XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.tech   
   From: dsi1@spamnet.com   
      
   On 1/27/2010 3:53 PM, Mike Hunter wrote:   
   > Me thinks it is the micro processors logarithms.   
      
   You just can't trust those microscopic silicon circuits and complex   
   programs to not go bonkers every once in a while. OTOH, it's a good   
   thing automotive control systems don't have the reliability of PCs and   
   Macs.   
      
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   > "dsi1"  wrote in message   
   > news:gh58n.5189$1m3.4527@newsfe11.iad...   
   >> On 1/27/2010 12:48 PM, Tom wrote:   
   >>> Toyota has only known about this problem since2007   
   >>>>   
   >>> Toyota first identified problems with the accelerator pedals on its   
   >>> Tundra pickup in March 2007. After months of testing, the company   
   >>> determined that the problem was caused by the material in the   
   >>> accelerators' friction lever and made a change.   
   >>   
   >> What's a "friction lever?" It's interesting that this problem appears in   
   >> wire and drive-by-wire systems. This probably means that the problem is   
   >> not with the drive-by-wire. If this happens in cars without the problem   
   >> floor mats, it probably means the floor mats are not the problem either.   
   >> The investigators should check out the components common to Toyotas with   
   >> with a history of this problem. That should narrow it down.   
   >>   
   >> In cases of runaway acceleration, I tend to believe it's driver's error.   
   >> This however, appears to be something different.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> At that time, Toyota considered it to be a drivability issue unrelated   
   >>> to safety, according to its filing with the U.S. National Highway   
   >>> Traffic Safety Administration. A similar issue then arose in Europe in   
   >>> December 2008 in the right-hand-drive versions of two small Toyota cars,   
   >>> the Aygo and Yaris.   
   >>>   
   >>> The company's investigation found that condensation from heaters caused   
   >>> increased friction in the gas pedal, making it stick in some cases.   
   >>> Toyota lengthened the arm of the friction lever and changed its   
   >>> materials on all vehicles produced in Europe using the subject   
   >>> accelerator pedals starting in mid-August 2009.   
   >>>   
   >>> Beginning in October last year, Toyota became aware of sticking   
   >>> accelerator pedals in the U.S. and Canada. The company realized that the   
   >>> material used in   
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