CNN Claims It Uncovered Withheld Toyota Documents Confirming Unintended Acceleration Issues

Toyota engineers found an electronic software problem that caused "sudden unintended acceleration" in a test vehicle during pre-production trials, according to a company engineering document obtained by and translated for CNN.

The 2006 document, marked "confidential," recounted the results of an adaptive cruise-control software test in a model internally designated the 250L, a vehicle later sold as the Lexus 460 in Japan and Europe. The document says a "fail-safe overhaul" would be needed for another model in production, internally designated the 180L, which the company says was later sold as a Toyota Tundra.

 

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kpaxx - 3/2/2012 9:21:34 AM

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This is HUGE I hope NHTSA takes it seriously. Seems like toyota is trying to weasel out of this but I would be scared to buy any toyota product!

LexSucks - 3/2/2012 1:15:21 PM

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LIES!!!!! Toyota has not done a single thing wrong in their entire existence.

toyfan - 3/2/2012 4:53:39 PM

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This is ridiculous!!!

85bmw745i - 3/3/2012 11:07:50 PM

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Funny how there have been no claims all of the sudden. It was a scam by the govt to get GM sales, which makes sense since GM is owned by the govt.

85bmw745i - 3/3/2012 11:11:19 PM

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If this were a true problem we would still have people making claims. How many of these cars do you think didn't make it in to have the recall performed?