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  • Good job. Unintended accel. is almost all bunk. Sure, the throttle might, possibly, maybe, stick. However, even cars with three times the hp of a Prius cannot accelerate while brakes are fully applied. Anyone every brake-torqued their car? No car overpowers the brakes. So, what people claim would require simultaneous catastrophic failure of two completely unrelated systems - throttle and brakes. Check out the Audi 5000 bunk from the 1980s. Even the lib feds finally said car was fine.

  • So when the car is not in ( gone stupid ignore the drivers electronic inputs mode) your saying it works fine? WOW your a fucking idiot. I bet you thought you were the only person who gets it huh? Funny thing is you absolutely DONT!

  • toyota had another recall to for the hybrid highlander and another suv

  • Great debunking video! I am glad you did this. I have a 2010 Prius and have tried all these things and my car just stops. Never a problem.

  • Great debunking video! I am glad you did this.

  • Buy American.

  • I agree with you ! When gas gets expensive no gas pedal stuck ! When gas is cheap for some reason pedal gets stuck ! James Sikes is says bull shit! He just wanna get a new car ! Ford payed him money to do that! sikes and ford are bull shit!

  • Thanks for the demo. I just bought a used 2008 Prius and your test run was very helpful as I continue to learn more about this machine.

  • @runamoktoo yea cuz i have a garage with a dyno, lift and a hand full of tools plus a friend with no life dat chills with me all day n i get money from trees n dont have mouths to feed, yea car guy? bahahahaha listen to urself u sound stupid i been around cars since i was born buddy dont bring dat shit around me mathafucka ill run circles around ur ass dat dont mean i dont know shit about cars some of us have things to do not enough time but yea if i put a wing n fartcan exhaust im a car guy hah

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  • @runamoktoo naww all of my cars run strong n never had a problem just regular maintenance on my daily drivers, my personal toys i can never get enough horsepower so they spend alot of time at the race shop but not cuz of the sticky gas pedal hahaha. Did you hear about the new recall from Toyota talk about being reliable hahaha

  • I was sadly influenced by all the negative hype about the Prius. So much so that I purchased a 2010 Gen II Honda Insight. I am glad to say that I have since traded the Insight in and got a 2010 Prius II. I have to say that I LOVE my Prius. I am so glad that I got past the hype.

  • wow

    That thing has really really bad acceleration

  • I love all the copy cats that are doing the "nice" version of my video. LOLOLOLOL

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  • Show me the carfax.

  • yah after a guy ON YOUTUBE exposed it

  • o yea while ford had been making cars for years toyota was making mopeds in the 60s haha u feel were im comming from n ur coment on camaros dont bother me i own ford n gm now all i need is get a hemi challenger n all be straight

  • my personal favorite of mine is fuck da jap boys i ride wit a big block haha n i race imports both jdm n euros never been beat by one till dis day now dat dosent mean i win all da time but i never lost to an import hell naww

  • u problably have a prius or other toyota model its cool their only good at to get to point a to b ecomy cars not race cars no replacement for displasment rember dat.

  • ha i never been beat by a camaro but i like em to n my other favorite r T/As der sexy looking. look import companys will never be ass good as american look at all da history n racing heritage ford,Gm, mopar have dat will run circles on japannese companys ha

  • That is soo fucking slow

  • hide yo kids, hide yo wife, prius is gonna end yo life

  • 4:13 he flips his car.

  • The acceration problem was caused by a faulty american made accelerator pedal. I witnessed a news broadcast that mentioned the prius has an american made accelerator pedal that sticks. This same pedal was installed in GM models which were also being recalled for the same problem. It was determined that moisture causes the contact points in the pedal to stick. A faulty american made pedal was the problem. I haven't lost any faith in the quality of craftsmanship that goes into Toyotas.

  • @Phelt54 it was never the pedal. Its the electronic throttle. Toyota just never admitted it was that because thats more expensive to fix and it effects both the japan made pedals and american ones. Its a software issue which is why the people who had their cars runaway also couldn't shift into neutral.

  • @NitroGadvRules Has Toyota explained what the problem is? Once you take your car to the dealer, you have no idea what goes on while they are working on it.

  • Toyota Prius is SHIT. I see them on the side of the road with hazards all the time.

