[Shop-talk] Toyota Pedal Brouhaha

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Brian Kennedy wrote:
> Why didn't she turn the ignition off? I heard the advice for the Toyota 
> problem was to stomp on the brakes, shift to neutral and turn the 
> ignition off. It seems to me I could grab the key more quickly than I 
> can find neutral.

At least one of the cars in question has a push button start/stop, not a 
key based one, as I understand it.

It'll be interesting to hear what the real story is about all this.  I'm 
not really buying everything folks are saying right now.

There are details about the mechanical accelerator pedals here: 
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/exclusive-ttac-takes-apart-both-toyota-gas-pedals/

Mark