the nonsense reported by CNN and ABC more than a year ago. There has never been a vehicle built by any company that would accelerate out of control and lose its brakes all by itself. Sorry but it's a fact.
carquestions 11 months ago
GOOD JOB BLACKNGHT39.
PROBLEM WE HAVE IN AMERICA IS TOO MANY UNEDUCATED & MIS-INFORMED PEOPLE.
YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT ABOUT THE NONSENSE FROM CNN, ABC AND THE REST OF THE "GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED MEDIA COMPANIES", WHOM ALL HAVE INTERESTS IN GM, FORD, DODGE/CHRYSLER, ETC, ETC, ETC.
FIJIBOWL 2 months ago
Thanks for your detailed report which clearly show the problem was not on the gas pedal. Many other Youtuber also did investigations as you did. It should be the problem on the Obama regime who own GM. Many Korean who made claims against Toyota, they are people trying to sell more Hyundai cars.
OUTSIDESOUND 1 year ago
You should check the "metal spring to see if it cuts into the plastic pedal ,and sticks on preventing the plastic pedal to pull back up.
voyager73 1 year ago
BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG... This is why I could never ever own an american car. That infernal god damn noise may give them 1 more star in the safety test but god damn it drives me fucking mad. I would stab at the noise with a screw driver. European or Japanese proper cars dont have that.
Janusha 1 year ago
@Janusha, You watch too much Top Gear for your own health. I absolutely love the show.. but when you're quoting Jeremy Clarkson verbatim, it's sad.
mediarocker543 1 year ago
I really wasnt quoting anyone. I was using the english language. If thats quoting Top Gear then what can I say.
Janusha 1 year ago
@Janusha , I just laughed cause it sounded like something Jeremy Clarkson said about the Cadillac CTS-V. Lol
mediarocker543 1 year ago
i saw that a tab went in a hole in the floor mat
trevzor4242 1 year ago
Lesson here.. If your not smarter than your borderline average 16 year old teenager, and you don't posses the knowledge stop your vehicle, ride the bus. Its that simple!
SrtTom14 1 year ago
@SrtTom14, Majority of the run-aways were "soccer mom's".....and they are typically the worst drivers. I see a pattern................
mediarocker543 1 year ago
@mediarocker543 Correction - It was more lke soccer grandmas and grandads - and it was all of them not some.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, It all comes down to driver error regardless. I see too many idiots on the road and I'm always directly affected by their stupidity. How hard is it to turn off a vehicle that's running away? I had something similar happen on one of my vehicles because a o-ring jammed my throttle body open. What did I do? I quickly turned the vehicle off and pulled off the road. It's not that hard. I laugh at these morons.
mediarocker543 1 year ago
VERY GOOD INSIGHT!!
FIJIBOWL 2 months ago
its been a year now haven't heard a single runaway toyota
what was the problem ?
emforty2 1 year ago
@emforty2 Mass hysteria created by mass media
carquestions 1 year ago 4
In the words of Worms Armageddon.Kamikaze. XD
MattySP34Ks 1 year ago
yay for the 300C
acstechtips 1 year ago
There is nothing wrong with the pedal indeed. I dislike Toyota, but this epidemic seems a little far fetched. If anything, I'd say it MIGHT be softwhere. I'll have to test that. Thanks for the test vid.
superchargewhine 1 year ago
The problem seems to be with the USA. There is no such problem with any Toyota in any other countries.
fengzznattorr 1 year ago
I actually believe that this is a big conspiracy to knock Toyota out of the # 1 spot.
mannhorn34 1 year ago
I know exactly what it is its the tps the throttle body is no longer cabled controled its electronically controlled we had a toyota 4 runner in the shop with this problem
partyfriek 1 year ago
this video doesn't address what was said to be the issue...which is the computer chip inside the pedal that is part of the drive by wire system...but i still think the stuck gas pedal thing is a fluke...i have a 2009 toyota and it's fine
kilgoja 1 year ago
@kilgoja No one of any expert background ever claimed it was a faulty sensor in the pedal - only the media. My advice to you is stop watching CNN - they report rumours not facts.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions haha..i never watch the news...that's just something i had heard somewhere...maybe i read it on the internet..everyone knows everything you read on the internet is true..hahaha...like i said i don't think anything is wrong with the pedal to begin with...it's like a conspiracy theory against toyota...everyone knows toyota makes the best cars out there
kilgoja 1 year ago
All bullshit. Everything is now cleared of any faults by NASA.