  • Toyota moving foward, even when u hit the brakes! weak cars.

  • @papichulo404 you are dumb did you not watch this video u just desided to post blindly

  • @apoxalypse jajaj TOY otas sucks big time i have friends that own them both new n old ones all of them suck, and its not only the gas pedal that gets stuck dummd ass its something with the whole computer program in the cars. Their slow, ugly and the supra is not a super car either u makes it seem like its the best car in the world.

  • @apoxalypse Look at this video and OPEN UR FUCKIN EYES

    Import Ricer's Suck Tuners VS American Classic Muscle Cars (Real Cars)

  • @papichulo404 for the last time people stop saying import sucks/ american sucks/ ugly exotics get for real stop being stupid no make sucks GET OVER IT your fav cars are not the best sthu if u know anything about cars ud know THERE IS NO SUCKY CARS only fast and slow good gas milage ect ect papic you KLNOW NOTHING OF CARS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A REAL CAR

  • @papichulo404 first off most of that was just pictures second if any body says muscle cant get side ways is a numb nut third thos "fast wheely" are fully moded that dude hasent seen the import fully moded drag cars and last of all we only have stage 3 here for our imports japan has stage 6 and if u dont know what stages are your a numb nut and dont belong next to a car

  • @apoxalypse hahaha that video prove u import pussys who is still the boss, ur full of anger n envy after the video cuz u keep replyin to me. stages we dont need to go dat high dummy a v8 twin turbo will smoke any inline TT supra or skyline V8s dont need dat much boost to make power now imagine if u hit full boost on a v8 TT. Go back to yje video n watch it again cuz all dat its says its true and u know it.

  • @papichulo404 ok numb nut anger no envy? really dude i love all makes american import ect ect dont be dumb u dont know me or what i like and no that video doesnt prove anything and think about it u have to swap a bigger motor for your muscle where as most newer models of imports are ready to be modded for high power learn your shit bro and skylines arnt Vs dumb ass there inline that there proves u dont know what your saying

  • @apoxalypse swap a bigger motor i dont think so i dint swap anything on mu 03 cobra n from the factory it can handle up to 800 hp on a stock block so ur point is???the only thing i did was upgrade to a kb mammoth S/C n better internall to handle more power. u imports do motor swapt only to get 20 to 30 hp more lame

  • @apoxalypse i never said skylines were in v formation dummy read my previous comment now ur trying to make something against me u sound stupid i said inline hahah but its cool their not that great their Zr1 snacks

  • @papichulo404 lol ur mad kid 2jz can handle over 1000+ hp and ur dumb 03 cobra is meat for the camaro rofl dude sthu and look at what both sides have to offer not just the one daddy raised u on

  • @papichulo404 how about u stop geting brain washed by people who only go with one side veiw both sides befor u speak

  • @apoxalypse hahahah im not getting brain washed i own muscle cars n none ever lost to a tin can import hell no. Your full of anger ur tin cans dont even reach respect with high price cars like the shellby COBRA when that happens the world will come to an end

  • @papichulo404 as to u not loseing to an import stop raceing the white boys they dont know what there doing all body no motor

  • Your a fag, driving a prius is the first problem. I usually dont do this but I hope your prius accelerates out of control for ya. peice of shit foreign car..FAGGG!!!

  • @Skorowin77 wow u must be a peice of shit american car .. "FAGGG!!!" stop being dumb dude you have no point here nor will you ever stop hateing

  • this guy is in denial cuz he owns one of those dangerous things

  • I saw the news tape of the old driver after the cops got him slowed down and he was visibly shaken (yes he could have been a real good actor)

    the problem was the Prius had a malfunction that caused it to accelerate out of control, in a panic situation this old guy is not going to know that you have to hold the start button in for 3 seconds

    Also the control that you use to go into neutral was supposed to be confusing

    Maybe you can put up another shot of it up.

  • Just bought a second hand 2008 Prius. Thanks for that great advice!

  • you can't HEEL and TOE in this car!!!!

  • Better yet, if your Prius is going 94 mph, just put the window down and stick your arm out the window, or turn the A/C on... that should slow it down considerably. LOL

  • What's funny is no one even noticed him driving down the freeway erratically like this because he's in a Toyota. They figured, "eh, that's normal let him do his thing just get the hell outta his way."

