Feds Aren't Through With Toyota Just Yet! Focus Now Turns To Faulty Programming

Feds Aren't Through With Toyota Just Yet!  Focus Now Turns To Faulty Programming
The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking into whether Toyota Motor Corp.'s problems with unintended acceleration can be traced to defects in the electronic controls rather than just the mechanical problems cited by the automaker, a Transportation official said today.

“We're not finished with Toyota and are continuing to review possible defects and monitor the implementation of the recalls,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today in a statement.

When asked whether the federal review includes possible electronic problems with Toyota vehicles, a Transportation official who asked not to be identified responded in an e-mail, “Yes.”
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kpaxxkpaxx - 2/3/2010 9:36:13 AM
+7 Boost
This is incredible toyota totally does not know what is going on with this unintended acceleration debacle. They should be banned from the roads!

When will the find the root cause!


pepito66pepito66 - 2/3/2010 9:48:16 AM
+5 Boost
Goverment need to make a DEEP investigation to protect customer and really know the true of this dangerous issue. They don't speak clear about the causes.
Yesterday and the day before yesterday in Miami Chanel 51 and 22 The owner of Kendall Toyota Dealer in Miami explain about the Toyota issue but , he said is a very easy problem and just one car was affected and everything is fine, how is possible that this moron explain something different in a TV news for all Miami customer and The President of Toyota explain clearly about this matter. The executives of the brand must take action with this guy too.He must be crazy because his dealer is empty I think. He is the owner of the Kendall Toyota I think because he always make a commercial of this dealer too. This is a real mess for real.


MeanVulcanMeanVulcan - 2/3/2010 11:06:13 AM
+2 Boost
This is proof of what I've always claimed about Toyota and Lexus. They adapt technology developed by others, ridding of the quirks and sell it for less, saving on the development and creativity.

Toyota has no clue (or even worse, they do and hide the truth of their ineptness) of what to do as far as an engineering solution and as far as handling this with the media and their customers.

WHAT A DEBACLE!!!!!!!


ThierryHenry14ThierryHenry14 - 2/3/2010 11:11:59 AM
+4 Boost
I'm hearing the latest are the Brakes on the New Prius. There have been numerous complaints already both in US and Japan.


ThierryHenry14ThierryHenry14 - 2/3/2010 1:41:09 PM
+3 Boost
Who is the idiot that deboosted me? Perhaps someone in denial?


LexSucksLexSucks - 2/3/2010 11:36:53 AM
-5 Boost
There isn't anything wrong with any Toyota Vehicle!! This is just the U.S Government's attempt to bring down Toyota because Toyota past GM as the largest Auto Manufacturer. Wake up People!!


Agent009Agent009 - 2/3/2010 12:24:47 PM
+3 Boost
Now that is a conspiracy theory if I ever heard one!


pepito66pepito66 - 2/9/2010 5:51:35 PM
+1 Boost
You are the only one that have to wake up, what happens with the 19 people death and issues in Europe, China and Japan...........hello.....Open our eyes......Toyota was Toyota in 1990 then all is a great mess now ,you can see that this is not the end you'll see............the snow ball is getting bigger and bigger so be careful lol......


thetruth01thetruth01 - 2/3/2010 5:31:45 PM
+1 Boost
And yet, they have found nothing electronically wrong so far. buth taht part seems to get lost.


thstonethstone - 2/3/2010 6:07:06 PM
+5 Boost
What we're really talking about is Software Reliability. It is otften defined as "the probability of failure-free operation of a computer program in a specified environment for a specified time".

Its not as simple as counting bugs because not all software bugs are equal. Some don't make any difference in the system operation and some crash the system, so a measure of criticality is usually also required.

And even if a system has been tested repeatedly and shown to be "bug-free" there are instances where the external conditions are beyond what was defined in the requirements. These conditions can be environmental or operational. In this case, the response of the software system may be unknown because it is beyond the expected range of defined operation of the system.

Thus, the evaluation of the software control can become hugely complex and time consuming. And if its hard to do on standar Toyota, think about how hard it might be on a GT-R.


upwardsupwards - 2/3/2010 11:58:55 PM
+1 Boost
Hell the mentioned countries don't have the same standards as the US.


lexworldlexworld - 2/4/2010 12:36:12 PM
+2 Boost
Man you haters are going to be eating Toyota blitz when this is all over. Yeah I agree with Agent009 in that Lexsucks theory is a reality for GM, Ford and Chrysler. Nonetheless, all that Toyota Hate and Media Mess that Agent009 is spreading will come back and haunt you big time because, what you sow you will reap!


XYZZXYZZ - 2/5/2010 11:07:06 AM
+2 Boost
seems i saw somewhere that NHTSA has some 100 issues under investigation. those involving toyotas are LESS THAN 5 or so.

so howcum the media says nothing about all the OTHERS? methinks this is a huge LOVE-fest gang-bang of toyota bashing. and of course, anus-spies is World Headquarters of toyota bashing.


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