Janusha 1 year ago
all im saying is that some people have luck with their stuff. just because 58 out of 60 people have problems with their cars, doesn't mean 100% will. there are still 2 people that will not complain about a thing, & say there is nothing wrong.
the point is that everything is specific to each person. saying that other people can/can't have problems because you did/didn't is ridiculous. circumstances are different & unique in EVERY situation. period.
yuskjr 1 year ago
-this does not mean that all the pedals are fine, this means that this particular pedal is fine.. this has literally no bearing on anyone else's pedals.
-thats like saying [theoretically] because you never had a braking problem with your Jeep that nobody else ever can.
-obviously, thats false. just because a specific pedal you have has had no issues does not mean other ones can't have problems. i've had an iPod for ~5 years now with no issues, but does that mean all iPods are like that?
yuskjr 1 year ago
@yuskjr If it is claimed by NHTSA or a manufacturer that there is a design flaw or defect in a a mass produced car part then you should have little trouble in finding some evidence of it. Your analogy is faulty by a wide margin. If Apple had said millions of ipods had a defective part then we would have lots of pictures and examples of it. In Toyota's case nobody could ever show you a faulty one.
carquestions 1 year ago
again;
"-this does not mean that all the pedals are fine, this means that this particular pedal is fine.. this has literally no bearing on anyone else's pedals".
"-thats like saying [theoretically] because you never had a braking problem with your Jeep that nobody else ever can."
yuskjr 1 year ago
@yuskjr You can't argue a fact - no car in all of history has ever accelerated by itself and had its brakes fail. Please review your automotive history regarding the Audi 5000 - lots of people crying saying it killed someone - science proved otherwise
carquestions 1 year ago
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"no car in all of history has ever accelerated by itself and had its brakes fail."
-show me that evidence.
"Please review your automotive history regarding the Audi 5000 - lots of people crying saying it killed someone - science proved otherwise"
-nothing is ever "proven", things can be supported by evidence, but they are never proven; even Einstein's ideas are theory. your biggest mistake is thinking things are fact/proven. science is theory; please review your scientific understanding.
yuskjr 1 year ago
they should just come clean and say it's an electrical issue... >_>
KrankieV2 1 year ago
@KrankieV2 Did you notice how the cars all fixed themselves lately? How come there are no more cry babies? - NASA and NHTSA will make a pr statement soon clearing Toyota
carquestions 1 year ago
@KrankieV2 Your right the drivers should come clean and admit their lying
carquestions 1 year ago
The USA gov't has a vested interest in removing Toyota's market share. Japanese cars won that share because of their reputation for quality. THose who know cars will agree that American cars, while great, rarely can hold a candle to Japanese engineering and reliability. After the USA gov't's GM bailout, it went into protectionist mode. It is corruption. American brands suffer regular recalls. There was a major one recently, yet no media circus. Toyota is a victim of the USA gov't lynch mob.
UberNoodleX 1 year ago
@hdizzlemyshizzle - Every car made today has a fly by wire system as do most trucks, planes and trains - no one including NASA has ever shown the Toyota system to have a defect - just the facts
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cherylbell100 1 year ago
@cherylbell100 Three things you could try - Let another driver have the car for a while - warn them of course 2. Take it to another dealer and 3. Please submit this complaint to NHTSA right away
carquestions 1 year ago
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cherylbell100 1 year ago
@cherylbell100 go to my website carquestions.ca and click on it or search Google by typing in "NHTSA recalls" - have a look around and check recalls and complaints
carquestions 1 year ago
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@carquestions Thank-you. Complaint has been submitted to NHTSA
cherylbell100 1 year ago
This whole thing is a fluff to make bailing out crappy companies like GM and Chrysler seem like a good idea. Typical land of the "free". I enjoy how the gov't didn't give Ford any commendations for their success and instead your government encourages failure.
pcfxer 1 year ago
Kris Kitko - Time to wake up and watch the news - NHTSA investigators called the accidents "driver error". All your trying to do is promote yourself in the (fading) hope of music stardom by attacking a car company and the people who work for it. You sound like you're deeply conflicted. If your ridiculous Toyota rant is the best you can do then I'd give up song writing for a real job. And yes I do answer car questions - it's just that you never asked any.
