The memo, obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, said the experts who examined and test drove the car could not replicate the sudden, unintended acceleration James Sikes said he encountered. A backup mechanism that shuts off the engine when the brake and gas pedals are floored also worked properly during tests.

“Every time the technician placed the gas pedal to the floor and the brake pedal to the floor the engine shut off and the car immediately started to slow down,” the memo said. Also, the Prius is designed to shut down if the brakes are applied while the gas pedal is pressed to the floor. If it doesn’t, the engine would “completely seize,” according to the report that cited Toyota’s “residential Hybrid expert.”

Sikes’ car was covered by the floor-mat recall but not the one for sticky accelerators. He later told reporters that he tried to pull on the gas pedal during his harrowing ride, but it didn’t “move at all.”

september63 wrote: Also dont forget Toyota hasnt validated anything either. Thet have failed to replicate any of their mechanical issues. Just last week many experts were still questioning whether Toyota has even identified the acutal reasons for the problems, let alone designed a permanent solution.

Toyota has been in the wrong for so many years. To me they lose the benefit of ANY doubt.

Manhattan Buckeye wrote: This guy seems like an opportunist, I'll see if I can find the link where I listened to the 9-11 call but he didn't seem very credible during the call. The recent revelations about his bankruptcy, current hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, failure to make payments on his car and rumored involvement in the adult website industry makes me even more skeptical.

september63 wrote: You mean the millions of vehicles already recalled that have proven Toyota guilty of having faulty mechanisms in several model vehicles?

september63 wrote: You mean the millions of vehicles already recalled that have proven Toyota guilty of having faulty mechanisms in several model vehicles?

lhslep134 wrote:

september63 wrote: You mean the millions of vehicles already recalled that have proven Toyota guilty of having faulty mechanisms in several model vehicles?

You're so quick to attack Toyota but the reason the parts were recalled were so nothing like this (even though I believe it was duped) would happen again, not because there was a substantial issue there.

There's a reason Toyota is the class example of lean production and value add system streamlining over the past decade, something you clearly fail to see.

THAT's what Toyota has done to earn the benefit of the doubt.

september63 wrote: Lean production is the reason they are in this situation. Take a little more time and do things correctly the first time. Take a bit more time on safety checks and engineering. Your lean production example did not help your agruement, it hurt it!!

lhslep134 wrote: Derek, right, that's why I made another post talking about quality.

But at the same time, lean production is about reducing waste WHILE improving quality.

derek bomar wrote:

lhslep134 wrote: Derek, right, that's why I made another post talking about quality.

But at the same time, lean production is about reducing waste WHILE improving quality.

how I understood it is that if you can improve quality great, but it's about reducing waste while maintaining quality

Basically, lean is centered around preserving value with less work.