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A 10-month long probe done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA found no link between software-driven throttles and unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp vehicles. The investigation concluded that the previously suspected sticking accelerator pedals and loose floor mats are to blame for the unfortunate incidents, which allegedly caused some 89 deaths.
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Government Probe Finds no Link Between Electronics and Unintended Acceleration in Toyota and Lexus Vehicles
A 10-month long probe done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA found no link between software-driven throttles and unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp vehicles. The investigation concluded that the previously suspected sticking accelerator pedals and loose floor mats are to blame for the unfortunate incidents, which allegedly caused some 89 deaths.
“There is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in Toyotasâ€, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement.
Read more »- A Case Of Sticky Throttles Or Sticky Limbs?
We would like to believe that carmakers have addressed all issues associated with sticky accelerator pedals and unintended acceleration caused by floor mat entrapment, but you can never be entirely sure. And then there's always the possibility of...
- Toyota Agrees To Pay Us$1.4 Billion To Settle Unintended Acceleration Lawsuits
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The Toyota Group may be off the hook over suspicions of unwanted sudden acceleration caused by software-driven throttles after the findings of the NHTSA-NASA study, but the Japanese automaker is once again making headlines over trapped accelerator pedals....
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