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From: Ron Peterson on 13 Mar 2010 14:00
I received the following email from my dealer:
"The Prius has been on the news again this week. This time it's the
'08 Prius sailing down the highway. The driver claimed the car was
accelerating on its own and couldn't be stopped.
It seems that ( as of today ) James Sikes has been discredited and
there has been plenty of posts around the web that suggest that Mr.
Sikes staged the entire thing. Do a quick google search of "James
Sikes," and you'll find plenty of reasons that he may have faked his
ordeal.

Toyota has posted a few things recently that shows their position on
the incident in California. It's the first link posted under point #1
below.

I know we have sold a lot of Prius in the past few years. The model
years range from 2004- 2009 as the second generation Prius and the '10
as the third generation Prius.
I send this message to you, my loyal and very much loved customers who
own these cars and are no doubt concerned about the things that are in
the news. I learned some interesting things in the last two days and
have had some info forwarded to me from Toyota. I also shot a quick
video about the Prius and unintended acceleration. Click this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfYxwm565QY Allow me to correct myself
as I've since learned that all Prius have the software that cancels
acceleration if the accelerator and brake pedal are pushed at the same
time.

I think it's important to remind you that '04- '09 Prius are part of a
recall for floor mat entrapment. Toyota has not yet pulled this Prius
back to the dealership for remedy for this recall! Toyota will notify
owners of these Prius in the coming weeks, but finalization of the
remedy has to be made. Toyota suggests that you remove the driver's
side floor mat to be absolutely certain that you don't encounter a
problem. ( http://www.toyota.com/recall/floormat.html )
The 2010 Prius has been recalled so we can reprogram the ABS Brake
software. We are currently making repairs on the '10 model year so
please call the dealership if you haven't been in for this work. You
do not need to wait for your official recall letter from Toyota."

--
Ron
From: dr_jeff on 13 Mar 2010 14:10
Ron Peterson wrote:
> I received the following email from my dealer:
> "The Prius has been on the news again this week. This time it's the
> '08 Prius sailing down the highway. The driver claimed the car was
> accelerating on its own and couldn't be stopped.
> It seems that ( as of today ) James Sikes has been discredited and
> there has been plenty of posts around the web that suggest that Mr.
> Sikes staged the entire thing. Do a quick google search of "James
> Sikes," and you'll find plenty of reasons that he may have faked his
> ordeal.

I take issue with the part. We don't know what happened with him. I
suspect that he will be discredited by people who know what really
happened, but, until then, it's wait and see.

The dealer's advice to beleive something because it is on the internet
is bad advice. How about doing a quick web search of "Toyota Brakes"?
Does the dealer want that? What's good for the gander is good for the
goose.
From: tc on 13 Mar 2010 14:53


"Ron Peterson" <ron(a)shell.core.com> wrote in message
news:5b6a2011-46a0-4013-97e3-7c17fd809102(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> I received the following email from my dealer:
> "The Prius has been on the news again this week. This time it's the
> '08 Prius sailing down the highway. The driver claimed the car was
> accelerating on its own and couldn't be stopped.
> It seems that ( as of today ) James Sikes has been discredited and
> there has been plenty of posts around the web that suggest that Mr.
> Sikes staged the entire thing. Do a quick google search of "James
> Sikes," and you'll find plenty of reasons that he may have faked his
> ordeal.
>
> Toyota has posted a few things recently that shows their position on
> the incident in California. It's the first link posted under point #1
> below.
>
> I know we have sold a lot of Prius in the past few years. The model
> years range from 2004- 2009 as the second generation Prius and the '10
> as the third generation Prius.
> I send this message to you, my loyal and very much loved customers who
> own these cars and are no doubt concerned about the things that are in
> the news. I learned some interesting things in the last two days and
> have had some info forwarded to me from Toyota. I also shot a quick
> video about the Prius and unintended acceleration. Click this link:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfYxwm565QY Allow me to correct myself
> as I've since learned that all Prius have the software that cancels
> acceleration if the accelerator and brake pedal are pushed at the same
> time.
>
> I think it's important to remind you that '04- '09 Prius are part of a
> recall for floor mat entrapment. Toyota has not yet pulled this Prius
> back to the dealership for remedy for this recall! Toyota will notify
> owners of these Prius in the coming weeks, but finalization of the
> remedy has to be made. Toyota suggests that you remove the driver's
> side floor mat to be absolutely certain that you don't encounter a
> problem. ( http://www.toyota.com/recall/floormat.html )
> The 2010 Prius has been recalled so we can reprogram the ABS Brake
> software. We are currently making repairs on the '10 model year so
> please call the dealership if you haven't been in for this work. You
> do not need to wait for your official recall letter from Toyota."
>
> --
> Ron

