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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 24 Feb 2010 00:13 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:56:43 +0000, Clive wrote: >> For a Ford with factory cruise >>since at least in the early 90s the cruise has the following deactivation >>modes - the brake pedal switch (incorporated with the brake light >>switch), the off switch on steering wheel, a function that turns off the >>cruise control if the vehicles speed drops more than a few mph below the >>set point, and that brake line switch. The brake line switch is a >>normally closed switch that is opened by brake pressure. It is not just >>an indicator, it physically cuts the power feed to the cruise control. No >>power, not cruise control activation. > My Toyota's cruise control can either be switched of at the steering wheel > or by just touching either the brake or clutch peddles. What year is it? One thing I've noticed, and I don't like, is that it doesn't self cancel once you've gone below ~35 MPH like the told ones did. If you had it set for 70MPH on the highway, (er, Motorway...) and go into town, if you were to hit the lever accidently, it's off to the races. I wonder how many incidents of UA were caused by this?
From: Ashton Crusher on 24 Feb 2010 01:28 On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:53:47 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:32:41 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:48:40 -0500, "C. E. White" >> <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >> >> >>>"Ed Maier" <evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>news:hlu5is$uvm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> >>>>> Read Kimberley A. Strassel's article in this weekend's Wall Street >>>>> Journal. >>>>> >>>>> Seems the whole flap has indeed been concocted by the owners of >>>>> Government >>>>> Motors, and now it's backfiring on them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Here's a link to Strassel's article: >>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/potomac_watch.html >>>> >>>> Eddie >>> >>>Can you summarize the article. I don't subscribe, so I could only see the >>>teaser. Sounds like another Government scandal in the making. >>> >>>Ed >>> >>> >> >> It's an opinion piece without a shred of evidence for it's allegations. A >> typical right wing hit piece aimed at undermining the Obama >> Administration. The WSJ has no credibility anymore. > >So far, EVERYTHING about Toyota is an 'opinion piece' without anything >pointing one way or the other. > > Tell that to all the dead Toyota victims.
From: Clive on 24 Feb 2010 07:38 In message <hm2chk$lug$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> writes >One thing I've noticed, and I don't like, is that it doesn't self cancel >once you've gone below ~35 MPH like the told ones did. If you had it set >for 70MPH on the highway, (er, Motorway...) and go into town, if you were >to hit the lever accidently, it's off to the races. I wonder how many >incidents of UA were caused by this? Not on my car, the cruise control will not function under 27 miles per hour and if engaged whilst driving keeps the speed of that engagement not any previous one. -- Clive
From: Clive on 24 Feb 2010 07:40 In message <coh9o59885athdsqn5b54n8bnq8fl4f2v4(a)4ax.com>, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> writes >Tell that to all the dead Toyota victims. Of which the NHTSA will only confirm 5. -- Clive
From: AZ Nomad on 24 Feb 2010 09:19
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:28:47 -0700, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> wrote: >On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:53:47 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> >wrote: >>On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:32:41 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:48:40 -0500, "C. E. White" >>> <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>"Ed Maier" <evmaiertakethisout(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>>news:hlu5is$uvm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> >>>>>> Read Kimberley A. Strassel's article in this weekend's Wall Street >>>>>> Journal. >>>>>> >>>>>> Seems the whole flap has indeed been concocted by the owners of >>>>>> Government >>>>>> Motors, and now it's backfiring on them. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Here's a link to Strassel's article: >>>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/potomac_watch.html >>>>> >>>>> Eddie >>>> >>>>Can you summarize the article. I don't subscribe, so I could only see the >>>>teaser. Sounds like another Government scandal in the making. >>>> >>>>Ed >>>> >>>> >>> >>> It's an opinion piece without a shred of evidence for it's allegations. A >>> typical right wing hit piece aimed at undermining the Obama >>> Administration. The WSJ has no credibility anymore. >> >>So far, EVERYTHING about Toyota is an 'opinion piece' without anything >>pointing one way or the other. >> >> >Tell that to all the dead Toyota victims. Go find one. It's a little tough after trying to avoid the 3000 highway victims every month to find one of those toyota victims. |