OT Toyota
 

I know this is old news but can one of you Toyota owners answer a ?
If you experence a sudden acceleration issue why not just put the thing in neutral and coast to a stop? Or am I missing something?


thanks
ROB

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I had my cruise control stick on my ford F-150 several years ago and i just calmly turned the key off.Yes i lost the powersteering but you could still steer it..In fact i got the truck turned around and drove over 20 miles home using the ignition brake pedel and gear shift lever.

It seems strange when we get reports of people having the throttle sticking and using there cell phone to call 911. The story with the Prius going 90 miles an hour and the driver calling on the cell phone and then the cop slowing the car down story stinks to hi heaven if you ask me.

Thats what happenes when the press,unions and leaders of this country are able to pick winners and loosers of company's and corporation's in this country.

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Most people who drive their cars are more interested in BS gadgets in their car (WiFi on Ram trucks, Sync on Fords, etc) then how the car operates and what to do in an emergency.

Anymore, cell phones are the answer to everything. THey are great but have their place and when you are going 90 with a stuck throttle, that isn't the place. Learn the car and how it works. Everyone needs to know certain things about cars.

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I agree with both of you. Ialso think there are people that just want to get
their face on the t.v. There will be a lot of the copy cat type people doing this also.

Or I need want a new car and this might be the way to get one.

Or it`s the one thing Oboma doesnt own yet, so he`ll try to run them out of the U. S. A.

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I heard on the news this morning that the guy filed Bankruptcy in 2008 and is already 700,000 in debt and was hoping Toyota would pay his bills.

amazing

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Toyota's acceleration problems don't affect me at all. I have never bought a Toyota and I never will. I know it goes against conventional wisdom, but I am old school and can't forgive the Japanese for what they did to us in "The Big One" WWII. I just can't let it go.:21:

I drive a good old Chevy Impala (made in Canada:17:) and have had a few problems with it, but it's at least an AMERICAN car company.

I'll get off my soapbox now.

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I thought the same thing. The guy said he didn't feel comfortable enough to reach over and shut it off until the car slowed to 50mph. He was comfortable enough to dial 911 and have a lengthy conversation with the dispatcher though.
My wife and I laughed for an hour after hearing him on the morning news.:5::5::5:

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He probably will get his bills paid as this is the way the crooked lawyers rule the courts......... and judges......

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Just a comment, Greg....

Are you still mad at the Brits for the War of 1812? I think that they burned the White House then......

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The Brits didn't sneak attack pearl harbor, the brits didn't **** and murder tens of thousands of innocent women and childern, the brits didn't abuse and kill thousands of US troops who were prisoners of war, care for me to keep explaining the differences? Also I tend to think the attitude of the japanese towards us (Americans) over the past few decades contributes to the facts along with their unfair trade policies. I sell used cars and won't even LOOK at one to buy at auction and thankfully haven't had to take many in on trade, and the one's I do take on trade go straight to auction....

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I agree with Seadog...just for the record we were in a declared war with the British,,the japs bombed Pearl Harbor then declared War on us..btw list the war crimes the British commited on captured American soldiers and I'll list what the japs did to American soldiers they captured...War is hell -but some races enjoy torture and brutality...that can't we all get along stuff only goes so far

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Toyota:

The
One
You
Ought
To
Avoid

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This reminds of a good old joke you may have heard.....

4thGrade History Class. Teacher decides to have a Popquiz and who ever answers the questions correct can go to recess early....
1st Q. Who invented electricity?
Little Japanese boy up front answers Ben Franklin.....off he goes...

2nd Q. Who invented flight and where?
Little Japanese boy on the other side of the class answers: Orville and Wilbur Wright Kitty Hawk, NC.......off he goes to recess.

Little Johnny in the back of the class says under his breath...ah F*#@ the Japs!!

Teacher Stands up and asked in a stern voice....WHO SAID THAT??

Little Johnny stands up and says Harry Truman 1945.....Can I go to Recess Now??

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I'm not mad at anybody. I am old and I just don't forgive and forget that easily. As a young child growing up in the early 50's, what they did to us was still very fresh in the minds of a good bit of our population. It was instilled in me by family that endured it.

Let's just say that me not buying a Toyota is just my own little way of protesting what the Japanese did to us almost 70 years ago. You can buy all the Toyotas you want. I'm not personally hurt in any way.

