Hi Rich and the group, A friend, a real rocket scientist, had someone he knows experience the unintended acceleration in a Toyota. He had the presence of mind to put his foot under the accelerator pedal and pull up hard. The car continued to accelerate. Sounds like software to me.
There is another problem I observe on the road here in California that is going to be a recall. About 1/3 of the Toyotas I see have it. The exhaust system hangs very low (and gets lower with time). I have seen one that was all the way to the ground and sparking on every bump. But, most I have seen are just the lowest thing under the car by far, about 1/2 way between the car and the ground. It is easy to see from behind or one lane to the left and behind some Toyotas. One of my engineering friends in the automotive field says it is a known problem and explained the mechanical details to me. The end stage is the pipes and muffler drop out of the car (probably when a ridge in the road it hit by the muffler) although that stage is apparently very rare. I have observed this for a few years now and wonder why a recall has not happened on this one. When I see this, I will not follow directly behind that Toyota. Doug On 2/11/10 6:16 PM, Richard Nute wrote: > Yeah... a lawyer that knows more about car electronics than > the engineers??? Why, of course! > > > Richard Nute > A loyal Toyota owner of a car under recall. > Who enjoys the laser electronic speed control that keeps my > car at a constant distance behind the car in front. > > > > On 2/11/2010 10:06, Thomas Cokenias wrote: >> And awaaay we go... >> >> http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/ 010-02-11-toyota11_ST_N.htm?csp=DailyBriefing >> >> >> > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society > emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your > e-mail to <[email protected]> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to > that URL. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <[email protected]> > Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> > David Heald: <[email protected]> > -- ___ _ Doug Smith \ / ) P.O. Box 1457 ========= Los Gatos, CA 95031-1457 _ / \ / \ _ TEL/FAX: 408-356-4186/358-3799 / /\ \ ] / /\ \ Mobile: 408-858-4528 | q-----( ) | o | Email: [email protected] \ _ / ] \ _ / Website: http://www.dsmith.org - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
