NASA clears Toyota of electronic faults
The Toyota unintended-acceleration recall scandal is famous around the world now, although it seems as if the Americans actually did anything about it. The Department of Transportation enlisted the help of NASA scientists, the same ones responsible for the American space program, to have a look at the issues and software within Toyota and Lexus cars to see if the excessive unintended-acceleration claims had any electronic basis. The engineers could not find anything pointing to an electronic problem.
The NASA investigation pointed to the same causes hightlighted by Toyota before. Instances of unintended acceleration were caused by sticky pedals, floor-mat interference and, of course, stupid people pressing the accelerator instead of the brake pedal in a panic. Allusions to an electronic fault making cars acelerate on their own, as once suggested by Apple’s other founder, the in-the-shadows Steve Wozniak, are apparently unfounded. Steve Jobs’ former sidekick suggested his Toyota Prius accelerated by itself on cruise-control every once in a while, and made it a media frenzy.
Posted: February 20th, 2011
at 9:21am by The Editor
Tagged with Toyota Camry
Categories: Toyota
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