[Shop-talk] Toyota Pedal Brouhaha

[David Hillman]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Randall wrote:
> Well, let's say for example it has decided that one or more of the wheels
> are slipping.  The way anti-lock brakes work is to reduce braking effort on
> the wheels that are slipping ... and I believe all of the affected models
> are equipped with 4-wheel ABS.

    Damn, sucked back in again.

    I haven't driven any of these recalled Toyotas, well, not hard enough 
to use ABS, anyway... so does Toyota have a new, seamless-in-operation, 
ABS system?

    If not, shouldn't we have reports from drivers, who claim to be 
standing on the brakes during these events, that felt the ABS-activation 
pedal feedback?  When you stand on ABS brakes, it's hard not to notice. 
Can anyone find a report of an alleged UA crash where the driver activated 
ABS?  There should be hundreds.

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  David Hillman