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Toyota Reportedly Gets Federal OK for Gas Pedal Fix
FoxNews.com ^ | January 30,2010 | AP

Posted on 01/30/2010 12:56:35 PM PST by ColdOne

DETROIT — Three people briefed on the matter say Toyota Motor Corp. has received clearance from federal regulators on a fix for the company's sticky gas pedals.

Two dealers said Saturday that Toyota plans to make the announcement Monday morning. One says that dealers could get parts as early as Thursday or Friday.

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A Department of Transportation official confirmed that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration did not object to Toyota's repair plans. Technically

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To: Travis McGee

I agree, so if the repair kit only includes linkages and this doesn’t work, bye-bye Toyota. This is no doubt an electronics issue of some sort.


41 posted on 01/31/2010 6:42:43 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: CodeToad; FreedomPoster; Paladin2

It’s going to wind up in court, with full discovery. Toyota officials are going to be pilloried like the tobacco tycoons if they lied about the floormats/linkages/ECUs.


42 posted on 01/31/2010 8:35:50 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Travis McGee

Especially since that would tend to help GM.

Really, it would end up helping Ford, but that is a whole ‘nother discussion.


43 posted on 01/31/2010 8:38:08 AM PST by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well, if the feds think something is dangerous they can ORDER a recall. Toyota could certainly proceed with this recall without getting permission, but then the feds might issue their own as well. The “permission” basically amounts to the feds saying “We have enough faith that this will fix the problem that we won’t issue a recall of our own for now”


44 posted on 01/31/2010 2:25:13 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Travis McGee

If the system is primarily electronic (as in gas pedal -> signal -> ECM -> signal -> throttle body and injectors), I could definitely see many or all of the mechanical system components being the same. After all, if all the gas pedal does is send a 0-10V signal to the ECM, why would a Corolla need a different one than a Tundra?


45 posted on 01/31/2010 2:32:44 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Still Thinking

I don’t know, I’m just guessing that the dimensions and geometry of a Corolla to a Tundra will mean different mechanical parts, whereas OTOH, the ECUs can all be identical. I’m just guessing though. But for sure, the floormat story was bogus from the start, and part of a coverup. People who tossed the floormats out last year after earlier warnings have had total runaways, with no foot on the gas pedal, while in cruise mode or coasting.


46 posted on 01/31/2010 3:27:04 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Travis McGee

Could be. For example, they may assume a Camry driver will be smaller than a tundra driver and give them a narrower, shorter pedal. But I’ll bet the pivot, spring and so on would be common. They’d have to be on crack not to.

OTOH....I have a Chrysler LH platform sedan (300M), and the little plastic pockets that screw into the arm rest for you to grab to shut the door. Chrysler would REALLY have to be on crack not to make those all the same part, right? Well, all four are different, and NOT interchangeable! I tell ya, the ID10T’s are running the engineering asylum.


47 posted on 01/31/2010 6:40:32 PM PST by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Travis McGee
“How can Toyota gas pedals all have the same problem in models ranging from compact Corollas to Tundra trucks?”

There is no direct connection from the throttle to the engine.

The gas pedal controls a rheostat and the injection system is controlled through the computer.

in aircraft fly by wire systems there are redundant back up systems in Toyota's it's a single system.

48 posted on 01/31/2010 6:46:18 PM PST by dalereed
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To: hoosiermama

“OTOH we removed the mats long before we were TOLD they were a problem.”

The recall has nothing to do with floor mats, it’s a computer failure problem.


49 posted on 01/31/2010 6:48:44 PM PST by dalereed
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To: dalereed

First they said it was the mats. We even got a notice to remove them from the driver’s position. Now they know there are other problems....I was just saying the mats were very poorly designed and bunched up under your feet. Therefore, we removed all of them.


50 posted on 01/31/2010 7:14:56 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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