Run Away Prius a Hoax

vegasjetskier · Mar 26, 2010

wwest40 said: ↑

Yes, I suppose some might see it as incompetence, but I see it as a "smoke screen" or magic trick, "look over here, not where the action is".
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So you're saying they're in a conspiracy with Toyota to hide the "real" problem.

Maybe you didn't read the report, but they were testing the Gilbert theory, not looking for other possible causes.

austingreen · Mar 26, 2010

hobbit said: ↑

"50% braking" is *NOT* a number I ever said, don't attribute things
to me wrongly. I said "meaningful braking" when recounting my own
Prius "override" testing, as a qualitative point at which drive force
was removed. It wasn't a whole lot of meaningful, either, but still
enough to drag all the hydraulic brakes and make plentiful heat.
.

_H*
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apologies hobbit. I removed the misquote. Thank you for the correction.

Iceman123 · Mar 27, 2010

robbyr2 said: ↑

Old news. Who gave ABC, Fox, CNN, CBS, etc their information? It's journalism by press release from the product liability lawyers. Supported by shills with degrees. OMG, a real professor? There are a few thousand of them around I think. And like most people, money can help them make up their minds.
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Please don't forget the made up dead people stories...Can't forget to mention that !

wwest40 · Mar 28, 2010

hobbit said: ↑

"50% braking" is *NOT* a number I ever said, don't attribute things
to me wrongly. I said "meaningful braking" when recounting my own
Prius "override" testing, as a qualitative point at which drive force
was removed. It wasn't a whole lot of meaningful, either, but still
enough to drag all the hydraulic brakes and make plentiful heat.
.
The error-trigger voltage between the pedal leads *is* 0.4V in the
Prius as of '04. Maybe not some other, perhaps earlier, Toyotas.
.
Gilbert is a buffoon who couldn't figure out how to fake out the
ECT controls in the other cars [thus, it took Exponent to do it
correctly later], and at this point I think all of this pedal-leads
nonsense is barking up the entirely wrong tree.
.
wwest, what am I supposed to google for to find your theoretical CV?
"wwest40" only returns a few priuschat links, much of it in all of
the foregoing. It strikes me that your practical street knowledge of
the second and third gen cars doesn't match what you're trying to
pass off that you know.
.
_H*
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bac · Mar 28, 2010

2k1Toaster said: ↑

No there wasnt one. They made one up to try and appease the idiots. Nobody said it was perfect, but it isnt broken and unsafe. Improvements can be made for anything, a prius is no difference.
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SPOT ON! :whoo:

-Brad

robbyr2 · Mar 28, 2010

Iceman123 said: ↑

Please don't forget the made up dead people stories...Can't forget to mention that !
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Good point, since none of them has been proven to be Toyota's fault by the preponderance of the evidence as required in a civil proceeding.

Iceman123 · Apr 7, 2010

civicdriver06 said: ↑

Hi
I am from Germany and do you know whats really strange about all of this ?
While Priuses seem to " run away " near enogh ever day in your country we don`t have a single case in Germany where Priuses have been sold since 13 years !
I havnÂ´t heared about cases in Europe nor Japan !
So why is it they only seem to "run away" in the US ?
This all reminds me of the 80 !
Audi was quite succsessfully selling cars in the US (Audi 5000) when they strangely suddenly starrtet to act like a "runaway Prius" !
And by the way,this only happend in the US also !
There was an investigaton by your authorities to the cases but of course there was absolutly nothing to it and the car was behaving as it should but that did`nt help Audi in any way !
They are still suffering from that today .
The same thing as did to Audi now is happening to Toyota .
Of course it was a hoax !
How the hell did he manage to get through trafic for 30 miles at a speed of 94 mph when he wasn`t even able to slow down ?
I can asure you he would have hit sombody on the way without a doubt !
Theres absolutly nothing wrong with your Priuses at least nothing serious !
Its your media whoÂ´s trying to scare the living daylights out of you in order to return to american vehicles !
And of course when ever somthing like this happens there are people who try to benefit from it in order to get money from Toyota !
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As time passes..some facts come about...Although there is no mention of Prius in the accompanying article...Your statements came to thought...Let it be known...If their is a problem in your country...Be sure, that there might not be someone ringing your doorbell...To inform you of the latest and greatest...Many countries have kept their public in the dark on various of things for various reasons...Your country can attest to that...Food for thought: Toyota Warned Europe of Pedals Weeks Before U.S. - CBS News

bwilson4web · May 10, 2010

Update to the Sikes story:
Feds can

. . .
Sikes returned his leased Prius to Toyota of El Cajon on March 9, where the vehicle underwent testing. A Toyota spokesman said Friday that he didn’t know the whereabouts of the hybrid, but that it had not been placed on a sales lot.

Sikes said he has moved on. He just bought a Nissan Cube.

“I’ve always loved Toyotas,” Sikes said. “No more.”
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Everyone is happy . . . except Nissan.

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