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Most cases it's driver error... Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:31:30

In Reply to: Unintended Acceleration Poll - Lexus and more.., Mike Lynch

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hitting the wrong pedal. It seems more common when someone is unfamiliar with the car or wearing wide shoes in a car with narrow pedal spacing.

The Lexus issue is obviously the mats, but it's the inability to turn off the car that is scary. OK it's set up that way so a kid can't do it while mom or dad is driving, but it should have an override or as Mike suggests, there should be a kill switch. And it wouldn't surprise me to see changes made, given Lexus is a Toyota product. (of course, if this was an issue in a German car, the automaker would blame the driver and not fix anything.)

The keyless thing is convenient, but that's all it is. Just another gimmick of limited value, IMHO. I've used it in a Nissan, but it's no big deal.

Just curious... in a car you're unfamiliar with, like a rental late at night in a strange city. Has anyone ever hit the wrong pedal?

Posts in this Thread:

Unintended Acceleration Poll - Lexus and more.., Mike Lynch , Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:45:35
- Toyota's runaway-car worries may not stop at floor mats, JohnA , Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:53:20
- Cruise Control Stops Working in my SAAB, dcjayhawk, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:35:34
  - Unintended deceleration?, No Snaab, Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:20:39
- Pedals, BobS, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:41:40
- The old manual throttles..., REM in Seattle , Thu, 1 Oct 2009 23:40:00
  - Re: not-so-old manual throttles..., JimBlake , Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:29:25
- Back in the day.., UpstateNY Bill, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:17:55
  - Re: Back in the day.., MikeinME, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 23:46:49
    - Brakes overpower..., Mike Lynch , Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:05:32
      - Re: Brakes overpower..., AdamB , Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:37:37
        I thought that too!, James, Sun, 4 Oct 2009 03:23:36
        Re: I thought that too!, oldsaab, Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:05:28
        Re: I thought that too!, SWEDECAR , Sun, 4 Oct 2009 14:46:11
        Re: I thought that too!, oldsaab, Sun, 4 Oct 2009 16:31:18
        Lots of cars have bigger brakes with bigger engines., B Millar , Sun, 4 Oct 2009 16:45:55
        Re: Lots of cars have bigger brakes with bigger engines., oldsaab, Sun, 4 Oct 2009 22:27:08
    - Re: Back in the day (2), Bill Davies, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 04:38:43
- Coolant Temp Sensor, Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:00:47
- I think Lexus/Toyota has a fundamental problem., EricG, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:32:04
  - "no defects found", nwas, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:38:21
    - Which is exactly what impressed me in all of these case, EricG, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:10:00
  - Classic pedal mis-aplication IMHO.., Mike Lynch , Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:33:09
    - I think there is more. Read these NHTSA complaints., EricG, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:57:04
      - Roll back to 1986..., Mike Lynch , Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:00:04
        The Audi issue wasn't just 1986., Noel, Sat, 3 Oct 2009 06:35:01
        Re: Roll back to 1986..., oldsaab, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:10:12
        Re: Software glitches, BobS, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:11:57
        JAS 39 Gripen syndrome, SWEDECAR , Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:18:29
        Re: JAS 39 Gripen syndrome, maxllama, Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:23:21
    - Re: Classic pedal mis-aplication IMHO.., Smartin, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:21:22
- Most cases it's driver error..., Noel, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:31:30 <-- Viewing This Message
- Why push button start ?? Someone please enlighten...., TKC, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 13:21:07
  - Why not?, Wasabi, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:56:11
  - Re: Why push button start ?? Someone please enlighten...., CWilson, Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:27:10
  - It's actually pretty nice., B Millar , Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:09:51

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