Posted on 02/01/2010 12:13:42 PM PST by wrrock
Attorneys from a Texas law firm file a class action lawsuit against Toyota over the company’s gas pedals. They are filing the suit on behalf of a Texas family.
(Excerpt) Read more at cardealerreviews.org ...
I thought Class Action had to include a number of plaintiffs?
Class action suits benefit almost no one other than the lawyers.
Good, I am very leary when I see a Toyoto these days.
Especially when they are going very fast.
Exactly. In general, the plaintiffs see a little money and the lawyers get lots.
who could have predicted that? /rhetorical
Typical ambulance chasing.
If that be the case, then watch them call for a jury trial in Duval County.
It can be brought with a few initial participants, and others can be folded in both willingly and unwillingly by the courts.
This petal issue is not as bad as the presstitutes are reporting. Toyota has a petal that pivots to the drivers foot position. It is this pivoting that can sometimes cause the petal to become lodged under the floor mat or you can actually get your foot stuck between the petal and the floorboard carpets which are much plusher these days.
It's a rare thing and depends largely on driving style, ie: "Heal and toe" drivers.
They have had this petal for more than ten years! I did not like it when I drove a few Toyota's over this time period. The first time I drove one I got my foot stuck under the petal assy. and it was not a pleasant experience.
BTW, I only own American made cars, and I am posting this only to tell you that the petal is not defective, it is the drivers foot position and floor mats that are at issue. This will not happen in a GM car because the petal is stiffer and the foot rest pad is twice the size.
Just my observations of the rice burner clown cars made today. I would not be watching for one to go out of control, because you will never actually see it happen. This situation depends on a sequence of events, and the shoes even have a roll in it. The car is not dangerous, just different and they, Toyota, never saw it as a big issue until the story went viral on the Internet.
I see. Thanks for the info.
“I’m about to make a comment on this and I want to preface it by saying that I do not own a Toyota, but I have driven them.”
What you should state is that you have an opinion, uninformed and biased as it may be, but wish to express it.
“This petal issue is not as bad as the presstitutes are reporting.”
Since you don’t own a Toyota, how do you know?
My mother does, and this problem happened to her. She was terrified and drives the car with concern over the issue since.
“It’s a rare thing and depends largely on driving style, ie: “Heal and toe” drivers.
BTW, I only own American made cars, and I am posting this only to tell you that the petal is not defective, it is the drivers foot position and floor mats that are at issue. This will not happen in a GM car because the petal is stiffer and the foot rest pad is twice the size.”
I guess Toyota never got your memo on that.
Here is an excerpt from Toyota’s press release:
Toyota’s engineers have developed and rigorously tested a solution that involves reinforcing the pedal assembly in a manner that eliminates the excess friction that has caused the pedals to stick in rare instances.
“Just my observations of the rice burner clown cars made today.”
I would hardly classify my mother’s Avalon in such a way. But I can understand your tact since you know so much about them.
“I would not be watching for one to go out of control, because you will never actually see it happen.”
I will pass this on to her.
“This situation depends on a sequence of events, and the shoes even have a roll in it. The car is not dangerous, just different “
Yeah, it was kind of different for her that day, she had to dart out of a feeder road into a Target parking lot avoiding everything and slam the car into park to kill the engine before the car did her, or someone else.
“and they, Toyota, never saw it as a big issue until the story went viral on the Internet.”
...and maybe when they realized lawsuits like the class action filed today in Texas were potentially forthcoming, or the loss of sales, like my brother experienced when a customer brought back a vehicle he sold last week following the news of the recall, (even though the vehicle she bought was unaffected by the recall.)
Naaaah, probably not. I am sure it was all just coincidence.
BTW, your Obamobile may have pedals in it, but the Avalon does not, neither do the drivers’ have rolls in their shoes.
...the button on the left that says “Spell”, try it next time.
Maybe their will be one that can check facts one day....
Best advice I ever got from - of all people - a lawyer:
Sorry to see this. We are a proud Toyota family and have had no problems with our vehicles. Will continue to buy and drive Toyota. All car manufacturers have had issues at one time or another...nothing new here. Have any lives been lost? I haven’t heard of any. Looks like some just wanting to make a fast buck in this suit.
The fix Toyota announced, if you have eyes in your head, have nothing to do with friction and everything to do with a piece of metal plate screwed to the back side of the hinge that allows the gas petal to pivot. As I said in my post.
Did I say I don't care about your mother, don't know her, never seen her, and was not posting to her or you for that matter.
Fuck Head!
brickdds,
First, let me quote a section of your posting...
“...and I am posting this only to tell you that the petal is not defective, it is the drivers foot position and floor mats that are at issue...”
This is exactly my thinking and I will tell you why. This past November my wife was out of the states to visit her sister so I decided to surprise her with a new Toyota Rav4. I drove it for about a week before she got home.
Two times, using the lazy toe and heel approach, I had part of my foot on the gas pedal and part of it on the brake. When I pressed on the brake I was also pressing slightly on gas pedal. Not a very pleasant feeling for a second or two or until you take your foot off the brake. I can see why some people would continue to press harder on the brake hoping to stop the vehicle all the while giving it more gas.
Told the wife to take her foot completely off the gas before breaking. So far so good...
We have an '09 Camry and you can easily do the same thing.
I think it is silly that you can't buy a nice car without it having carpet on the floor. You are then compelled to go buy this big clumsy rubber thing to install down there amongst the controls to keep the carpet you didn't really want clean. My old truck has a vinyl floor it gets cleaned a couple times year with the hose and scrub brush. I recently bought a new truck and am very tempted to replace the carpet in with vinyl.
Here is the 911 call that started it all:
http://www.cardealerreviews.org/?p=247148
WARNING It is graphic.
“The fix Toyota announced, if you have eyes in your head, have nothing to do with friction and everything to do with a piece of metal plate screwed to the back side of the hinge that allows the gas petal to pivot. As I said in my post.”
Since you apparently did not bother to read the press release from Toyota, I will post it again (assuming you can read).
Toyota’s engineers have developed and rigorously tested a solution that involves reinforcing the pedal assembly in a manner that eliminates the excess friction that has caused the pedals to stick in rare instances.
“Did I say I don’t care about your mother, don’t know her, never seen her, and was not posting to her or you for that matter. Fuck Head!”
Well, I AM posting to you.
You are a vile, hateful piece of shit and deserve all of the pathetic consequences you must deal with in your life which no doubt are a result of your evil nature and primitive reasoning emanating from the lone neuron encased in your thick skull.
Burn in hell you miserable Gollum-wannabe
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