How come Toyota's have only been killing people in the USA?

William Paper · 22 Jul 2010, 07:25 am

Wiliam District · 22 Jul 2010, 07:31 am

Its a Japanese conspiracy to lower the birth rate in the U.S.

tinyfl27 · 22 Jul 2010, 07:34 am

It is a foreign owned company that did not take any stimulus money, nor has union workers, so the current government regime has no control.... bad mouthing them in the state controlled media by highlighting certain issues wil drive down their sales

kyyrilteryn · 22 Jul 2010, 07:40 am

Actually, Toyota discovered that all the acceleration problems were driver error and not a mechanical problem with the car itself. They were hitting the gas pedal instead of the brake in most of the cases reported.

American Idle · 22 Jul 2010, 07:45 am

@kyyrilteryn: In its independent research, Toyota has found a number of causes of unintended acceleration, ONE of which happens to be "pedal misapplication.Toyota said "We have also confirmed several different causes for unintended acceleration reports including pedal entrapment by floor mats, pedal misapplication and normal vehicle functions such as engine idle up for cold start or air conditioning loads" Driver error It is not the cause of all, and there certainly is a reason Toyota has a higher rate of unintended acceleration than other automakers. Yes, there was a breaking news headline that claimed the reason was driver error, but the article (which I know was in the Wall Street Journal, maybe others) was the information was either not correctly sourced or presented. The NHTSA has not released their findings, so that led to allegations that Toyota planted the article, which they deny. Toyota has admitted to faults, so I trust they did not plant an article countering that. It seems more than likely that someone did not have their sources/facts straight before publishing the article.

And it's not only in the U.S. Toyota has recalled cars in Japan, China and Europe for the same issue.