Toyota; Total recall?

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Well tried that and survived. My car, a Renault not a Totota I must add has a puch button start and a key card. IE, you don't turn the key to swith on of off. It also has an electric assisted steering rack.

Got the car to 30mph uphill pressed the engine stop which normally requires 1 push to stop the engine with the card in the dash, 2 if the cars not in the dash.
Nothing happened, untill i pressed it twice in quick succesion and thast stopped it, yes it did loose the power steering but at driving speeds that doewsn't matter. The steering did not lock.
Repeated again downhill with the same result.

I think Toyota got something very wrong if they decided the engine cannot be stopped on the move:(:(

The engine is stopped by holding the start/stop button. If owners read their manuals they'd know this.

cyclonebri1

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

The engine is stopped by holding the start/stop button. If owners read their manuals they'd know this.

There I am afraid you are wrong:T. Nothing to say in my manual about that but then again maybe that is just another panic reaction that others than Toyota have considered.?

Don't know if anyone else here saw the program but Toyota were VERY apologetic, couldn't expect anything else, but said they "grew too fast, and lost track of their priorities", ? hmmmm sounds about right.




John, I suffer my watch being an hour out for 6 months rather than try to adjust/synchronise it's analogue and digital display, :wall::wall::wall::wall:

John_Pierpoint

I've got a digital watch that is meant to respond to me holding in a button.

Can I reset the wretched thing this morning?

Inactive

mikey72 wrote: »

I think we know what you're convinced of by now, but do you have anything useful to say yet, or is it still just the conspiracy theory?

http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2008/9/24/a-25-billion-lifeline-for-gm-ford-and-chrysler


No hidden agenda.. ??

cyclonebri1

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

The engine is stopped by holding the start/stop button. If owners read their manuals they'd know this.

I'll try that tommorrow, as I don't know if it does or not.

mikey72

Inactive wrote: »

http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2008/9/24/a-25-billion-lifeline-for-gm-ford-and-chrysler


No hidden agenda.. ??

What, do you think the government put all the good Toyotas in area 51 with the ufo's and aliens?
(or maybe they pass them all through and somehow modify them so they fail later...............)

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4PtafRB9c

mikey72

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ4PtafRB9c

Is that really you pew pew, if it is I mentioned this in post 29.
(To be fair, I haven't watched it all the way through, so I'm assuming this is one that works properly)

cyclonebri1

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

The engine is stopped by holding the start/stop button. If owners read their manuals they'd know this.

Well as long as they don't read your drivel they should be ok.

Lo and behold, holding down the stop button when on the move does NOTHING :T

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Really, watch the video. Why is it that when he holds the start/stop button, the engine shuts down?

Oh look, here's the official Toyota website, which says the same thing:

http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota-prius-vehicle-throttle-155094.aspx

...and here's the UK Toyota blog, which repeats that advice:

http://blog.toyota.co.uk/advice-to-customers-concerned-about-accelerator-pedal-issues