A lot of people will be crying in their beer as their imagined largesse from the law suits just went out the window.
Does no one remember that this exact same situation happened to Audi or Volvo back in the 80’s, and the eventual finding was exactly the same?
Now they can work on the cause of those ‘SUV’ accidents.....
Yet another example of Rules for Radicals on display.
I well remember the thunderous volume of MEDIA coverage of the “terrible damage being wrought by TOYOTA”. The president of the company had to appear before Congress, and was vilified. The Politicians carried on like it was Pearl Harbor #2.
I’ve been searching and listening for a comparable coverage of the result of the governments “official” study into the causes of this “terrible” problem.
(SOUND OF SILENCE)
The right people sold high, bought low, and now are going to enjoy the return to high sell off levels. You don’t spend $10,000,000 to run for a job that pays $184,000 per year because you’re a nice person in touch with the common man ya know..........
Look at Big Insurance and little insurance companies. Look at BP or the coal industry.
Corporations never really know if the government will hate them or love them. The uncertainty caused by such things means that hiring is kept at a low level. It's the only type of risk management that makes sense right now.
Will the lawyers give back the money from the lawsuits?
What's that you say? Cars don't read newspapers? Gee, how did we get all those copycat incidents?
Too bad. I’m sick of the Toyota snobs.
I wonder who was in on shorting Toyota and/or picking up their stock cheaper?
IIRC, even if the throttle sticks, the engine can be overpowered by the brakes in all modern cars.
This reminds me of the lawsuits against Dow Corning over silicone breast implants. The hysterical mob and blood sucking lawyers drove that company into bankruptcy before it was found the products were safe.
just because they can’t duplicate it does not mean it is not a sensor/firmware failure.
Case in point.
our 2006 Nissan armada has a slight break issue. this has happened twice.
Symptom is while driving the break light comes on. When you apply the brakes it grinds and brakes terrible.
We had it in the shop (Nissan dealer) who applied the latest firmware.
Then this occurred again when I was driving it after the firmware upgrade. So you pull over carefully due to the nasty braking action, turn the car off and restart and it goes way.
Now you can’t tell me this is NOT a sensor/firmware issue.
Of course it is. Nissans’ answer is we can’t duplicaet it.
Well it’s about time........
I bought a new Camry 6 days ago. As a 6 year Toyota owner, I’m confident.