  • And who says American cars are shit?? The may need repairs but at least they won't kill you!

  • @Indigochild81 your right they will burn your house down.... dont know what i mean search carquestions on youtube and look thro all that show him working on cars or find the one with the windshield wiper heater

  • Geez ... they should of called it the Toyota Slug not only does it look like on but its as slow as one.

  • @leonhart423 one name supra ...... still want to say slug? ok ok 2jz in a toyota truck ... yah your done stick a fork in yah : D

  • @apoxalypse Never said anything about the Supra dude, and I know about the 2jz very good engine!

  • @leonhart423 then please dont call my toyotas slug or have you forgotten that all car makes have a slug car?

  • @apoxalypse Dude, I drive a Celica GT-S. Yes I am aware most car companies make slugs and I am not calling all Toyota's slugs.

  • يلعن ام الغشامه الي بروسهم يسوقون بريجلين عشان كدا تفصل خخخخ

    u r syupid mate

    loooool soory u cant draive car relly ( ;

  • that is just awesome!

  • You are driving like an idiot. This is exactly why people drive by and flip you off.

  • gee, so you proved nothing but yours is working, its when your having the computer glitch that you have the problem, and shifting too neutral dont always work, fact is people have died, tundra frames have rusted, engines have sludged up and locked up, brakes have failed, airbags have failed, steering has failed, my familys worth more than a toyota PEROID THE END

  • @meattube4u33

    then you might want to avoid GM and Chrysler cars as well.

  • @meattube4u33 What kind of vehicle do you trust your family in then?

  • @meattube4u33 wow all cars do that its not just toyota numb nut PEROID THE END

  • @apoxalypse toyota hid behind floor mats while people died, then akido stood on tv like a bitch and cryed, not all car ompanys do that-PEROID THE END!

  • @meattube4u33 how do you explain the AMERICAN made car that had a window washer heater that would catch fire and burn peoples houses down NEVER issue a recall NEVER take it off of the market for replacement? hmmmm y dont u look in to more then just what is made public by press

  • @apoxalypse Funny little side note - that was a foreign made part, was it just a bad design or intentional ?

  • @meattube4u33 still they left it on the market for people to REBUY another funny side note huh?

  • @apoxalypse NOPE they fixed it and paid for everything even tho it wasnt thier part.

  • Go playing somewhere else than public roads wheres no so much traffic.

  • fuck Toyota

  • LMAO it kind of seems like they have a built in fail safe for there sticky pedal . Why does toyota not just fix the issue,instead of having to put weird buttons you half to hold for 3 seconds lol . Sometimes 3 seconds is far too long. Why not just buy a Quality built vehicle. And this salesman did not half to do this in a real panic situation.

  • @u2bin2 Its not only toyota, several other carmakers have the brake override in place, iirc nissan is one of them.

  • He was in panic mode, when you panic you have no idea what to do.

  • No problems with them...oh yeah thats why Toyota just paid the U.S. government 16 million dollars in fines and is now recalling a Lexus model....most afe great spome are crazy and dangerous...feel like gambeling???? I dont!!!!! Buy a new Chevy or Ford and help the country and get a better auto....Toyotas are a compromised commodity now...

  • I thought that looked like Wisconsin

  • Thank you for posting this. Any person who cannot control their car, even if it really does have a malfunction is an idiot. I laugh at those people who were so stupid when they couldn't stop their car's acceleration. I believe this is some mass hoax or public scare. I have yet to see 1 Toyota with this problem in Europe. Something fishy is going on.

  • i think whit those kind of shoes you can brake every car whit no brakes at all lol

  • prius look so ugly, if they were brown had 2 antennas and had so legs would look like giant roaches.

    i don't trust any electronic thing controling my throttle or brakes

  • I admire what your trying to do but your blinded by your own arrogance! Why would you try this on a highway with other innocent people driving around you to so show and prove how to stop a prius. What if some one was around you and in the event something went wrong and they got hurt. Try doing that on a non populated road buddy.

  • the thing is thow is he still is driving safe... and not puting any one in harm its a slow toyota hes not going any were fast and hes not driving like a dumb shit.. so please sit down and eat a sock..

