saveliberty
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- Oct 12, 2009
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Here's the part of this Toyota fiasco I've been wondering about. It's only been a few days now that they stopped selling various models because of the problem. They did so because they're either too dangerous to sell, or because they don't want to face the additional liability if someone gets hurt/killed due to whatever the malfunction happens to be. Perhaps a combination of both.
But now, just days later, they've either started shipping or will soon certain parts or whatever to dealers to install in cars to fix the problem. But that didn't happen overnight. There had to be some period of time - days, weeks, months? - for them to engineer the part(s) to fix things and then manufacture and ship them. But during that period of time they were okay with dealers selling the same models they now won't let them sell? Hmmm...
They are just doing a cheapo fix with a shim.
To the US made accel assys only. the Jap built ones are fine.
Can the Japanese sue for damages on a defective auto in Japan? Is it a fix? A shim will not stop sudden acceleration on a nondrive-by wire system. It is either a sensor or computer problem. Why are these cars allowed on the road while defective?