XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   XPost: rec.autos.tech   
      
   On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:19:55 -0500, "Mike Hunter"   
    wrote:   
      
   >You mean like cutting off the bottom of the accelerator?   
      
   Temporary attempt to fix an unproven problem - better than doing   
   nothing, IF it had been the problem.   
      
   To this point in time there is NO PROOF the throttles are sticking.   
   Much less any idea WHY or WHERE they are sticking.   
      
   Yes, some cars have "run away" and some people have been killed - but   
   no vehicle has had the throttle stick under controlled conditions or   
   in the hands of a technician who can then determine what went wrong.   
      
   VERY perplexing for the engineers, for sure.   
   >   
   >"hls"  wrote in message   
   >news:boydnQXttfoAyv3WnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>   
   >> "Hachiroku ????"  wrote in message   
   >>>   
   >>> Instead of 'slowing down' when an error is realized, Toyota stops   
   >>> production.   
   >>>   
   >>> Gm would do well to learn from this. Burning Fieros, CV joints wleded to   
   >>> make a FWD engine a RWD engine, etc.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Mercedes did the same thing a few years ago with that ugly A class   
   >> a few years ago.  They stopped sales and stopped all manufacture until   
   >> they got the engineering problem fixed.  A lot better move, imo, than   
   >> the bandaid approach.   
   >   
      
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