US files charge against Toyota, $1.2B penalty
FYI...no OEM is immune from bean counter management decisions... US files charge against Toyota, $1.2B penalty US files charge against Toyota, $1.2B penalty By ERIC TUCKER and TOM KRISHER...
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There were several issues Toyota had to deal with at the time.
One was floor mats.
The second issue was pedal bind.
The third was incompetent and dishonest people.
I never did quiet understand #1? :h How can a mat that gets "under" the pedal cause the pedal to stick WOT? It makes no sense to me. I have had mats get on top of the pedal. It was no big deal. I just reached down, said a few bad words and pull the mat back to the seat.
I had a nephew that worked for Toyota at the time of this mess. I asked him what he was doing. He said he replaced pedal assemblies and put in carpet clips all day long. I asked him why he was replacing the pedals in the cars. He told me because Toyota had a recall going and he was the one that got to do the gravy job. He said it had something to do with pedal bind. I didn't know what that meant at the time but I do now after reading things like this.
The third issue is a tough one for Toyota. Much like the Pepsi syringe deal people jumped on the band wagon and wanted to be a lawsuit millionaire.
How many cases and what % of 1, 2 and 3 is open for debate.
I do know one thing. Every time I belt myself into a race car I make very sure I can shut the engine off if the throttle every sticks open. I practice it the first thing in the morning before the race and think about before every pass. Even as good as this person was she did not think about the kill switch.
One was floor mats.
The second issue was pedal bind.
The third was incompetent and dishonest people.
I never did quiet understand #1? :h How can a mat that gets "under" the pedal cause the pedal to stick WOT? It makes no sense to me. I have had mats get on top of the pedal. It was no big deal. I just reached down, said a few bad words and pull the mat back to the seat.
I had a nephew that worked for Toyota at the time of this mess. I asked him what he was doing. He said he replaced pedal assemblies and put in carpet clips all day long. I asked him why he was replacing the pedals in the cars. He told me because Toyota had a recall going and he was the one that got to do the gravy job. He said it had something to do with pedal bind. I didn't know what that meant at the time but I do now after reading things like this.
The third issue is a tough one for Toyota. Much like the Pepsi syringe deal people jumped on the band wagon and wanted to be a lawsuit millionaire.
How many cases and what % of 1, 2 and 3 is open for debate.
I do know one thing. Every time I belt myself into a race car I make very sure I can shut the engine off if the throttle every sticks open. I practice it the first thing in the morning before the race and think about before every pass. Even as good as this person was she did not think about the kill switch.
