[AT] Can you hear me now?

[Bob McNitt]

I'm kind of holding my breath, hoping Subaru isn't the next to have 
electronic problems, as I have a Baja. Years ago, I had a Plymouth 
Breeze that I used for business trips since it had great mpg qualities. 
Once I was traveling on an Interstate at about 70mph in cruise and all 
of a sudden the car began to accelerate. I tapped the brake and even 
turned off the cruise, but it kept going faster. I slipped it into 
neutral, coasted to the shoulder and turned it off. On restarting it 
worked fine the rest of the trip. I had the dealer check it out but they 
could find nothing wrong, and it never did that again. Since many of the 
electronics on the car were made in Japan (or maybe Korea), when I 
started hearing about the Toyotas, what happened to me made more sense. 
I suspect it has a lot to do with the electronics (especially when in 
cruise) than a mechanically faulty brake pedal or floor mat.

On 2/4/2010 2:43 PM, David Bruce wrote:
> Been rather quiet for a day or so.
>
> Seems Toyota is having the week from ...
>
> First the big recall
> then the Transportations Secretary plants his foot firmly in mouth -
> wonder if any of that was driven by the US government owning a lot of GM
> and Chrysler?
> more and more buzz about electronics problems rather than mechanical for
> the accelerator issues
> now a recall for Prius brake problems
>
> "Oh what a feeling"
>
> David
> NW NC
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