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Toyota's runaway-car worries may not stop at floor mats Posted by JohnA [Email]

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[Profile/Gallery] (more from JohnA) on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:53:20

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

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LA Times article....

Toyota's runaway-car worries may not stop at floor mats

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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 <-- Viewing This Message
- 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
- 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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