  • i bet everyone on the road is like wtf is this jackass doing

  • putting the car in neutral is one of the first things they teach in drivers ed

  • that other guy is obviously a idiot but im glad i drive a ford

  • nice video, but you could've dropped a few F-bombs like gasitman....

  • yea you were at 70 mph but you said he was at 95 mph so that kind of a big differants can you do another one or reply back on this plz and thank you

  • @pissjug04 There is no difference. 95 or 70, the mechanisms of the car still act the same. Shifting into neutral, either manually or by turning off the engine, is not affected by speed of the car. If you understand how the mechanics of a car works, it'll make more sense. Look it up, do some studies on how transmission works and you'll understand.

  • Sikes should be water boarded until he reveals the truth about his orchestrated Prius hoax. His bank accounts, his cell phone records, witnesses, etc. should be tracked down and scrutinized. Who paid off this geriatric scam artist? Does Sikes really have the mental capacity to think of such a brilliantly timed hoax to neutralize Toyota's PR efforts ? Where is the investigative media? Where are they? This is a media fail !!

  • i'm not worried about the prius, just some dumb ass driving and filming a video at the same time.

  • Very informational even for someone who doesn't own a Prius but heard of the event. Does make me want to get a Prius though.

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  • you stupid mother fucker... listen to the engine noise when the camera is actually focussed on the pedal... same as at 1:35

    Die in a fire.

  • @ffrgtm are you mad, kid? you're really flipping out here over the legitimacy of a hoax (although the injuries caused by malfunctioning toyotas are anything but trivial)

    why are you so eager to come to the defense of a corporation who has already publicly admitted the fatal defect in their product and taken steps to rectify it.

    toyota is not even on your side

  • @manonthemount

    Im not siding with toyota you dumb fuck... I'm saying that people are too fucking stupid to but the car in neutral, apply enough brake pressure, or turn the engine off. I'm mad because there a dumbass like you out there who thinks he uncovered some mass conspiracy without even thinking before he posts a reply. Next time you're doing some detective work wipe the cum out of your eyes and take the dick outa your ears faggot.

  • Good Instruction. We need people like you to show fucking idiots how the fuck to work thier damn car!

  • 00:54 Mmmmm Wendys....

  • this guy should send his car back because of the blinking dashboaed

  • @hinspere

    It is not blinking. It appears that way because the frame rate that the video was recorded with is close to the refresh rate of the instrument lights.

  • Are you really that deep?

  • @hinspere That's the video camera inability to capture the light outputted. FAIL.

  • Thanks for this very informative video!

    I love my Prius 2008 and now have a clear idea what to do if, for any reason, I have unintended acceleration or a stuck gas pedal.

    Cheers!

  • i agree with most of the people who own a toyota. They said there are nothing wrong with their car and in a very best condition. it looks like something is behind this case for some reason....

  • part of the problem though is that the brake overrides sometimes failed but thats not exactlly toyotas fault also lol who buys a prius?? lol and notice that the engine in the prius sounds like a vaccum cleaner lol hahah

  • ok. so yours works as intended.

    how does that disprove Mr. Sikes alleged malfunction?

  • What's up with the blinking speedometer....that's annoying as hell!!

  • i think most people are abusing the situation, i own a Toyota and i have never had an issue and i plan to continue buying cars from them

  • I don't understand why people buy the Prius. You only get 45mpg and I can get that out of a diesel Jetta or Golf. You think you're saving the planet? LOL yeah keep telling yourself that.

  • better then 45 and how clean is your socalled "clean"diesel hahahahah

    also a jetta is smaller.

  • No actually most Prius owners will see 45mpg. I know many people who owns a Prius. I use to drive my works Prius daily. They get 45mpg average. How clean is my diesel? Hey my diesel is plant friendly, your nickel is not.

  • @frankiej510

    OMG ... do you know your 20inch rims have nikkel to.. body parts to.

    do you also know 95% wil and can be reused of the battery.. tell that to your lead acid battery.. wil al the suut out of your diesel i dont think its plant friendly.. its even human unfriendly

  • @frankiej510 I don't understand why people buy a Jetta Diesel. I can get the same MPG out of a Prius. Those Jetta Diesel buyers must be thinking they're saving the planet!