Choice is what makes the U.S.A. so wonderful.

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There is a big Toyota plant in Greensburg Indiana that seems to employ alot of people.:8:


I just heard on the radio that the dude that had the throttle stick on his car and called the police is 4 months behind on his car payments and has a bunch of money problems. Its hard to beleive the press told a story that they didnt check out before they reported it!:14:

Maybe if the press would get off the health care bandwagon they could try telling us idiots just a little of the truth!

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Uhhh, might want to look at that plant again. I think it is a Honda plant. I could be wrong though.

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It's a HONDA plant in Greensburg and if you want I can show you a big empty field that use to be the GM plant in Anderson, or the big empty Ford/Vistieon (spell?) plant in Connersville that if we didn't have them making cars for a Japanese company here using skewed sales tatics then those factories would be open, paying higher wages with the profits returning here to the USA to an American company who would be spending their profits HERE and not Japan.... kind of like the arguement about illegals, they have to work here so they can support their families back in mexico, to the tune of sending 60 billion US dollars a year OUT of our economy..... every dollar you send out of this country costs us far more in the long run. As far as the idiot in California, he might be a fake BUT all those other complaints have been investigated and found to be true AND now there are complaints that cars that have been "corrected" are doing the same thing all over again....

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From Wikipedia,

Historians assert that the attack was in retaliation for the American looting of York, Upper Canada (now Toronto) after the Battle of York in 1813, and the burning down of the Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada. The British Army commanders said they chose to attack Washington "on account of the greater political effect likely to result,".[4]

Governor-General Sir George Prevost of Canada wrote to the Admirals in Bermuda calling for a retaliation for the American sacking of York and requested their permission and support in the form the provision of naval resources. At the time, it was considered against the civilized laws of war to burn a non-military facility and the Americans had not only burned the Parliament but also looted and burned the Governor's mansion, private homes and warehouses.[5]

Further proof of the intention was that after the limited British burning of some public facilities, the British left. There was no territory that they wanted to occupy, no military facility that they had planned to attack, and the attack caused no American casualties.

Here's the link...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington

So based on this, who was the bad guy here? So because this was a "declared" war, that makes the attack in York(Toronto) OK? As dant says, war is hell...Just don't get all noble and high and mighty until you've got all of the details.....

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can anyone answer my origimal question,is there any reason that the driver could not simply put the damn thing in nuetral and coast to a safe stop?:15::15:

ROB

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My bad, i thought it had been answered. Most if not all Toyotas have a button starter, if you have the button starter and you turn it off it WILL lock the steering. The only solution is to put it in nuetral and get it stopped and then turn it off. So yes you can do that but you can't just turn it off and steer it to safety...... I would say from his quote, he was scared, he panicked and called for help. Not all people are capable of handling a deal like this under pressure BUT IMHO I think he's either lying or blowing it out of all context.....

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In the case of the Prius at least, there is no mechanical connection between the shifter and the gearbox. "Shifting" the car is software controlled. If this problem is software oriented and not a mistaken pedal thing, then I suppose it's possible that kicking it into neutral doesn't do anything.

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I have a 2007 toyota pickup did not have the peddle stick But when i took it in for the recall it took them 3 hours to fix it? HMMMMMMM what was it that took them so long to fix it?? any clues??

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Which is better, buy Japanese cars who gives Americans jobs and have factories in America or buy American cars who out sources jobs in another country where the American cars factories are located and hiring foreign workers?

REH

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IMO if A person so slow or dimwitted that he has to call for help in that situation he should NOT be behind the wheel!!!!:7:
ROB

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[QUOTE=racer-x;160622]There is a big Toyota plant in Greensburg Indiana that seems to employ alot of people.:8:

That ia a Honda plant but you are right Americans have jobs plus it is helping the economy in that part of the state.

REH

I think I'll buy American, considering G.M. puts the food on the table and the money in my pocket. Plus the money spent on American automobiles stay in the U.S. economy.
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My wife owns a Toyota and we haven't had a problem, but the gas peddle is to the floor just about every where we go:31:

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My gas pedal sticks to, then i realize i'm the one holding it to the floor. This was years ago but i had a 1979 Toyota Celica and it was the best car i ever owned and i wish i still had it.