Toyota gas pedal fix injuction?

So basically, the mobile ham radio guy is screwed?
500x_the_ham_car.jpg
 
Pi1otguy said:
So basically, the mobile ham radio guy is screwed?
500x_the_ham_car.jpg
Click to expand...

That's just the radio gear inside. I wonder what the antenna farm on the outside looks like? And, gee wiz, you can only talk on one radio at a time. This is crazy. The maximum number of radios I've had operating in my Jeep at one time is only 3. Two VHF/UHF dual banders and an HF rig. I hope this guy has a separate battery in the back seat to power all that stuff.
 
Ghery said:
That's just the radio gear inside. I wonder what the antenna farm on the outside looks like? And, gee wiz, you can only talk on one radio at a time. This is crazy. The maximum number of radios I've had operating in my Jeep at one time is only 3. Two VHF/UHF dual banders and an HF rig. I hope this guy has a separate battery in the back seat to power all that stuff.
Click to expand...

The number of people that want to talk to you is inversely proportional to the number of radios you have.
 
smigaldi said:
New theory being bandied about that the issue may not be hardware related but actually is an RFI issue.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2010-02-03-electromagnetic03_ST_N.htm

All manufacturers are looking at using electronics in controls such as the accelerator, next is breaks and even steering. This of the electrical interference issues when that happens. You will no longer actually be in charge of driving your care, you will be in negotiations with the computer that is driving your car.
Click to expand...

OK, gotta laugh here. In another thread you busted someones chops about using a questionable source and here you use USA Today when we all know how unreliable their reporting is.
Sorry, just find that humorous.
Carry on.
 
Someone ought to muzzle LaHood:

[FONT=verdana,arial]Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a House hearing today, owners of the recalled Toyota vehicles should park their vehicles and not drive them until they get to a dealership to have the accelerator pedal fixed. Just this afternoon, LaHood took back his comment he made earlier. He said he misspoke, he meant his comment for owners of vehicles that have already shown problems of the accelerator pedal sticking.
Click to expand...



Full story here
[/FONT][FONT=verdana,arial][/FONT]
 
smigaldi said:
You will no longer actually be in charge of driving your care, you will be in negotiations with the computer that is driving your car.
Click to expand...

Remind me of the thread of the three rules of aviation post on the Airbus.
1. Look what it's doing now!
2. It just did it again!
3. How do we make it stop doing that?
 
kevin47881 said:
Here is the proposed repair.
Click to expand...

Heh, I was expecting the link to go to Nissan!

I did hear that the repair makes the pedal more like the Denso part that is used in Japan and is supposedly trouble free. The U.S. supplier used a cheaper plastic design pivot/bushing, so the story goes. If that's true, I bet they're really, really regretting it.


Trapper John
 
I guess I don't see the humor. In the thread you are tlking about the op used on opinion piece to state that entire scietific theory was wrong. While I am saying that there is a theory that there is another explination. I make no claims on the accuracy of such theory unlike the other example where the op could not tell the difference between an opinion piece and a report.


kevin47881 said:
OK, gotta laugh here. In another thread you busted someones chops about using a questionable source
and here you use USA Today when we all know how unreliable their reporting is.

Sorry, just find that humorous.
Carry on.
Click to expand...
 
Trapper John said:
Heh, I was expecting the link to go to Nissan!

I did hear that the repair makes the pedal more like the Denso part that is used in Japan and is supposedly trouble free. The U.S. supplier used a cheaper plastic design pivot/bushing, so the story goes. If that's true, I bet they're really, really regretting it.


Trapper John
Click to expand...

Actually, I read a pretty detailed breakdown which suggested that the US-sourced part was robustly constructed. I think the story is BS.
 
SCCutler said:
Actually, I read a pretty detailed breakdown which suggested that the US-sourced part was robustly constructed. I think the story is BS.
Click to expand...

Maybe. There must be some difference between the U.S. and Japanese built vehicles, though, since the Japanese built models aren't affected by the recall.

Further, Camry, RAV 4, Corolla and Highlander vehicles with VINs that begin with "J" are not involved.

http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/xxxxx-153289.aspx


Trapper John
 
The Woz's swag is that it is software

"Toyota has this accelerator problem we've all heard about," Mr. Wozniak said last week at Discover Forum 2010 in San Francisco, reported CNET.com (via Autoblog). "Well, I have many models of Prius that got recalled, but I have a new model that didn't get recalled. This new model has an accelerator that goes wild, but only under certain conditions of cruise control. And I can repeat it over and over and over again -- safely."
Click to expand...
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/apple-co-founder-my-prius-has-a-problem-too/

Lots of swags out there.
 
Trapper John said:
Maybe. There must be some difference between the U.S. and Japanese built vehicles, though, since the Japanese built models aren't affected by the recall.

Further, Camry, RAV 4, Corolla and Highlander vehicles with VINs that begin with "J" are not involved.

http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/xxxxx-153289.aspx


Trapper John
Click to expand...

I was a little precipitous with my prior post, so I apologize if I came across as in any way insulting; my main point is, there is no evidence that the US-manufactured part is poorly-built, and it is still a Toyota part, regardless of where it was fabricated. There is a significant design difference between the two parts, and if Toyota failed to spec out a part which was adequate to the task assigned to it, that is Toyota's burden to bear.
 
SCCutler said:
I was a little precipitous with my prior post, so I apologize if I came across as in any way insulting; my main point is, there is no evidence that the US-manufactured part is poorly-built, and it is still a Toyota part, regardless of where it was fabricated. There is a significant design difference between the two parts, and if Toyota failed to spec out a part which was adequate to the task assigned to it, that is Toyota's burden to bear.
Click to expand...

No offense taken. One thing I find curious is why spec two different versions of something as mundane as a throttle pedal for a car that ends up in the same sales market?


Trapper John
 
Well, the chatter is now that a number of crashes did not have a floor mat nor a stuck pedal... Attention is now turning to the ol debbil fly by wire throttle (can you say Airbus?)///

denny-o
 
Pi1otguy said:
You asked for it.
500x_radio_active_colt_3.jpg

More pics

Washing this must be something.
Click to expand...

About what I expected. I sure hope he doesn't plan on receiving when he's transmitting on the same band. The receiver desense from the nearby signals will be fierce. And a previous poster was right, this guy clearly does not have a significant other in his life. My wife thinks "stupidradio" is one word. No way would I get away with something like that.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top