carquestions 1 year ago
Sorry, pal. My mechanic didn't charge me a penny for the switch that shuts off the fuel. He installed it--free of charge--because he could see on the printout how erratic the reading was & knew the car wasn't safe. Personally, I believe there is a software/computer problem--which is showing up in the sensor test. I've been driving for over 25 years; don't suggest that I somehow became stupid & floored it by accident--unlesss, of course, you work for Toyota.
kitkofolk 1 year ago
@kitkofolk Re-wiring your fuel system is a dangerous thing to do. Your ignition switch works perfectly well and could be used in an emergency. You might have had a slight surge problem but nothing approaching a dangerous level that your brakes couldn't stop. As far as being stupid - can't say - but NHTSA said all the Toyota's they tested where people swore they took off were all driver error. Are you calling them liars? No I don't work for any car company - I work in the industry, not for it.
carquestions 1 year ago
@kitkofolk LMAO.
The hilarious part is that your "mechanic" is an idiot. For one the ECU/PCM is all ENCRYPTED and you don't see "erratic" readings or code. Let me know how 10001110011001 0101010 010101010 is executed by the ECU becaue apparently your mechanics speaks in Toyota binary.
pcfxer 1 year ago
i agree with this guy, there is no problem with the pedal. People just arent use to Toyota power lol. seriously the pedal is good
phatrides222000 1 year ago
Yeah it's not the gas pedal itself. It might be something attached to the gas pedal, the computer or both.
Need proof? Most of the cars that had a stuck pedal problem had the Japanese pedal unit or already had the recall done!
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 Another guy who gets his news from CNN/Fox - Your comments are completey false. Yes we need proof. Got any? Japanese made vehicles had Denso pedals and none of them were recalled, a completely made up claim- only units with the CTS made pedal were recalled. Pedal sticks because of dirt? on an 08- 09 car? you must be joking. Do you think the brakes fail because of dust too? Every car investigated by NHTSA found "driver error" no a faulty gas pedal.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, if you actually followed the news most of the cars to get a stuck pedal incident did NOT qualify for the recall as they did not have the CTS pedal, or already had the recall performed. My comment is NOT completely false, and if you had been following the incidents and even look at the car models that had incidents that would be enough to tell you they did not even qualify for the recall, yet the gas pedal was still stuck to the floor.
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 Still completely false "yet the gas pedal was still stuck to the floor" - Gas pedals only stuck to the floor if the floor mat wasn't put in correctly - that is "driver error" in most peoples opinion. All there has ever been is old ladies/man COMPLAINING they stuck. There has been over 2000 investigations since Feb - all driver error - no sticky pedals. If you have a real "source" or research from an expert body please post your source. If you want to spread fiction use your own channel.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, you have got to me kiddng me... not false at all. If the mats covering the pedal is the problem then kick the pedal up with your foot. I wear size 15 shoes and barely fit inside most Toyota cars and I have no problem doing that. Plus how many old people ever push the pedal down that far? Please think of what you are saying and how ridiculous that is.
FYI Toyota would not have issued a recall if it was all driver error.
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 No I'm not kidding - have you bothered to do any research on this or are you just going to repeat the stuff you hear from CNN? Do you not know your own history about the Audi 5000? -
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, put it this way do people with small cars and generic Walmart mats ever crash because the mat covered the pedal? I've seen this scenario happen a few times before and it's never caused so much of a problem. Why is that?
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 Why? - simple - Kane said it to Congress - the watershed moment was when the Saylor crash 911 call was broadcast around the world and picked up by every news outlet in the US. If they guy had said he just had the car fixed at Walmart there would have been the same reaction for them - unfortunately it was a Lexus. Pedal was found by fellow cops stuck to mat - the mat was the wrong one - it was out of an RH400 - jammed the pedal every time
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, the point is that most people don't have problems with generic mats that are often too large for the car. if the gas pedal gets stuck, kick it, pull it up, or get a car with more power so you don't need to floor it in the first place.
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 Tell it to Grandma - "most people..." First true comment - but the point is it's not MOST people, its a few people mostly over the age of 60 and all driving automatic equipped cars. If its not the people please explain why there are Zero complaints from the manual transmission cars - same controls exactly except for the extra pedal
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, if I hit the brakes and they don't work, how is that a driver error? If I take my foot off the gas pedal and the car keeps accelerating, how is that driver error? A driver would have to be both extremely plastered, on crack and stupid in order to not know the difference.
My point still stands that this test does NOT test for aging, wearing, dirt, or abuse (which a 4 cyl Toyota sees plenty of). You'd be surprised how dirty some peoples 2010s are...
