Toyota Recall - Evidence the gas pedal isn't the cause

With billions in market share at stake Carquestions continues to test the gas pedal under some extreme conditions in order to prove or disprove the "condensation" and "swollen plastic" explanation that is on file with NHTSA. The results lead to the narrowing of likely possibilities down to just two leaving Toyota in a catch 22 situation. Carquestions makes an appeal to all techs to find evidence of a defective part or a defective system.

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[joeldude76]

is that a vrod my dad has one



[carquestions]

@joeldude76 Yes it is - an 03 anniversary model

[blacknight39]

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."

[carquestions]

@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.

[blacknight39]

"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.

[carquestions]

@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]

@emforty2 Mass hysteria created by mass media

[carquestions]

@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

[FIJIBOWL]

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]

LOVE THIS!!

[FIJIBOWL]

VERY GOOD INSIGHT!!

[FIJIBOWL]

VERY GOOD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT!!

[FIJIBOWL]

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!!

[joeldude76]

but btw good video i thought it put the pedal through all the conditions possible



[joeldude76]

@carquestions yep thats what his is also

[ilao1231]

That was a jeep