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Prius “runaway” unintended acceleration? Shift into neutral
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25 comments on “Prius “runaway” unintended acceleration? Shift into neutral”
@GregRobinson156 Even Prius I have the great honor of getting behind seems to have a top speed of about 48 MPH, even on a rural interstate where the speed limit is 70
I bet if Chevy had a stuck throttle problem all of you would come down on and criticize GM But when the EMPEROR’s COMPANY TOYOTA BANSAI! has a throttle problem you try to find an excuse. All of you are betrayers to your country. I hope you get run over by a chrome bumpered car from the 50s or 60s.
i seriously can’t believe they were accelerating at full throttle and the car was barely going up in mph. some passing power, i’d be literally be scared to drive these turtles of cars.
there was never anything wrong with the drive by wire system. it started out with the gas pedal getting stuck on the floormat which is a legit reason. the media just morphed it into saying that he car just randomly accelerates for no damn reason. all a bunch of bullshit if u ask me
@tmt686 Respond to this video.it probably is stray external radio frequency or stray internal electrical charges that is screwing up the drive by wire system all together.Toyota asked for help from NASA scientists to help them find stray rf that is messing up their drive by wire systems. It has nothing to do with a spring.All of these systems will go haywire if the power source isnt carefully designed,allowing stray currents in.Only 1 failure-shoddy design of toyota electrical components.
@tmt686 Respond to this video…Toyota says “to all those people maimed and killed recently by our cars, people who we subsequently referred to as pathological liars, lying scum trying to make us look bad, stupid americans who get the brake and gas pedal mixed up, we say..ooops. Sooooo sorry. We soooo sorry. We stupid. We dont realize the toyota tundra not capable of deaccelerating from 250 mph. I never occur to us that something wrong with our box. So sorry. Ooops. Ha ha ha. We so silly.
Respond to this video…My guess is-they will find it was actually mechanical malfunction. No, we havent had an outbreak of driver suicides recently, suicides that only occur among Toyota drivers. Toyota had only one (1), yes 1!!! black box readers in the US until 2010, and they never allowed non toyota employees to use it. When they finally did allow the NTSB to use it this year, they imediately saw the data it produced was physically impossible. Both detector and reader are screwy.
@tmt686 lets look in the newspaper today…LA TImes, sept 15 “toyota admits black box reader bug”. The national highway safety administation reported to congress that they tested the black boxes, and found in 35/58 recorders that when they applied the brakes, this action was not recorded by the box. So they have to go back to reevaluate all the fatal accidents chalked up to driver error, with no indication of braking action, to see if these cases were actually mechanical malfunction.
@frankiej510 sorry if I’m being a pest
if you meant wireless (there’s no bowden cable) then yes, but there are electrical wires attached to the sensors.
@frankiej510 The senors are on the ETC assembly and on the top of the pedal and the system is physically wired together. If it was wireless the sensors would have to have their own batteries and nobody would care to change them, like in a cell phone
@frankiej510 It’s all physical wires. No wireless anything. The only thing wireless is the hands free bluetooth phone connectivity. If you get a chance take a look. A wireless system for a car would be crazy.
@tmt686 Are you serious? Did you know that the Drive By system found in Toyota vehicles are based on air plane throttle controls? Most likely it’s a rip off of an air plane. What this system is, is basically a wireless signal coming from the Drive By system and going to a the ECU which tells the car to go faster, turn off, and shift into drive/park/reverse. I’ve done my research and I can’t find anything to prove that I’m wrong. Prove me wrong, and I will stop replying.
@frankiej510 This is why your arguement fails, there is no such thing as a wireless gear selector. The shifter is drive by wire selector, so first the accelerator pedal would have to be stuck and the drive by wire selector not work (same as mechanical return spring snapping), which would be two independent critical part failures. So at that point the vehicle can still be stopped by turning the ignition off.
Here’s why your test fails. Your on board computer hasn’t failed. If it should fail, you won’t be able to shift your wireless gear selector into neutral.