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 Again Completey false your just passing on unverfied complaints. There has been no cases of brakes failing or cars accelerating by any manufacturer anywhere in the world - You must get your news from MAD magazine/CNN/Fox or ABC. You're a bit late with the false complaints - that was back in February/March
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, you're just deadset on saying it's all driver error when it's not. What crackhead would intentionally crash their car at 70mph or whatever the top speed is just to say "the gas pedal got stuck"?
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 You mention crack a lot - you on it? try going to NHTSA and looking up something up for a change - do your homework if you'd like to have a little credibility
Search NHTSA complaint 10320131 - and my video on NHTSA linked to identity theft
She murdered a guy on a Harley, was high on drugs and was facing a murder charge - so YA some people make some pretty dumb complaints and are on crack.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, ok put it this way. My friend bought a used 2010 Corolla. It came without floor mats, and after saying he wouldn't have a problem, he said that it's been automatically reving by itself while he's driving, like he's giving it gas but he's not. What he said what he had thought it was, was the computer in the car gone bad, and the gas pedal wasn't moving.
And crack wouldn't be enough to crash because the floor mat got stuck on the gas pedal...
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 The gas pedal is not cabled controlled it's electronic as you may know - so when he uses cruise control intentionally or accidently the gas pedal will not move like it did with cable controlled pedals. People have to know these things and are not being told some things on their cars work differently than their old car.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, yeah, I figured so much. The cable controlled ones could potentially have the cable get stuck -- I had a car where the cable actually froze sometimes and I'd have to pop the hood, break the ice and wait for it to warm up.
But my friend said he couldn't notice the gas pedal moving but the car seemed like it was "idling" at 4000rpm.
shred5 1 year ago
@shred5 All he has to do is show a dealer the car idling above 1000 rpm and they will flip out. Get a video of it. It could be a number of things but it will definitely store a fault code so they'll be no big mystery and fixed under warranty. If it is going to be a "him" problem that he can't show anybody - tell him to give the car to someone else to see if they have the same problem. If they don't its something he's doing
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions, he said he was going to bring it in and get that checked out, but when he will do that I can't tell you. The dealer is down the street from where he works and can probably walk there in 15 minutes, but he's the type of person who won't spend money on anything unless he absolutely has to (which means not being able to drive at all).
shred5 1 year ago
Wouldn't a hot environment disrupt the magnetic field of the magnets? Assuming I'm right, wouldn't that do some harm to the accelerator and thus cause some problems? Again, this is an extreme situation, so, if nothing's wrong with this, it will be fine under our world's conditions. If I'm wrong, sorry for my ignorance. Cheers~
BMWrocksalltheway 1 year ago
Reply to Carquestions.... The whole video is in neutral which is the cause for the decrease in speed. The reason for showing the clutch being depressed and released was just to evidence that the car was never in gear. The engine corrects itself at the end of the clip but as you can see the car is acting as if there is still pressure being applied to the pedal for the majority of the video. But you can also see I am no where near the pedal.
HB8081 1 year ago
@HB8081 What you need to do is drive the car and get a second person to film it and be a witness. Take shots of brake, shifter, speedo and road from rear seat/over your shoulder to give viewers more to compare - how do they know you weren't just driving down a hill?
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions My wife was doing the filming at the time from the passenger seat. We were just driving to our inlaws and it started doing it so she pulled out the camera. It does not happen all of the time though so its hard to catch. I was not aware that driving down a hill would cause your idle to stick when the car is not in gear. Also why would the speed be decreasing going down a hill in neutral?
HB8081 1 year ago
@HB8081 Also, why would somebody try to fake something like this? We own an Avalon and a Tundra and love both of those. The only thing we want is Toyota to fix the damn Corolla. Is that really too much to ask?
HB8081 1 year ago
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HB8081 1 year ago
Why do we hear so much about Toyota when Honda has a more serious problem with their airbag. A defective airbag that has been linked to one death and 11 injuries in the United States over the past few years is still haunting Honda as the company today announced that it is adding 437,763 cars to its existing global safety recall over the airbag inflation problem
CAREXPERT69 1 year ago
@CAREXPERT69 NHTSA the American government agency that is in charge of vehicle safety reports in document INOA-RQ09004 that there have been no reports of injuries or fatalities - so according to NHTSA it isn't a big problem if no one is being injured. The media likes to link things all the time but is always short on actual proof.
carquestions 1 year ago
What kind of test is this? Its the everyday wear and tear in extreme weather, none of these cars went under water or in a over. You will not recreate that problem with what u just did, that is not the case. Try focusing on the electronics that controls the throttle coz Toyota is trying to makes people focus on gas pedal which cost pocket change to fix, but it isnt the culpit.
chinggop 1 year ago
@chinggop The culprit is driver error - every investigation since March 2000 + no defective parts or systems found by NHTSA, Cops or Toyota
carquestions 1 year ago
Ga pedal ckt.
