Pedal just stuck!

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by Loren

C'mon guys... I don't doubt that the OP perceived a problem and took their car in to the dealer. I also don't doubt that the dealer could not duplicate the problem and said "sorry, we couldn't duplicate the problem".

Can this thread die now?

not if you keep bumping it

[Tamago]

oh crap, i just bumped it too..






















crap

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Tamago

not if you keep bumping it

+1

hey, Tamago, how have you been, btw? speaking of freak accidents, how is your eye doing? Bet all you can see by now is a minuscule, small, diminutive, barely-existent scar.

you should update your old thread :)

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by Tamago

oh crap, i just bumped it too..

It *is* possible for a thread to heal itself. Stranger things have happened. People do have to want it too, though.

-Steve

[127.0.0.1]

op needs scan and to post the dealer visit chit... then the thread will be all OK.


there is far too much mystery and media hype about all this Toyota problem and for once, I am calling someone out. either don't post your problem at all, or post real evidence that you had the problem evaluated by Toyota experts.

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

there is far too much mystery and media hype about all this Toyota problem and for once, I am calling someone out.

ToF is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things. It's the James Sikes's of the world that need to be targeted for crucifixion. ToF seems mostly confused and underinformed. Sikes is actively malicious.

The FBI is currently looking into Mr. Sikes' "incident".

-Steve

[Aothachos]

Maybe ill play a prank one day on my girlfriend when she is in the car with me, ill put my yaris in cruise control take my feet off the pedals and just hold the cruise control lever up to make the car go fast and ill be like "uhh....baby.....somethings wrong...." and u can tell the rest lol she would freak out lmao

[sbergman27]

...ill put my yaris in cruise control take my feet off the pedals and...

That actually brings up an interesting point. Steve Wozniak, much loved, if lesser known, cofounder of Apple commented a while back upon a software glitch in his Prius. If he held the "accel" button down for a while the car would continue to accelerate long after he took his finger off the button. Sudden, uncontrolled acceleration? Well... yes and no. You see, he did not understand how the system was supposed to work. For every second that the "accel" button is pressed, the target speed is increased by 5 MPH. It says so, clearly, in the owners manual. So this was a case of user error. Right? Or was it a completely brain dead UI implemented by the Prius designers.

As much as I think that the current media frenzy *against* Toyota is a witch hunt, I will say that that aspect of Prius's cruise control UI is an epic fail which needs to be changed as quickly as possible. Nothing that happens with the target speed should allow that much latency.

-Steve

[tomato]

Interesting. ^

OK, we have a couple of requests to close the thread, including and especially from the OP.
So what do you say we move the party to the other threads ? :)

If you weren't finished debating this particular topic, don't worry, I'm sure it'll be back in some other thread in the near future.

thanks to all for your contributions, moving on...