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Originally Posted by Rogue Leader
So you're gonna stereotype a whole country of people for what Toyota did. Seriously thats messed up.
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No, seriously, its not. The Japanese live in a strange culture, and not one I care to take part in.
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Did you even bother to read what I posted? No you didn't. Did you research anything? No you didn't. The NHTSA tested the cars involved in accidents found that there was no stuck accelerator in any of the accidents. Not only that you are WRONG about the recall, they never reflashed the PCM because they never said that was the problem. And nobody reported the car just took off on its own, the reports were that they pressed the accelerator and it would never return, it would hang.
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OF COURSE THERE WAS NO STUCK ACCELERATOR!!
The accelerators don't stick!! The PCM holds the throttle plate at wide open throttle even after the pedal is released.
And once again, you are WRONG. The PCM gets reflashed. Straight from Toyotas website:
"In addition, as a separate measure independent of the vehicle-based remedy, Toyota will install a brake override system onto the involved Camry, Avalon, and Lexus ES 350, IS 350 and IS 250 models as an extra measure of confidence. This system cuts engine power in case of simultaneous application of both the accelerator and brake pedals"
Thats part of the reflash. What they don't tell you is that they also flash the rest of the computer and implemented other changes.
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And I'm supposed to believe you based upoin your posts here? No I don't think so, a quick trip to Acura's website shows the TL for example comes factory with 13 inch rotors all around and dual piston front calipers. The Lexus website, Their mid-line sedan the GS has 13 inch rotors up front and 12 in the back with dual piston calipers as well.
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Thats only in the new models of the TL and GS. Previous models (2008 and earlier) still had single piston cast iron calipers with 11" rotors. Garbage on a $40,000 car.
Honda only recently started using dual piston calipers up front because with the increased weight of their newer cars, the single piston systems were pathetic, even by Hondas lax standards. American cars have had aluminum and/or dual piston calipers standard on many models for over 10 years.