Was the firewall block connections ever checked. Since the gas pedal is electronic and it' possible the computer is under the hood. The wires go through the firewall. I'm sure if these connecton have pins, if they get wet and if they are not weather tight, this can cause a problem
mryome1999 1 year ago
@mryome1999 They looked for this especially - this type of problem - rub through or wet is easy for an investigator to find. None was ever found in over 2000 investigations
carquestions 1 year ago
toyota stuck padel is a rumor from an usa govrment to make ford and gm and other us car maker selling more cars
q8m302 1 year ago 22
@q8m302 It certainly looks that way doesn't it.
carquestions 1 year ago 8
@carquestions yah half of the world uses toyota
q8m302 1 year ago
@q8m302 Why bail out GM and chrysler? Ohh because they aren't as bad as Toyota right?
LAND OF THE "FREE" GO USA GO USA!!!! I mean MEXICO
pcfxer 1 year ago
@q8m302 Oh really it's a rumor? that's why my good friends Toyota suddenly accelerated nearly causing him to lose control. Keep buying into Toyotas lies.
Blackcuda 1 year ago
@Blackcuda Most americans can't drive, that's a fact. Too lazy, can't drive manual cars, blame the car when failed to hit the brakes.
Most of the accidents investigated about the toyota "defect" showed that the driver was the guilty one for the accident and not the car. In 50 accidents more than 45 was caused because the driver never pressed the brake pedal, the gas pedal had nothing to do with it.
srsloth 1 year ago
@q8m302 Can't blame them for trying.
srsloth 1 year ago
@q8m302 Yeah, right after government's aide for GM. It's not a coincidence but an irony connected.
WJF388 1 year ago
@q8m302 Yes , wonder it's only Americans having problem about stucking pedal
and wonder how it's also only America having terrorists, story makers.
USFullOfLies 1 year ago
@USFullOfLies, You're disconnected from reality. I suggest you see the happy hotel.
mediarocker543 1 year ago
@q8m302 There is some sponsoring those idiots to keep on making hoaxes.
USFullOfLies 1 year ago
@q8m302 its not a rumor dumbass, people actually experienced stuck accelerators,even people on youtube have made shots of them stuck
integraz32lover 1 year ago
Its not the pedal, its the EC. My throttle sticks all of the time. See the posted video.
HB8081 1 year ago
@HB8081 Just watched it - So its stuck at 2000? at 27 seconds in to your video it says 1500 rpm and looks to be dropping. Also your speed is close to 50 at the begining and drops to 40 by the end of the video. Why did the speed change? Where you in 5th gear going down a hill engine braking?
carquestions 1 year ago
I love your videos man. very informative and great source of knowledge. Keep going man!
TheOxTube 1 year ago
I can bet that if Toyota would be quiet about this pedal thing and wouldn't recall, no one would know anything
ccrpalex 1 year ago
Mmmm so what you're saying is that all cars sold tens years ago have to get their pedals repositioned???? Well I don't feel mine needs that.. I drive a Peugeut 306 and I've never experienced such a problem (until now lol)
NaNa9510 1 year ago
@carquestions
NaNa9510 1 year ago
@NaNa9510 I'm not suggesting every make and model - but - the ones with a low brake pedal close to the gas, ones with straight gas pedals instead of angled ones etc - it would be in the 10's of millions but certainly some/half the models would not need it. NHTSA will be coming out with just such a new regulation for new cars shortly.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions just like pretty much all Opel's made before 1990, Specially Opel Ascona and Opel Kadett
PerChr86 1 year ago
There is something I don't get here...Now you're trying to prove that the pedals aren't the problem right??? Why wouldn't Toyota not reveal the real problem?? After all what can be worse than a pedal defect????