    Nice logic.

  • @QuantumStates Which is better for the enviroment, bio fuel or nickel? While nickel miners are killing the land for your Prius, I can make my own fuel with used veggie oil. So tell me one more thing. Where will all those removed batteries go when they need to be replaced? Where will the acid go when you replace the battery? Good job at being a tool and buying into the hype.

  • @frankiej510

    there is no acid in a NiMh battery.

    Nickel is precious so the batteries are recycled. There is more nickel in your big shiny rims than in a prius battery.

    mine is 6 years old and working fine.

    my care doesn't produce soot or nano patricles like your diesel does.

    and yes I used veggie oil in my diesel to.

  • That's right your car only uses nickel which kills the ground that it's taken from. Your car also puts out more greenhouse gasses. Diesels are 40% cleaner than gas burning vehicles. Soot? Whoa, get with the times. Go check out the newer diesel trucks. They hardly shoot soot from their tail pipe due to strict diesel laws requiring all manufactures to use DPF filters.

  • @frankiej510

    Moar greenhous gasses, think again. diesel emits MORE CO2 than Gas.

    Contains more C-Atoms, higher density thus more CO2.

    Yes soot, after the DPF treatment the particles are so small that they are invisible to the eye.

    they go right into your blood stream.

    and no i like diesels but the are not cleaner.

  • @frankiej510 - I know right. Building a new car does not save the planet either .

  • The engine sounds horrible while accelerating.

  • downshift your car 2 gears while full trotlle and see what your car sound like.

    ( not counting any tuned model, sports car or big v6/v8 engine )

  • The engine sound while accelerating is horrible.

  • Very nice! yours is working great. I hope you stay that cool and judgemental if you have a frequency problem with your wireless trottle cable, and your car hits its rev-limiter and jerks you back and forth and causes pulsations in brakes. You sound like you would be up for the challenge tough guy.I currently own a toyota and have had three others with no problems. I have no compliants about the cars, some of the model tend to have a above average group of conceded drivers though.

  • What happened is Sikes took advantage of a situation just like everyone else and decided to pull that fake ride of his. Show me a video of toyota with a sticky gas pedal too, I think that was bogus as well. Nothing is wrong with these vehicles.

  • driving 94 miles per hour in LA on a cell phone? that guy was a damn good driver !

  • Bogus you say? Yeah you can say it's bogus but I've had to repair several Corollas because of this issue and the steering issue. Say what you want but I and several other men and women who works for Toyota knows what's real.

  • Thanks for the video. I did some of this testing with a 2006 Prius. I shifted into neutral with my foot on the accelerator and the car behaves perfectly. I don't know if there is a bug in the Prius software, but there are three ways to stop the car, 1) brakes, 2) neutral, 3) turn off. These points are often not covered well by the media.

  • The media doesn't want to share a solution they want to dramatize the situation so they can get more viewers. Some Prius owners want a quick buck so they go on a joy ride & act like it wasn't their fault. It probably really happened to 2 or 3 people & everyone else is taking advantage of the situation.

  • LOL i could just see that guy standing on his brake pedal. hahahahaha!!!

  • nothing wrong with the car......just that Americans are stupid..yes i said it you guys ARE STUPID....just like what happens to Audi bck in the 80s .......

  • we should all go back to manual/stickshift cars to get these retards off the road.

  • we should all go back to manual/stick shift cars to get these retards off the road. with manual you cant go wrong.

  • we all go back to driving manual/stickshift cars to get these retards off the road. with manual you cant go wrong.

  • shes a fucking retard, LOL. but yeah people here a retarts try working in it call center you hear plenty of things that are pretty retarded

  • I would like to know why instead of doing this on your local track (yes most large towns have one in some way (racing is huge in america assuming thats where you are) instead of doing this on the open road where there are lots of people trying to drive and your pulling off the road creating a major safety issue just so you can post somthing on youtube

  • There's no track where I live. The traffic was pretty light. I assure you no motorist was inconvenienced fron the filming of this video. I posted on youtube for the people that own these cars.

  • the video of the police car shows the guys prius's brake lights coming on, the car's computer was messing up.

