Tests fail to duplicate acceleration problem in Prius

[Gideon]

Originally Posted by tk-421

See, the way I look at it is: It's all about the politics. If Toyota can successfully close a case that has garnered so much publicity as this one has, it becomes much easier to put the actual issue to rest later on, even if future cases are more credible than Sykes'. It simply gives them leverage.

They don't have the ability to just "close the case", that's up the NHTSA. Doing such before the NHTSA posts their final report up would be PR suicide.