Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Walker" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: sudden stop
John Sessoms wrote:
Several others as well.
The Toyota case became notable for the same reason the Audi case became
notable. They started off by denying it was happening at all, then tried
to blame it all on driver error, and were eventually forced into a recall
to fix the problem.
Not to be too pedantic, but as I recall (no pun intended), the Audi case
was never *proven* to be Audi's problem. It seems much more likely it was
driver error by a rather hysterical person.
The U.S., Canadian & Japanese government investigated 100's of various
vehicles and all came to the same conclusion - there was no vehicle
malfunction - it was operator error caused by pedal misapplication.
But because Audi was unable to positively prove driver error it ultimately
resulted in them discontinuing the model line in question (the 100 and
90?) and starting the A4, A6, A8 line to replace it. They installed the
now standard "can't shift xmission until brakes are applied" interlock.
That doesn't actually "fix" the probably non-existent "problem", but it
(a) shows the public that Audi has "done something", and (b) makes the
alleged incident completely impossible in future. That worked as Audi's
sales are excellent these days.
The Audi 'problem' was sudden unwanted acceleration from a stop. What
appears to be the issue with some of the Toyota issues is a sudden, unwanted
acceleration while the vehicle is in motion - totally different.
The 'Audi' fix requires the operator to have his foot on the brakes pedal
before shifting the auto trans into gear.
I'm sure I'll be corrected (and over-corrected) if any of that isn't quite
right. ;-)
Just as you predicted.......
-bmw
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