There is no electronic-based cause for unintended acceleration in Toyotas - US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood
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Ghost Busters Go Bust: Toyotas Declared Ghost-Free
In a press conference today at 2pm in Washington, the DOT presented the results of a 10-month review. It was commissioned by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and conducted by NASA engineers. The engineers who usually busy themselves with Mars and Venus went on the hunt for the ghost in Toyota’s machine.
“A U.S. government investigation showed no link between electronic throttles and unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp vehicles,†writes Reuters, “a victory for the world’s top automaker battered by recalls over runaway vehicles.†The NASA’s scientists found no ghosts, no tin whiskers, no shorts, not a shred of evidence.
Even “hold Toyota’s feet to the fire†Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood had to concede: “We enlisted the best and brightest engineers to study Toyota’s electronics systems and the verdict is in. There is no electronic-based cause for unintended acceleration in Toyotas,â€Â
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BREAKING NEWS: SITHLORD/TOYOTAMAN MASUK RUMAH SAKIT JIWAAs part of the study, the agencies ran tests at a Chrysler Group LLC testing facility in Auburn Hills, Mich. headquarters in which researchers bombarded Toyota vehicles with electromagnetic radiation to see if they could cause any malfunctions that might lead to unintended acceleration.
Toyota Motor Co. has also provided NASA software engineers with "unrestricted access" to the computer code used to control the electronic throttle control systems. The software engineers have been combing through the code looking for anything that might cause a car to accelerate out of control under any circumstances, NHTSA said.
0:00 /2:35A year later, Toyota fights recalls
Also, scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and NHTSA East Liberty, Ohio, research center have been examining cars and Toyota throttle systems, searching for any defects that might cause unwanted acceleration.
This summer, NHTSA released the results of some investigations into Toyota sudden acceleration incidents. Those investigations specifically looked into 58 alleged unintended acceleration cases. These investigations suggested that drivers themselves may have been partly at fault. At that time the agency stressed that the results were preliminary.