@Jellolion1 what are you talking about? I don’t teach anything, I’m not a teacher. You must be confusing me for someone else, but the way you go around creating arguments with anyone on the internet, I wouldn’t be surprised as to how you get yourself so flustered and confused. And you say that you’re supposedly so highly educated? I don’t think so, just keep fooling yourself buddy, because no educated person goes around using such foul language as you have done so well.
@Jellolion1 your hate for Japanese makes sense now, you’re Chinese or do business with them, and Chinese abhor Japanese. It all makes sense now. But go ahead and keep talking so highly about yourself and your PhD, and your Asian enterprises and what not, it’s youtube in case you forgot. For all we know you’re just some 12 year old Chinese kid playing World of Warcraft all day long and talking shit to everybody because it’s obvious you have nothing better to do.
@Jellolion1 Thanks again for assuming more about me, a pathetic drifting bum? and you of all people got a PhD, hah, I laugh at that, nobody as stupid as you can possibly have a degree in anything.
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85buickV8 says:
December 29th, 2010
2:26 am
@GregRobinson156 Even Prius I have the great honor of getting behind seems to have a top speed of about 48 MPH, even on a rural interstate where the speed limit is 70
Supergungun says:
December 29th, 2010
2:44 am
I bet if Chevy had a stuck throttle problem all of you would come down on and criticize GM But when the EMPEROR’s COMPANY TOYOTA BANSAI! has a throttle problem you try to find an excuse. All of you are betrayers to your country. I hope you get run over by a chrome bumpered car from the 50s or 60s.
JBofBrisbane says:
December 29th, 2010
3:02 am
@GregRobinson156 – which part of the number “70″ are you having trouble with? The seven – or the zero?
GregRobinson156 says:
December 29th, 2010
4:01 am
i seriously can’t believe they were accelerating at full throttle and the car was barely going up in mph. some passing power, i’d be literally be scared to drive these turtles of cars.
tablerape says:
December 29th, 2010
4:07 am
there was never anything wrong with the drive by wire system. it started out with the gas pedal getting stuck on the floormat which is a legit reason. the media just morphed it into saying that he car just randomly accelerates for no damn reason. all a bunch of bullshit if u ask me
Jellolion1 says:
December 29th, 2010
4:47 am
@tmt686 Respond to this video.it probably is stray external radio frequency or stray internal electrical charges that is screwing up the drive by wire system all together.Toyota asked for help from NASA scientists to help them find stray rf that is messing up their drive by wire systems. It has nothing to do with a spring.All of these systems will go haywire if the power source isnt carefully designed,allowing stray currents in.Only 1 failure-shoddy design of toyota electrical components.
Jellolion1 says:
December 29th, 2010
5:42 am
@tmt686 Respond to this video…Toyota says “to all those people maimed and killed recently by our cars, people who we subsequently referred to as pathological liars, lying scum trying to make us look bad, stupid americans who get the brake and gas pedal mixed up, we say..ooops. Sooooo sorry. We soooo sorry. We stupid. We dont realize the toyota tundra not capable of deaccelerating from 250 mph. I never occur to us that something wrong with our box. So sorry. Ooops. Ha ha ha. We so silly.
Jellolion1 says:
December 29th, 2010
6:16 am
Respond to this video…My guess is-they will find it was actually mechanical malfunction. No, we havent had an outbreak of driver suicides recently, suicides that only occur among Toyota drivers. Toyota had only one (1), yes 1!!! black box readers in the US until 2010, and they never allowed non toyota employees to use it. When they finally did allow the NTSB to use it this year, they imediately saw the data it produced was physically impossible. Both detector and reader are screwy.
