Prius Recall due to floor mats? 2 yrs ago Prius owners said there's more to it than that...

I agree. However what I think we're seeing a rash of convenient 'reports' of unintended acceleration now that this high profile tragedy occured. "Me-too's"

What is most striking to me and what confirms for me what philobeddoe said above is ... until now no one, no owner, no crash scene investigator, no one from the insurance companies, no police officer and no one from the NHTSA has been able to find any indication of any software glitch that might have caused the throttle to remain open in these alleged cases of Unintended Acceleration.

The incorrect mats being used are present far more often in these cases than any other explanation. But without someone, anyone showing something definitive to the contrary that's all I see.

With the All Weather mats gone, the real instances of UIA should disappear as they were for the last 30+ years. I think that this will become moot soon.

Congrats to CR for the following ......this testing is very useful and demonstrative.

Consumer Reports tests stuck throttles | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews

 

Interesting read and good test. I wonder why the German manufacturers find it a necessary safety feature to have 'smart throttle technology' while the other manufacturers do not find it necessary. Are the German cars more susceptible than others to get a stuck throttle or do they have worst floor mats?

(Just kidding)

 

Interesting article - thanks for the link..and CR. I'd bet we'll see that technology - automatically cutting throttle (smart throttle) when the brake's applied - will spread. Relatively simple for computer controlled / drive by wire systems to incorporate I suspect. Perhaps another margin of safety - and insistence by the Legal depts.

As for not being able to replicate the issue or find a software glitch. Like News cameras never catching a UFO? hmmm...

 

Did my brakes and forgot to pump the pedal back up rolling out of my garage (manual transmission, no need to hit brakes), bad mechanic for sure.

 

I'm guessing that the reason that the Germans all have it is due to the Audi fiasco back 10 or 15 yrs ago. At that time Audi was going through what Toyota is now except that 60 Minutes falsified an entire segment in acccusing Audi which almost crushed it. If you look at the one comment at the end of the linked article you will read what one of the actual investigators of the Audi mess determined.

 

Consumer Reports tests stuck throttles | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews

hmmm ... where have i heard that before?

 

I'm glad I have cheap crappy after market floor mats.

 

I've been thinking about those who are afraid there might be a bug in their Prius control software ... take it out. Simply remove the hybrid vehicle control unit and the bad software will no longer be in their car ... problem solved.

Bob Wilson

 

Similar instance of uncontrolled acceleration happened when I was a child - long before there was any governmental agency that gave a hoot. The car was a 1957 Olds Super 88. We were driving on the New York State Thruway when I noticed the car gaining speed, and my father weaving in and out of his lane, while honking the horn and fighting with the wheel. He finally turned off the ignition (this was before locking steering wheels) and brought the car to a halt on the shoulder. Investigation showed that the carburetor linkage had somehow broken and part of it swung back getting stuck in the WOT position. I will never forget the abject fear I had that day, and the way my Dad saved us all.

 

I can only dream of my Prius running away with me at breakneck speeds can't imagine that could even happen but it is kind of funny because people never expect the Prius to be doing any speeding you never see a Prius pulled over I saw one the other day it's the first one in my life and it was a brand new 2020 funny tail lighted v looking thing looks like a sports car that's why it was pulled over exactly only reason

 

if you wait long enough, these things can get up to a hundred miles an hour. downhill