NaNa9510 1 year ago
@NaNa9510 It's not just Toyota, its all companies - they would have to reposition all the pedals so that a foot could not touch both at the same time in all automatic transmission cars going back 10 years - AND Toyota will not blame the customer ever - even if they know its all driver error.
carquestions 1 year ago
is that a bently behind you?
rubberbandman03 1 year ago
@rubberbandman03 In my dreams, it's as fast as one though - 06 Chrysler 300C
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions ohhh, i only asked because it looked like one and i noticed the wing shaped logo , but both have them
rubberbandman03 1 year ago
Clean your throttle body people. Throw your big floor mats away like the one in the video.
teflongator 1 year ago
great video. I thought too that it's not the pedal, it's something has to do with the electronics. All I can say is just bring back the old fashion way "drive by wire system". Most of the times the old fashion way works better than the new way.
mnino2 1 year ago
@mnino2 - the old systems were easier to fix thats for sure
carquestions 1 year ago
"its a good thing my wife's not home" 2 seconds before that i was thinking what would your wife say? LMFAO
LP0095 1 year ago
@LP0095 Since she mostly uses the oven for warming pizzas I didn't think she would notice - we are re-doing the kitchen this summer and can you believe it - she wants a double oven - for what? to warm 2 pizzas at once?
carquestions 1 year ago
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hsfemctech 1 year ago
You are true American experimenting rather than just believing media.
dotton7 1 year ago
because cars now a days electronics work off of 5 volts signal to the computers so just any slight change in voltage can affect the sensors and if you shut the car off all evidence is gone
and yes i am a ase certified tech as well as a gold certified tech from chrysler
and at least chrysler has the brake override system
cpgolden46 1 year ago
@cpgolden46 If you unplug a sensor and change the voltage to zero it most often sets a code correct? And you can repeat this in front of other people over and over correct? You could shoot video of it correct? You've seen lots of electrical problems in your day, have you ever seen one where the car accelerated out of control by itself and the brakes failed? If you have, you are the first mechanic in the world to witness such a thing.
carquestions 1 year ago
anyways i think the problem with the toyotas are something to do with static electricity causing the problems just like you have to touch metal or something when you fuel up youre car to discharge static electricity
cpgolden46 1 year ago
@cpgolden46 Each model is thoroughly tested in a enclosed chamber for everything from microwaves to electromagnet fields - Harley Davidson has been doing to their bikes for 10 years - all car companies have been doing for even longer. - If it was static electrical discharge it would be easy to replicate - but difficult to explain how it could last 15 seconds.
carquestions 1 year ago
so you are talking about toyota and you are using a jeep grand cherokee and what looks like a chrysler 300 in youre garage
cpgolden46 1 year ago
@cpgolden46 Yes I'm talking about Toyotas, GMs, Fords etc and I drive a Jeep and 300C - I can't get every car I'm talking about in every video.
carquestions 1 year ago
so any ways having problems posting
cpgolden46 1 year ago
@cpgolden46 -Sorry about that - everything is normal on my end
carquestions 1 year ago
If all these people really had problems, why didn't they take their cars to the dealership before the media told them? If you check the facts a little closer, you will see that the overwhelmingly majority of people that had crashes were over the age of 60. Thanks to the media, anyone who had a wreck because they were speeding or driving like an asshole is now blaming Toyota. Americans are now "who can I blame" instead of "I made a mistake".
SigalaSigala 1 year ago
@SigalaSigala The driver profile is 60 to 80 and more female then male - I mention this in another video. I agree an entire nation of "excuse abusers"
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions If I had a problem, I would have taken it to the dealer when I first noticed it instead of waiting for the media to tell me I had a problem. The biggest problem with 24 hour news is they have to fill time, taking a nothing story and blowing it out of proportion into something major, and the sheeple eat it up-if it's on TV, it has to be true. To paraphrase Mark Twain-If you don't watch the TV news, you are uninformed. If you do watch the TV news, you are misinformed.
SigalaSigala 1 year ago
Might be a software issue. Steve Wozniak was saying he could duplicate strange cruise control behavior in his Toyota. If the system has 1 software issue, maybe it has 2.
ShawnD1 1 year ago
March 31, 2010, 9:30 pm - Sources familiar with the NHTSA / Toyota investigations have reported to Carquestions that all of the investigations of the past two weeks (more than 8) have all resulted in a finding of "driver error" and no vehicle defects have been found. It is also reported that NHTSA will halt its current round of investigations into Toyota sudden acceleration claims until further notice.
carquestions 1 year ago
@insurancefrauder Mechanics find and solve intermittent problems every day. Is there some reason you can't find any examples? All your evidence is anecdotal - every last bit - you state "that's clearly what's... - clear as mud you mean, unless all you take for evidence is someone saying it happened. Guess you believe in UFO's just because there are so many anecdotal stories - use a dictionary and look up the word anecdotal - you'll learn something today
carquestions 1 year ago
1. your testing is in your hands and not even in a toyota
2. that's just ONE pedal. you don't see 2 million fail. not all of them do.