Jellolion1 says:
December 29th, 2010
7:11 am
@tmt686 lets look in the newspaper today…LA TImes, sept 15 “toyota admits black box reader bug”. The national highway safety administation reported to congress that they tested the black boxes, and found in 35/58 recorders that when they applied the brakes, this action was not recorded by the box. So they have to go back to reevaluate all the fatal accidents chalked up to driver error, with no indication of braking action, to see if these cases were actually mechanical malfunction.
schlusselmensch says:
December 29th, 2010
8:07 am
@Jellolion1 Or he might have just been a cretin who could not handle any sort of a malfunction.
tmt686 says:
December 29th, 2010
8:11 am
@frankiej510 sorry if I’m being a pest
if you meant wireless (there’s no bowden cable) then yes, but there are electrical wires attached to the sensors.
tmt686 says:
December 29th, 2010
8:19 am
@frankiej510 The senors are on the ETC assembly and on the top of the pedal and the system is physically wired together. If it was wireless the sensors would have to have their own batteries and nobody would care to change them, like in a cell phone
frankiej510 says:
December 29th, 2010
9:08 am
@tmt686 Wrong again pal. It uses wireless sensors to determine the correct pressure to fuel ratio. Look it up on auto.howstuffworks
tmt686 says:
December 29th, 2010
9:15 am
@frankiej510 It’s all physical wires. No wireless anything. The only thing wireless is the hands free bluetooth phone connectivity. If you get a chance take a look. A wireless system for a car would be crazy.
tmt686 says:
December 29th, 2010
9:58 am
@frankiej510 can’t reply to your research, unless you give me a source
frankiej510 says:
December 29th, 2010
10:34 am
@tmt686 Are you serious? Did you know that the Drive By system found in Toyota vehicles are based on air plane throttle controls? Most likely it’s a rip off of an air plane. What this system is, is basically a wireless signal coming from the Drive By system and going to a the ECU which tells the car to go faster, turn off, and shift into drive/park/reverse. I’ve done my research and I can’t find anything to prove that I’m wrong. Prove me wrong, and I will stop replying.
tmt686 says:
December 29th, 2010
10:45 am
@frankiej510 This is why your arguement fails, there is no such thing as a wireless gear selector. The shifter is drive by wire selector, so first the accelerator pedal would have to be stuck and the drive by wire selector not work (same as mechanical return spring snapping), which would be two independent critical part failures. So at that point the vehicle can still be stopped by turning the ignition off.
frankiej510 says:
December 29th, 2010
11:09 am
Here’s why your test fails. Your on board computer hasn’t failed. If it should fail, you won’t be able to shift your wireless gear selector into neutral.
whatitis99 says:
December 29th, 2010
11:40 am
@Kdog54902 They don’t mean for you to let it slam back to where it wants to go you dumbass redneck hillbilly mother fucker. GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!
Kdog54902 says:
December 29th, 2010
11:59 am
@whatitis99 Are you kidding? You think that was rough? What a puss.
whatitis99 says:
December 29th, 2010
12:26 pm
Why don’t you slam the shifter around a little harder? It’s not broke yet. Why do people have to be so fucking rough on everything?
gambart2002 says:
December 29th, 2010
1:22 pm
this proves that all that media fuss about Prius speeding uncontrollably was a BS.
lucernrox says:
December 29th, 2010
2:01 pm
@Jellolion1 what are you talking about? I don’t teach anything, I’m not a teacher. You must be confusing me for someone else, but the way you go around creating arguments with anyone on the internet, I wouldn’t be surprised as to how you get yourself so flustered and confused. And you say that you’re supposedly so highly educated? I don’t think so, just keep fooling yourself buddy, because no educated person goes around using such foul language as you have done so well.
lucernrox says:
December 29th, 2010
2:44 pm
@Jellolion1 your hate for Japanese makes sense now, you’re Chinese or do business with them, and Chinese abhor Japanese. It all makes sense now. But go ahead and keep talking so highly about yourself and your PhD, and your Asian enterprises and what not, it’s youtube in case you forgot. For all we know you’re just some 12 year old Chinese kid playing World of Warcraft all day long and talking shit to everybody because it’s obvious you have nothing better to do.
lucernrox says:
December 29th, 2010
3:02 pm
@Jellolion1 Thanks again for assuming more about me, a pathetic drifting bum? and you of all people got a PhD, hah, I laugh at that, nobody as stupid as you can possibly have a degree in anything.