Ok, there were, what, dozens, or maybe a few hundred, complaints about acceleration before the news started talking about it?
And now we are supposed to believe that Toyota, having JUST SERVICED THE CARS, let 15 cars that were accelerating out of their repair shop?
This is where government used to step in and stop the mass hysteria, but our current administration is all about mass hysteria.
They replaced 3 transmissions and the entire wiring in the thing before giving up on the problem. The extended warranty finally expired and I even took it to another mechanic that serviced Toyotas and he couldn't figure it out. The car never "acted sick"...but if that engine light ever goes off....then I'll worry! lol
I should have demanded my money back when it first came on after I bought it. But the company was very nice and appeared to be doing everything possible to remedy the problem. My only complaint is that they couldn't figure out what the problem was. Maybe the cars are too complicated these days.
Well, Toyota’s ‘fixes’ for the problem are absolutely absurd and pathetic. First it was floormats, then it was increasing the tension on the pedal return spring. Few people who looked at that who knew anything about modern cars thought that this was going to resolve the problems.
Also, Toyota has been caught out in a Ford Pinto moment; turns out that they wrote a memo last year bragging about the $100+ million they saved by avoiding a recall on these defective cars.
Now, I’m not saying that the Government isn’t persecuting them to protect their own interests and Government Motors - clearly, they are. The problem for Toyota is that the government has plenty of ammo to use against them, and it’s ammo that Toyota generated itself.