[Shop-talk] Toyota Recall

[David Scheidt]

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:49 PM, David Hillman <hillman at planet-torque.com>wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, David Scheidt wrote:
>
>> There are also wide spread reports of electronic problems with the brakes
>> and cruise controls of cars not fitted with the allegedly-defective pedals
>> (mostly the prius, but also other models.)
>>
>
>   I'm not sure I'd call them 'wide-spread'.  They appear to have about 100
> cases of people experiencing the same "ice-mode" issue that Subarus have
> been plagued with for a decade or so.  Hard application of brakes on bumpy
> roads confuses the ABS computer into thinking the wheels are locking on ice,
> and it cuts braking force.
>
> Which doesn't explain the complaints about the cruise control accelerating
the car unexpectedly.



> http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/03/autos/prius_complaints/index.htm?hpt=T1
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