3. you just randomly flick it a few times. but drivers press their pedals hundreds and thousands of times and sometimes hold it there not just flick.
the list can go on. even highschool students can tell you this is not how you test something.
i can't tell if this video is a joke or if you're serious about it.
DLSTechUnlocks 1 year ago
@DLSTechUnlocks - Try this fact on for size - thousands of Toyota techs contact me and state they have changed thousands of pedals and have never found a single one that is defective in any way - guess they are all wrong too eh? - That's what I tell my students - listen to an expert and not you uncle Barney
carquestions 1 year ago
Two videos wasted with testing a gas pedal mechanically, and you didn't even test it electronically. I don't buy that the floormats or even the gas pedal are the cause of these accidents. Some of these accidents may be credible (electronic control faults), but others may be caused by the driver ( people who want to cash in on a lawsuit). On your next video why dont you test an ECM from an affected Toyota vehicle instead of wasting your time on this supposed defective gas pedal.
looker190 1 year ago
Two videos wasted on showing the mechanical movement of the Toyota gas pedal. Keepin mind that the pedal is electronic too. For your follow up video why not test it with a multimeter and make sure it is within spec. Instead of wasting your time with that, why not acquire an ECM from an affected Toyota recall car and check that. I dont buy Toyota's claim that it was the floormat or the gas pedal. Maybe they need to re-flash/ re-burn or replace the affected computers to solve the problem.
looker190 1 year ago
@looker190 How about put it back in the car and see if it fails instead of testing it with a multimeter? - You of course are aware that every Toyota investigated has shown the vehicle to be defect free right? Sikes, NY nanny etc. All done with Gov investigators, police and independent investigators present and reaching the same conclusion - where have you been?
carquestions 1 year ago
i love TOYOTA and ur VIDS....but sticky pedals and no proof.....
maybe people are spilling their sodas and starbucks on the pedal.....and so creating the "STICKY PEDAL EFFECT" or maybe they should just get off their cell phones?
BDATNYNY 1 year ago
@BDATNYNY Any investigator could easily find evidence such as that - all of the valid investigations to date have proven floor mat or driver error as the cause - no car defects have been found - thats a real fact
carquestions 1 year ago
I thought they said it had to do with the computer system in the car not the pedal...
FTrain4750 1 year ago
By "They" I guess you mean major news outlets like ABC..CNN etc - all of the valid investigations to date have proven floor mat or driver error as the cause - no car defects - thats a real fact
carquestions 1 year ago
Good job. Even thought sticky gas pedal or whatever, car can still stop. Personally I think it's driver's falut. There are always 2nd or even 3rd safety features in cars. I have ford focus 2000, the coil on the front tire collapsed while I was driving. Fortunately, I was only going 10 mph at parking lot. I have a picture too. If that happend while I'm on high way? I would be injured or dead. Plus, it was on recall! and dealer just sold me without fixing it. what a joke. I rather buy toyota.
hicky777 1 year ago
@hicky777 Want to get real mad? They have had broken coil spring problems before 1996 - they just called it something else check out a 1998 Windstar - coil spring breaks puncturing tire - People have some nerve saying one car company hides info for years without knowing the truth about all the other companies
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions Thank you very much. I don't think I will buy ford focus anymore. I understands that cars break down. cuz it doesn't last forever. But I am mad that after they fixed, no apology at all. Also they told me that my passenger door is on recall too, but they didn't fix it. They told me that it's not that big problem. well maybe not to me. but whoever rides my car can't get out unless I unlock the doors! very faulty car. and my car has had so many other problems at 100,000 miles.
hicky777 1 year ago
@insurancefrauder I'd explain it like any logical person would by reading the two separate investigations that stated very clearly the floor mat caused the accident. It is exactly like the Audi - everyone who claimed the car accelerated was wrong. And now you are too. Can't you read for yourself? If licenses mean nothing why are you too dumb to get one? Thanks for insulting all the mechanics out there, I'm sure they appreciate it. I'm surprised you get internet in the trailer park.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions And here you go again with the insults. For a guy your age, you should be more of a grown up when communicating with others.
