Tests fail to duplicate acceleration problem in Prius

[Altitude]

Originally Posted by JBougie

^Because those clips suck, and don't keep your mat held in place.

That's a good extra to ensure your mat doesn't get stuck under your clutch/gas/brake.

Hmmm... hasn't been a problem for me. In fact, I find it difficult when I try to remove them from the clips for cleaning.

Anyhow...

Here's some more BS:

Driver claims runaway Camry
John Moscicki, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, told the AP his 2007 Camry accelerated on its own five times before he got the vehicle fixed under the floor mat recall last month.

On March 4, his repaired Camry took off from a standing stop on the freeway and accelerated to 50 mph (80 kph) before Moscicki managed to stop it by shifting into neutral, hitting the brake with his left foot and pulling back the gas pedal with his right.

"It just went to the floor like some other system had control of it," said Moscicki, who raced high-performance sports cars and previously owned a Porsche restoration business.

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Bullshit. Apparently this guy didn't bother to review the dissection of the pedals as they contain no cables, motors, solenoids or other type of actuator that would cause the pedal to become depressed of its own accord. He may have pressed it and it became stuck, but it sure as hell didn't move on its own.

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Originally Posted by Altitude

Hmmm... hasn't been a problem for me. In fact, I find it difficult when I try to remove them from the clips for cleaning.

Anyhow...

Here's some more BS:

Driver claims runaway Camry
John Moscicki, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, told the AP his 2007 Camry accelerated on its own five times before he got the vehicle fixed under the floor mat recall last month.

On March 4, his repaired Camry took off from a standing stop on the freeway and accelerated to 50 mph (80 kph) before Moscicki managed to stop it by shifting into neutral, hitting the brake with his left foot and pulling back the gas pedal with his right.

"It just went to the floor like some other system had control of it," said Moscicki, who raced high-performance sports cars and previously owned a Porsche restoration business.

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Bullshit. Apparently this guy didn't bother to review the dissection of the pedals as they contain no cables, motors, solenoids or other type of actuator that would cause the pedal to become depressed of its own accord. He may have pressed it and it became stuck, but it sure as hell didn't move on its own.

yup.

the old cable operated ones move, as in my 4runner. but not anything drive-by-wire