A man by the name of Inanian (sp?) who is an expert on cars was on WOR’s John Gambling show this morning. Gambling was under the impression that Sykes was trying to scam Toyota. Inanian said the highway patrol smelled the burning brakes (not reported by the press), they were metal on metal, which I assume means completely worn and that just because Toyota says they could find no problem doesn’t mean there was no problem.
How many times have people taken their cars to mechanics who can’t find the problem but the owner knows there is a problem?
Toyota did find the problem. Through investigation of the car, the on-board computers, the known time-line & the known distance traveled. The problem turned out to be that the owner was lying & what damage was inflicted on the brakes was done on purpose.