https://freerepublic.com/tag/unintendedaccel/ en-us Fri, 1 Nov 2013 17:04:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3086441/posts MADISON, Wis. — Among the hundreds of cases brought by individuals across the United States claiming their Toyota vehicles accelerated without warning, only Bookout v. Toyota Motor, tried in Oklahoma County, Okla., resulted in a verdict against Toyota. This was also one of the first unintended acceleration cases to go to trial since the Japanese carmaker began recalling millions of vehicles in 2009 over this very issue. The Oklahoma case was also the first in which plaintiffs' attorneys put the fault squarely on a flaw in the vehicle's electronic throttle control system. They dismissed arguments about floor mats and sticky... EETimes https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3086441/posts#comment Fri, 1 Nov 2013 17:04:04 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2441973/posts It turns out that the “bad guy” in the Toyota recall may not be such a bad guy after all, and according to experts may actually benefit from the mess. CTS, originally founded in 1896 under the name Chicago Telephone Supply, is widely reported to have made the gas pedal units at the center of the massive recall by No. 1 Toyota across several of its most popular models. But, wait a minute, CTS executives on Friday sought to set the record straight on just what the company did and did not do in the gas pedal mess. CTS Sets... Industrial Equipment News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2441973/posts#comment Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:23:09 GMT