CHP assists Toyota Prius with stuck accerlator

**OpenRoad** · 03-09-2010, 12:18 AM

Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stop - 3/08/10 - San Francisco News - abc7news.com

What about just using the key to turn off ignition ?????

**STiMULi** · 03-09-2010, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by OpenRoad

Prius with stuck accelerator glides to safe stop - 3/08/10 - San Francisco News - abc7news.com

What about just using the key to turn off ignition ?????

The don't have a key so it gets confusung

**R.J.** · 03-09-2010, 06:58 AM

How about just placing the trans in Neutral?

**Freebird** · 03-09-2010, 07:19 AM

Pretty obvious to me this Toyota issue is software.

1. ABS is tied into computer.
2. Fuel mapping and throttle position sensor tied into computer.

all it would take is one pissed ex Toyota programmer to drop in a bug in the software for all these models that under certain conditions tells the fuel injection to go wide open, and the brakes ABS to cycle like on ice, significantly lowering their stopping power etc...

This of course only happens when all the criteria is met that the programmer installed in the bug. This is why it is so hard for Toyota to reproduce. Its like the lottery out there, when will the next Toyota hit on those parameters and go speeding away with little to no brakes?

**MOPARado** · 03-09-2010, 09:10 AM

Man, Toyota is certainly having a bad year!

It sure does look like Toyota is having computer problems. Designing an auto system where a computer controls critical functions like brakes and acceleration (cruise control?) is IMO a dangerous flawed concept.

Reminds me of the movie '2001 A Space Odyssey'
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