What I have been told is the following.
Toyota tried to put a "feel" into the pedal so that it was not a normal DBW
feeling...like my MINI which is essentially a on and off switch. Same
feeling all the way through the travel.
Toyota wanted it to feel like a throttle CABLE....with it getting
progressively harder the further you went down. They are taking that out and
stiffening up the pedal.
I also heard that several dealers feel that the US Govt got involved by
forcing Toyota to take the cars off the sales and stop production and then
promised them a quick approval if they did so.
GM...now owned by the US Govt....then offered a Toyota
rebate....Co-incidence or not.....you be the judge. Toyotas off the
market...more GM sales...
I am not saying this is what happened...just that some dealers feel this is
what happened.
Tony Vaccaro
LOONY (Lotus Owners of New York)
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[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steve Shipley
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Toyota Pedal Brouhaha
At 07:58 PM 2/1/2010 -0800, Doug Braun wrote:
>I was wondering: Are there any Toyota owners on the list who have
>actually worked on, or at least looked at, the type of gas pedal that is
>giving all the trouble?
>
>I finally saw a Toyota pres release that described the problem, but it was
>sort of dumbed-down.
What was interesting to me is that this is a media event. My Eagle Talon
was recalled in 1996 for a sticking throttle and nothing was said. Guess
it isn't any fun scaring anyone if it's a small segment of the population.
"I'll never buy another Toyota because of this". What a bunch of morans.
Did I tell you about the time I didn't tighten the bolt that connected the
steering column to the rack on my Lotus 7 and it came apart in
traffic? Yes, I am a moron, but THAT'S scary.
Helpful driving hint, when all else fails apply the brakes.
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