This is sorta off topic . . .
As you would expect Toyota's technical troubles have been featured in
the Japanese print and broadcast news for the past several days. This
morning's headlines in the Asahi and Yomiuri are about the Prius,
which has not been suspected of having problems up until
This article:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article7007464.ece
says 19 deaths. This article:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100202n1.html
says there is no physical linkage between the throttle and the
accelerator petal in the
From Terry:
...
Turn the ignition off and shift to neutral if you encounter the
problem. If you have a push button starter, hold the button down for
over 3 seconds for a forced shutdown.
Sounds like the same kind of instructions you might give someone who
needs to perform an emergency power
On 02/03/2010 11:22 AM, debivort wrote:
Steve Woczniak (sp?), cofounder of Apple, was recently featured in news
reports. He has a Prius that accelerated unexpectedly, and said that he
suspects software problems, rather than hardware.
Of course he does. He's a hardware guy, they always
On 02/03/2010 10:00 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Here is a detailed report on Toyota's troubles, which is pretty damning:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/business/01toyota.html
Toyota's Slow Awakening to a Deadly Problem, January 31, 2010
I found this bit very suprising; I'd gotten the
Interesting! See:
http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19469
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Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:28:49 PM by Kevmo
Headline CNN.com
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told lawmakers today that Toyota
owners should stop driving cars affected by the recall and take them
to dealers.
I guess they should have them towed to the dealer?
T
From Jed:
Interesting! See:
http://www.americasdebate.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19469
How I Made Money from Cold Fusion
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Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:28:49
On 02/03/2010 01:23 PM, Terry Blanton wrote:
Headline CNN.com
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told lawmakers today that Toyota
owners should stop driving cars affected by the recall and take them
to dealers.
I guess they should have them towed to the dealer?
Defective fly-by-wire
Okay, go figure this, according to the list on CNN.com models whose
VIN start with 'J' are not affected by the recall. Now, why are they
different? Could it be that Japanese cars are RH drive and are
adapted for shipment to the US?
T
CBS:
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood now says he misspoke when telling
owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving then.
Instead, LaHood says take them to dealerships to get them repaired.
LaHood told reporters it was obviously a misstatement when he told a
House panel earlier Wednesday that
On 02/03/2010 02:07 PM, Terry Blanton wrote:
Okay, go figure this, according to the list on CNN.com models whose
VIN start with 'J' are not affected by the recall. Now, why are they
different? Could it be that Japanese cars are RH drive and are
adapted for shipment to the US?
I've seen
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
Defective fly-by-wire is very scary. Can you even turn the engine off
if the computer isn't listening?
It is very scary, but as far as I know, they haven't made a computer
yet that does not respond to a hardware interrupt. You can always
reset a computer. On the
Open the pod bay door HAL.
-Dave
On 02/03/2010 03:26 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
Defective fly-by-wire is very scary. Can you even turn the engine off
if the computer isn't listening?
It is very scary, but as far as I know, they haven't made a computer yet
that does not respond to a hardware
On 02/03/2010 03:26 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
Defective fly-by-wire is very scary. Can you even turn the engine off
if the computer isn't listening?
It is very scary, but as far as I know, they haven't made a computer yet
that does not respond to a hardware
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
computer. On the Prius they say to hold down the Start button for 3
seconds to generate a master reset.
Seriously, your life is flashing before your eyes, all you want to do is
STOP the car, and you're supposed to remember that you need to press the
START button??
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
But sometimes.
... that didn't work either, nothing at all worked, and you had to use
the big orange toggle switch on the side of the box.
Let me amend my previous statement:
You can always reset a computer -- IF the designer included a
hardware
LOL! Good one.
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On 02/03/2010 11:22 AM, debivort wrote:
Steve Woczniak
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