[JoeProBono]

[mnehring]

If complexity were the problem, BMWs would be death traps, especially the iDrive models.

It is more about how prodigious they are. There are just so many cars out there, statistically there will be issues arise. I would bet though that the number of incidents as of a percent of the model on the road would be microscopic and statistically in line with other models.

[Frantzie]

This is not about Toyota’s engineering. This is about getting UAW workers from dead GM and Chrysler into Toyota’s non-union (transplant) factories in the USA. This is about the UAW getting in ALL the transplant factories - Nissan, Honda, BMW, Hyundai, etc etc.

People are so dumb because they cannot see what is really going on.

[rmh47]

I noticed this was from the EE Times. You can’t spell “geek” without a double E.

[SMM48]

There is a report out there that State Farm warned the government back in 2007 of an unusually high number of claims involving Toyotas.

[Constitution Day]

An outstanding article. Absolutely spot-on.

[Sacajaweau]

I’d love roll down windows...and that little vent window. I also think the high beam on the floor was a better option. And I’d like a governor, too.

[bwc2221]

Freepers who claim Toyota doesn't have serious quality problems are as naive as Democrats who blame all the country's economic problems on George Bush.

Those of us who closely follow the industry are only surprised by the magnitude of the recalls. Toyota tried to do the impossible: dramatically increase production, open new plants, enter new markets and launch new brands - all at the same time.

[Raider Sam]

Go back to carburetors and purely mechanical engines...they sound better

[A.Hun]

Ehhh...simple things screw up too.

A sticking gas pedal in a Toyota can’t be any more scary than the throttle return spring breaking on my ‘68 vette.

That got my attention.........

[Greysard]

severe outliers, residing on the edges of that Gaussian curve

The problem with brakes on Prius is not rare; in fact, it is perfectly repeatable. I don't have access to a 2010, but I was driving a 2005 today, in rain, and sure enough the brakes "switched off" a couple of times on bumps. However harmless it may be, it's not hard to replicate. Toyota engineers just declared the effect non-threatening and swept it under the rug. Technically they are right; but psychologically it may be jarring, especially if you rented the car and aren't familiar with its quirks.

[Chi-townChief]

From American cars to Japanese eggs in about 50 years.

[longtermmemmory]

(s)but tort reform would fix all these problems!!!!(/s)

[tubebender]

Something doesn't compute here... but the sticking-accelerator problem has nothing to do with electronics; it's a mechanical problem with a mechanical solution I thought it was a drive by wire system?