If everyone was wrong, that explains the well publicised police officer? I guess he was wrong too?
Licenses mean you can pass a test. If you worked in the trade, you would have seen many examples of "licensed" mechanics who don't know anything. The same oges for drivers licenses.
I have a 310S license, but I don't need it where I am now.
insurancefrauder 1 year ago
@insurancefrauder You're one angry old guy eh? You mean you had a 310s license don't you Frauder? that's a Canadian license that's likely expired, your profile say you live in the US. You do know that you are one of the few people on the planet who is willing to believe in the Toyota ghost defect after all the investigations proved suspected fraud or driver error? what's your opinion on Bigfoot? Still no hard physical evidence you can show us - just one car that's all we ask.
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions I didn't let it expire. I may be returning to the "land of the heavily taxed" so I kept it valid.
I'm not angry, but your testing is a joke. If the problem was cold or heat, maybe you would have a point, but it's supposed to be wear and yet you tested just a couple pedals and deemed the parts acceptable.
Then because you can't find a problem with the pedal, you deem it driver error becuase that's what Audi said 25 years ago? Joke.
Seriously, what do you do for a living?
insurancefrauder 1 year ago
@insurancefrauder Returning to Canada? leaving your girlfriend? - For the fifth time my Bio is on my website. Meanwhile you don't even give you last name - you scared of the big bad internet and evil Toyota's? How come you want info from me you don't give out? Do you think anyone would believe an 08 or 09 car would have such a worn pedal as you suggest and that a pedal like mine from an 08 would show no signs of wear? Do you think things through?
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions
You have a difficult time grasping the concept of an intermittant problem, don't you? That's clearly what's causing the unintended acceleration. Not something that's repeatable, time and time again. When will you get into the software and lack of safeguards?
My name has no place in this discussion, just like your has no place here. What I wanted to know was your job. What do you do for a living? I told you what I do. I'm a mechanic.
insurancefrauder 1 year ago
@insurancefrauder Mechanics find and solve intermittent problems every day. Is there some reason you can't find any examples? All your evidence is anecdotal - every last bit - you state "that's clearly what's... - clear as mud you mean, unless all you take for evidence is someone saying it happened. Guess you believe in UFO's just because there are so many anecdotal stories - use a dictionary and look up the word anecdotal - you'll learn something today
carquestions 1 year ago
@carquestions
So you still aren't talking about the lack of sefeguards, why is that?
You still haven't said what you do for a living? Are you a mechanic or teacher?
Sometimes, mechanics cannot duplicate a problem when it's intermittant. What happens then? Do you blame the driver?
Your testing of this part is inconclusive at best. How thoroughly did your thousands of Toyota techs test the pedals?
insurancefrauder 1 year ago
@insurancefrauder I"m both - 2 mechanics licenses and a qualified employed Teacher. But you still won't say what you do eh? Still haven't found one story about a valid investigation or defective part somewhere in the world? Don't you want my $2,250 eh? Safeguards? You mean like the ones Gilbert was talking about? In case you missed it he rigged it so the safeguards wouldn't work according to university professors, professional engineers etc. But hey, I'm sure you know more then them.
carquestions 1 year ago
Your test not conclusive, you can bake them all you want you can drown them for days on end in that freezing whether. the test you have preformed are not even applied in daily use.
Build a hydraulic or a pneumatic paddle machine, and make it push the peddle 40 times per min for 30 day's or 60, then check the bushings for ware and tear or grinding.
"you sound more like your getting payed by them" your test are pointless"
R3BB3LX 1 year ago
OK- maybe we live in areas where these cars are not having problems - but SD to NY is cross country. The internet is worldwide and no one has tried getting $2,250 out of me - there is no defective part or system - we'd have seen evidence of it somewhere by now - same as Audi story - there must be something wrong - but there wasn't - how do you explain the Audi hysteria in 1986?
carquestions 1 year ago
you implied I was in the wrong demographic - I'm unable to find the problem since I'm part of the age group - Doctors are part of the wrong demo for delivering babies since they are not women - get it now
carquestions 1 year ago
Anyone here want to pledge towards the REWARD? - it's at $2,250 - so far - Just IM and I'll add your pledge to the amount. Don't worry - there is as much of a chance as the sun going "super nova" as there is you'll ever have to pay.
carquestions 1 year ago
This guy is crazy! Toyota is still the best and that will never change!
cainj11 1 year ago