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| Thread ID: 107028 | 2010-02-01 09:04:00 | Toyota recall tragedies | Scouse (83) | PC World Chat |
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| 854336 | 2010-02-01 09:04:00 | www.nytimes.com | Scouse (83) | ||
| 854337 | 2010-02-01 09:14:00 | Shows far we havent come in car technology, where a throttle linkage with a return spring was fine. If the spring broke you leaned down and pulled the accelerator pedal back up. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 854338 | 2010-02-01 09:31:00 | www.stuff.co.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 854339 | 2010-02-01 22:23:00 | Shows far we havent come in car technology, where a throttle linkage with a return spring was fine. If the spring broke you leaned down and pulled the accelerator pedal back up. Yep thats the problem - some people cant think if something goes wrong / out of the "normal" most accelerators you can simply flick them back up with your foot. Actually watching USA TV over the internet yesterday, and Toyota were saying its a simple fix -- They insert a washer/shim in the assembly and its fixed. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 854340 | 2010-02-02 03:21:00 | Surely youd even consider turning the car off? Rather than ringing 911 and panicing about how your car wont stop. Bit of a no brainer I would have thought | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 854341 | 2010-02-02 03:25:00 | Yep thats the problem - some people cant think if something goes wrong / out of the "normal" most accelerators you can simply flick them back up with your foot. Actually watching USA TV over the internet yesterday, and Toyota were saying its a simple fix -- They insert a washer/shim in the assembly and its fixed. Some accelerator pedals are actually designed differently, so they have a front hinge, which would make it very difficult to pull it back up if it got stuck. Honda civics do it that way, but I don't know about these affected toyotas. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 854342 | 2010-02-02 03:32:00 | Surely youd even consider turning the car off? Rather than ringing 911 and panicing about how your car wont stop. Bit of a no brainer I would have thought +1 or shift out of gear. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 854343 | 2010-02-02 03:41:00 | Some accelerator pedals are actually designed differently, so they have a front hinge, which would make it very difficult to pull it back up if it got stuck. Honda civics do it that way, but I don't know about these affected toyotas. They can put people on the moon but not design a foolproof engine throttle system. Engineers too clever for own good no common sense. I did a engine conversion on Ford E93A put in 100/E had to bend up throttle linkage 180 deg sometimes it would go over centre and stick at full throttle. No biggie switch off engine open bonnet pull quadrant arm free and continue journey. Now days some people dont have any concept how their car works so are rooted when the unexpected happens. In my day Dads used to teach their kids how to do rings and bearings and head jobs on cars so they were setup for life. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 854344 | 2010-02-02 04:41:00 | They can put people on the moon but not design a foolproof engine throttle system. Engineers too clever for own good no common sense. I did a engine conversion on Ford E93A put in 100/E had to bend up throttle linkage 180 deg sometimes it would go over centre and stick at full throttle. No biggie switch off engine open bonnet pull quadrant arm free and continue journey. Now days some people dont have any concept how their car works so are rooted when the unexpected happens. In my day Dads used to teach their kids how to do rings and bearings and head jobs on cars so they were setup for life. It is more to do with cost cutting. When costs are cut too much, quality suffers. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 854345 | 2010-02-02 05:47:00 | :) | Trev (427) | ||
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