  • @92iron your brake lights go on if you just tap your brakes that proves nothing

  • Nice video, but next time i recommend you test your car on a road with little traffic just for your and other peoples safety.

  • From watching this video, im glad I drive an "older car" (2000 Mazda Protege) About the Prius, is no key for the ignition? Is everything in that car related to drive train controlld by electronic signals? Gas peda, brake and transmission gear shifter? That gear shifter looks like crap. From the looks of it, you can't do neutral drops or brake torque?

  • the lady that this happend to who was at the Toyota hearing a few weeks ago said that she was unable to shut the car off, and putting it in nutrual did nothing. what are your thoughts on this

  • That woman traded her Camry for a Tundra. She didn't mention the cars trouble to the dealership when she traded it in. The person that owns that car now has is aware of the issue now but has never reported the problem to have occured.

  • A Toyota spokesman stated that light pressure on the brake pedal won't activate the brake override. So when the CHP officer approached this Prius and saw brake lights, was he seeing a Prius under heavy braking or light?

    What about the brake smell? Some may ask. No one knows how long Sikes was 'riding' the brakes before he called 911. Could have been all morning.

  • About 15 years ago we had a spate of "unintended acceleration" stories hit the press. Much shock horror journalism. It turned out that they were all just punters who pressed the throttle when they wanted the brake. What they call "pilot error" in the aviation industry, they called "horror ride death cars".

  • "we" meaning we here in Australia.

  • In a quest to make cars better they are made worse. Give me a points ignition. the old fashion way no computers.

  • definately. Lets also do-away with seatbelts as they can trap you in the car. Away with airbags, they can kill you.

  • @nateriesen What D: If it wasn't for airbags or seatbelts, I would have died last friday. My friend slammed into some steel poles at 60 MPH and he rolled his car. I was in the passenger seat. The car landed on the roof, and thanks to the seatbelts holding us in the seat and the airbags stopping us from hitting the windshield, we survived without any injury. (It was a '97 Ford Taurus. Ironically, I hate Ford. Haha.)

  • @nateriesen dont forget stop breathing the air, for as it will kill you.... im sure one day. stupid air bags break cigarettes! ban them air bags!

  • @funnelstone fuck yeah, Carburetors Rock

  • There are definitely cases of unintended acceleration but as for the Prius case that occured recently it seems fishy but like most Americans they are sue happy and all they care about is profiting and hoarding all the money they can get instead of going out and getting themselves a job. As of today 60% of the recalled vehicles in the US have been serviced, Americans can continue to play sharades but it will be harder and harder to do so.

  • lol..  Your brakes will still work just fine if the car is turned off. Guy in cali was just a retard obviously looking at getting some money from Toyota. What a scammer.

  • @taurran Its still strange considering he was never going to sue in the first place, what would he get from faking it?

  • @stephenBquick Right, hard to know how he would benefit. Some thoughts are, 1 he was speeding and trying to get out of a ticket. 2) Fame for some reason, think balloon boy. 3) He was going to sue and his lawyer informed him that he could wind-up in jail if he was found out.

  • He chose not to sue when he realized he'd be caught.

  • I think the guy was just trying to get out of a huge speeding ticket.

  • i weep for the future push button start fly by wire throttle systems traction control slowly the cars we enjoy r becoming less and less exciting

  • You loose vaccum pressure to your brakes at WOT, as you do if your car is turned off, its not ''safe''.

  • driving in general isn't considered "safe" so that guy's a fucking idiot

  • You missed the point.

  • Good video. Are all the accounts of unintended acceleration hoaxes? I doubt that is the case, although it is possible. Did anyone ask the drivers if they attempted to put the cars in neutral or shut off the engine? They may not have, if panicked. But If they tried and the cars didn't respond, what happened? It seems the police could get the answers with a few questions.

  • your right about the power button and the neutral thing, but if the ecu had a problem the brake over ride wouldnt work like it did on yours, hence a malfunction. but i still cant believe that those brakes couldnt overpower that tiny 93 hp engine on march 8

  • Thanks for the video.

    They're starting to think that his liability isn't so great and that he's full of crap (the guy in California, that is).

  • great video!!!!!!!

  • What a boring car.

  • nice vid, im glad im not the only one who thinks the story has a few holes

  • interesting vid