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Mike 01-21-2010 08:08 PM
big oops toyota..
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/..._toyota_recall

Blackbirdws6 01-21-2010 08:14 PM
Guess a gas pedal is some new car part that hasn't quite had all the kinks worked out....oh wait

PolarBear 01-21-2010 08:22 PM
Does that include the Pontiac Vibe?

FlyingDutchman 01-21-2010 08:31 PM
epic fail!

Frosty 01-21-2010 08:41 PM
I wonder if the news media will hammer them like they do when the Big 3 have issues.

T69SS 01-21-2010 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Frosty (Post 674337)
I wonder if the news media will hammer them like they do when the Big 3 have issues.
I hope so. I just watched the story tonight on the news, they were explaining what to do when your car starts to accelerate on its own. Pretty bad...

WildBillyT 01-21-2010 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Frosty (Post 674337)
I wonder if the news media will hammer them like they do when the Big 3 have issues.
Nope. Keep dreaming.

Frosty 01-21-2010 09:25 PM
One could hope lol

ib4200 01-21-2010 09:44 PM
good thing toyotas dont go anywhere with the pedal to the floor lol

Frosty 01-21-2010 10:02 PM
Wow, it's to top story on ABC 11:00 news here in Philly :eek:

Masonite 01-21-2010 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ib4200 (Post 674352)
good thing toyotas dont go anywhere with the pedal to the floor lol
it's like cranking it from "delicates" to "cotton/sturdy" :rofl:

rightCOASTriot 01-22-2010 02:31 AM
as a former toyota service advisor it makes me happy to see them fail, But its a shame that most of those cars a built here

NastyEllEssWon 01-22-2010 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by T69SS (Post 674338)
I hope so. I just watched the story tonight on the news, they were explaining what to do when your car starts to accelerate on its own. Pretty bad...




tuck and roll gramma!

BonzoHansen 01-22-2010 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by rightCOASTriot (Post 674383)
as a former toyota service advisor it makes me happy to see them fail, But its a shame that most of those cars a built here
and that matters how? was this an installation error? a design error?

sweetbmxrider 01-22-2010 07:25 AM
ahahha yoda

NastyEllEssWon 01-22-2010 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 674405)
ahahha yoda




stuck will your pedal be. die you will.

Frosty 01-22-2010 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon (Post 674406)
stuck will your pedal be. die you will.
LMFAO

79CamaroDiva 01-22-2010 10:24 AM
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In a letter to federal safety officials dated Thursday, Toyota said the problem appeared to be related to the potential build-up of condensation on sliding surfaces in the accelerator system that helps drivers push down or release the gas pedal.

Toyota spokesman John Hanson said the automaker does not yet have a solution to the latest problem but is working to develop one.

http://smiliesftw.com/x/smiley-shocked.gif

really.. is this technology really that far over these peoples heads? the mechanics of the pedal itself have only been being perfected for... ohhh, 125 years or so?

foff667 01-22-2010 05:58 PM
So with the toyota matrix & the pontiac vibe being the same car shouldn't the 09/10 vibes be recalled as well?

Anti_Rice_Guy 01-22-2010 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by foff667 (Post 674559)
So with the toyota matrix & the pontiac vibe being the same car shouldn't the 09/10 vibes be recalled as well?
They're built in separate factories so possibly not.

BonzoHansen 01-22-2010 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Anti_Rice_Guy (Post 674561)
They're built in separate factories so possibly not.
Didn't they both come off the same line at the nummi plant?

Anti_Rice_Guy 01-22-2010 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen (Post 674565)
Didn't they both come off the same line at the nummi plant?

:wink:

http://www.automobile.com/2009-ponti...e-preview.html

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The Matrix is assembled in Cambridge, Ontario while the Vibe is built exclusively in Freemont, California at the joint-owned NUMMI facility alongside the Tacoma pickup truck.

grandkodiak 01-22-2010 07:15 PM
holy ****... someones toyota accelerated to 120mph before crashing and killing them all. that must have taken a good 15 minutes to occure... no one thought to pop the trans into nuetral/park, ebrake, park brake, engine off... anything?!?

Tsar 01-22-2010 09:13 PM
At least they are fixing the problem. I wish opti sparks were recalled, along with window motors...

WildBillyT 01-22-2010 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Tsar (Post 674606)
At least they are fixing the problem. I wish opti sparks were recalled, along with window motors...
If an opti or window motors killed someone they would have been.


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