U.S. Tells Toyota Owners To Stop Driving Their Cars & Proves My Dad Isn’t So Crazy After All
For several months now there have been cases where Toyotas will randomly accelerate with out stopping until the car either hits something or I think explodes, killing all the people in the vehicle. The automaker has blamed floor mats and sticky gas pedals for random acceleration problems, but not electronics, even though most of the complaints from owners have been about the electronic components.
My parents own a Toyota hybrid and my brother and his with have two Toyotas. First of all, let me say that my dad has a tendency to go a bit “conspiracy theory” over things. Ever since the runway Toyota problem has been in the news my dad has been going on and on and on about what he thinks is really happening and how he believes that Toyota is covering it up.
Today I came across a story on the ABC New website that made me think; maybe my dad isn’t so crazy after all? It turns out that Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told Congress today that Toyota owners should stop driving their cars and take them to their dealers.
Of course, after seeing this I had to call my dad immediately to get his take on the story. He hadn’t heard about it yet but he did say he thought, “It was going to come to something like this.” He went on to explain (please imagine an English accent here),
“Toyota has come up with this cockamamie scheme as a deal, as a cover, because they don’t know what the shit is going on.
Now if you are driving one of these cars and it accelerates and you kill a mother and a child in a parking lot, and there is a demand for vengeance, it’s gonna be you going to jail.
Because you knew there was something wrong with the car, and the government told you not to drive it. It’s even worse than driving drunk because you are stone cold sober.”
Whether this really is the case or not, it’s safe to say that my brother won’t be driving his Rav4 around anymore.
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I recently discovered that Toyota is in the process of recalling 2.4 million vehicles with acceleration problems . My next door neighbor owns one, should the Toyota be used before it’s repaired?
I saw something about this on TV last night?
Good post. Interesting read. I honestly think that Toyota are gonna struggle to win the customer over. The whole point of a Toyota was it was Mr Reliable. Not any more!
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Toyota executives are currently testifying before Congress about the safety issues that have led to the recall of millions of vehicles. They insist that “We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle control system in our vehicles.”
What do you guys think Toyota will do in the hearings? The guys over at http://www.americanjobadvocate.com are having a good time with this
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We have had a Toyota for years and never experienced a problem. I am still concerned if the problems are real or if this is just the way the current administration is trying to help out Detroit.
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