It keeps getting worse for Toyota
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It keeps getting worse for Toyota
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_runaway_prius
Man Toyota's reputation is going down in flames. :rofl:
Hopefully not a repost. I searched "Toyota" and "flaming prius of doom" but didn't see anything.
EL CAJON, Calif. – A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said.
Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that he could not control his car, the CHP said.
"I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver said at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the brakes...it wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just kept speeding up," Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he was pressing the pedal so hard.
A patrol car pulled alongside the Prius and officers told Sikes over a loudspeaker to push the brake pedal to the floor and apply the emergency brake.
"They also got it going on a steep upgrade," said Officer Jesse Udovich. "Between those three things, they got it to slow down."
After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the engine and coasted to a halt.
Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that he could not control his car, the CHP said.
"I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver said at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the brakes...it wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just kept speeding up," Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he was pressing the pedal so hard.
A patrol car pulled alongside the Prius and officers told Sikes over a loudspeaker to push the brake pedal to the floor and apply the emergency brake.
"They also got it going on a steep upgrade," said Officer Jesse Udovich. "Between those three things, they got it to slow down."
After the car decelerated to about 50 mph, Sikes turned off the engine and coasted to a halt.
Man Toyota's reputation is going down in flames. :rofl:
Hopefully not a repost. I searched "Toyota" and "flaming prius of doom" but didn't see anything.
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why the fuck don't people turn the car off right away....you don't need to do all that work to get it to 50mph before you do. turn car off...apply brakes....profit. He could call 911 but not figure that out....people are dumb.
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exact same thing i was thinking, not to mention what kind of retard KNOWS there is a serious recall on his vehicle yet has done nothing to address the issue then they want to blame toyota for this?
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Also, I probably wouldn't want to shut off a Prius if I was going at 70+mph. Since it's all drive-by-wire these days, you might lose all braking and steering assist, or at least a good chunk of it. I'd still like to know why you never see people shift into neutral, however. And the number 1 rule from all of this should be "don't pump your brakes," just mash down once as hard as you can.
Edit -- I guess the Prius was involved in the floor mat recall, just not the newer accelerator pedal recall. So if he still had the offending floormats, then I agree with Jesse.
Last edited by JGordon; Mar 9, 2010 at 06:18 AM.