Toyota questions runaway Prius story
Toyota questions runaway Prius story
Toyota questions runaway Prius story
Toyota Motor Corp., #xstruggling to rebound from a record number of US recalls, said yesterday that a driver’s account of a runaway Prius in California “is inconsistent with the findings of the preliminary analysis.’’
The hybrid car’s self-diagnostic system showed “evidence of numerous, Safety barriersrapidly repeated on-and-off applications of both the accelerator and the brake pedals,登车桥,’’ Mike Michels, a spokesman for the company, said in San Diego.
Jim Sikes, 61, has said his Prius raced at speeds exceeding 90 miles per hour near San Diego on March 8, and pressing on the brake pedal failed to stop the car.
Investigators with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have tested the vehicle involved, along with Toyota’s representatives, and could not replicate the experience Sikes described, the agency said.
“The accelerator and brake pedal had been rapidly and repeatedly pressed on and off about 250 times,’’ said Bob Waltz, a Toyota US vice president, citing data recorded by the car’s diagnostic computer. Safety barriersThere was no sign that “binding’’ caused the pedal to stick, he said.
The front brakes showed severe damage from overheating, #xWaltz said. That would be consistent with repeated, light use of the brakes, he said. The rear brakes and parking brake were in good condition and functional.
Toyota has recalled about 8 million vehicles worldwide for defects that may cause sudden unintended acceleration. Its efforts to repair its reputation were set back by coverage of Sikes’s account of a struggle to stop his Prius.
Toyota said the findings suggest “there should be further examination’’ of Sikes’s account.
The investigators’ inability to replicate Sikes’s experience does not mean it didn’t happen, said John Gomez, the driver’s attorney.
“NHTSA’s never been able to replicate one of these incidents,’’ Gomez said. “Toyota denies they happen at all. Mr. Sikes drove the vehicle for three years without incident. The idea that they couldn’t make it happen again really doesn’t show anything.’’
Though Toyota’s recalls have drawn widespread attention, #x59 of 110 fatalities attributed to sudden acceleration in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration records occurred in vehicles made by Ford Motor Co.,Safety barriers Chrysler Group LLC, and other companies, according to data compiled for Bloomberg News by the NHTSA.
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