http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2009/11/experts_point_to_throttles_not.html
"The auto industry has battled allegations of electronic defects in sudden-acceleration lawsuits for more than two decades, arguing that they are not caused by any vehicle defect."
Yup. Every maker has been hit by it. Time and time again, people blame their car. Time and time again, they're proven wrong. I am not one to side with large corporations, but incompetent drivers have seen a way out of accepting responsibility with this stupidity.
Floor mats, drive by wire, mysterious forces, whatever.
From the same article:
"For some Toyota models, reports of unintended acceleration increased more than five-fold after drive-by-wire systems were adopted, according to the review of thousands of consumer complaints filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Toyota first installed electronic throttles in 2002 model year Lexus ES and Toyota Camry sedans. Total complaints of sudden acceleration for the Lexus and Camry in the 2002-04 model years averaged 132 a year. That's up from an average of 26 annually for the 1999-2001 models, the Times review found.
The average number of sudden acceleration complaints involving the Tacoma jumped more than 20 times, on average, in the three years after Toyota's introduction of drive-by-wire in these trucks in 2005. Increases were also found on the hybrid Prius, among other models."
Are drivers of 2005-08 Tacomas twenty times more incompetent and stupid than drivers of 2001-04 Tacomas?
