Gas pedal stuck? 2nd time happening now - Toyota Yaris Forums

JustPassinThru · 09-24-2014, 11:14 PM

I'm suspicious when something like this pops up. The case of four years ago was obviously fraudulent - anyone with a smidgeon of mechanical understanding or knowledge of how to drive, would see it. The crudest of staged fakes.

Toyota for YEARS has used hooks to position the floormats; this after some mats tended to creep forward and hook the bottom of the accelerator. Yup, I have seen that, too...that's not enough to crash a car or cause a five-state runaway.

The Yaris is drive-by-wire. If the throttle is sticking, it can certainly be duplicated in thew shop - and if there's doubt, the accelerator assembly replaced. I don't know what kind of fail-safes there are to keep a short-circuit from adding fuel to the engine...but short circuits don't just come and go. They come and stay and eventually burn fuses.

If this truly is not a post done to "lay the groundwork" for the next Media Incident Runaway Yaris, then a good mechanic to check the integrity of the throttle control mechanism is in order. It's a rheostat; surely he could pull it out and bench-test it for accurate variation over the length of travel.

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09-24-2014, 11:14 PM	#3
JustPassinThru Drives: No more Yaris Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Montana Posts: 180	I'm suspicious when something like this pops up. The case of four years ago was obviously fraudulent - anyone with a smidgeon of mechanical understanding or knowledge of how to drive, would see it. The crudest of staged fakes. Toyota for YEARS has used hooks to position the floormats; this after some mats tended to creep forward and hook the bottom of the accelerator. Yup, I have seen that, too...that's not enough to crash a car or cause a five-state runaway. The Yaris is drive-by-wire. If the throttle is sticking, it can certainly be duplicated in thew shop - and if there's doubt, the accelerator assembly replaced. I don't know what kind of fail-safes there are to keep a short-circuit from adding fuel to the engine...but short circuits don't just come and go. They come and stay and eventually burn fuses. If this truly is not a post done to "lay the groundwork" for the next Media Incident Runaway Yaris, then a good mechanic to check the integrity of the throttle control mechanism is in order. It's a rheostat; surely he could pull it out and bench-test it for accurate variation over the length of travel.