If pushing gas pedal and brake pedal cancels the accelerator how was this
guy able to melt the brakes and still be able to drive 94 mph, the cop said
the brake lights were on and he smelled the brakes to hot.???????


From: FridoLay on 13 Mar 2010 17:31
On 3/13/2010 2:00 PM, Ron Peterson wrote:
> I received the following email from my dealer:
> "The Prius has been on the news again this week. This time it's the
> '08 Prius sailing down the highway. The driver claimed the car was
> accelerating on its own and couldn't be stopped.
> It seems that ( as of today ) James Sikes has been discredited and
> there has been plenty of posts around the web that suggest that Mr.
> Sikes staged the entire thing. Do a quick google search of "James
> Sikes," and you'll find plenty of reasons that he may have faked his
> ordeal.
>
> Toyota has posted a few things recently that shows their position on
> the incident in California. It's the first link posted under point #1
> below.
>
> I know we have sold a lot of Prius in the past few years. The model
> years range from 2004- 2009 as the second generation Prius and the '10
> as the third generation Prius.
> I send this message to you, my loyal and very much loved customers who
> own these cars and are no doubt concerned about the things that are in
> the news. I learned some interesting things in the last two days and
> have had some info forwarded to me from Toyota. I also shot a quick
> video about the Prius and unintended acceleration. Click this link:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfYxwm565QY Allow me to correct myself
> as I've since learned that all Prius have the software that cancels
> acceleration if the accelerator and brake pedal are pushed at the same
> time.
>
> I think it's important to remind you that '04- '09 Prius are part of a
> recall for floor mat entrapment. Toyota has not yet pulled this Prius
> back to the dealership for remedy for this recall! Toyota will notify
> owners of these Prius in the coming weeks, but finalization of the
> remedy has to be made. Toyota suggests that you remove the driver's
> side floor mat to be absolutely certain that you don't encounter a
> problem. ( http://www.toyota.com/recall/floormat.html )
> The 2010 Prius has been recalled so we can reprogram the ABS Brake
> software. We are currently making repairs on the '10 model year so
> please call the dealership if you haven't been in for this work. You
> do not need to wait for your official recall letter from Toyota."
>
> --
> Ron

'Loved'???

From: Uncle_vito on 13 Mar 2010 17:54

>
> If pushing gas pedal and brake pedal cancels the accelerator how was this
> guy able to melt the brakes and still be able to drive 94 mph, the cop
> said the brake lights were on and he smelled the brakes to hot.???????
>
>
>

He was coasting downhill. He used his emergency brake to cook the pads? He
rigged a wire to light up his taillights? He was really flashing his car
lights? He had the can of burned brake aerosol air freshener. Who knows?

There is too much hearsay that likely was reported wrong.

There is also the possiblity that the Prius computer malfunctioned in which
case brake override, neutral shift, power off, would not work since those
are functions of a properly operating Prius. If the Prius is NOT operating
properly, anything could happen. However, most likely if the computer were
malfunctioning, the car would not be moving. It takes a computer operating
pretty well to control the switches and sensors to make a hybrid move and be
in the right gear.

I do think this James Sykes is a crook. Not possible that this problem
just happened in the middle of the Toyota recall mess. Too much of a
coincidence to be believeable.

Vito


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