Toyota's Lentz to say electronics not to blame for acceleration problems
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From: C. E. White on 23 Feb 2010 08:48 Toyota's Lentz to say electronics not to blame for acceleration problems Neil Roland Automotive News -- February 23, 2010 - 6:00 am ET Jim Lentz: "We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle control system in our vehicles." WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President James Lentz plans to stick to his guns and tell skeptical lawmakers today that the company's unwanted acceleration problems do not stem from electronic defects, a copy of his testimony shows. Lentz's reiteration of Toyota's longstanding position suggests that top company executives were unmoved by sharp criticism of that stance yesterday by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman. "We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle control system in our vehicles," Lentz says in 2� pages of written testimony prepared for delivery to the House panel. "We have designed our electronic throttle control system with multiple fail-safe mechanisms to shut off or reduce engine power in the event of a system failure." His testimony adds that the company's "extensive testing of this system" has "never found a malfunction that caused unintended acceleration." Read more: http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100223/OEM/100229960/1147#ixzz0gMnY8uG7
From: Mike Hunter on 23 Feb 2010 09:56
As any first year law student till tell you testifying they have "never found a malfunction that caused unintended acceleration," is far deferent they testifying there is no malfunction. Until Toyota admits they have not yet pinpoint the cause, they will not know the actual cause that is contributing to the massive recall of some many different TYPES of their vehicle that have been having a problem with uncontrolled acceleration. Since they only thing common to all of the TYPES of their vehicle that have been having a problem with uncontrolled acceleration, the only logical source of the cause would seem to be in the process controllers on those vehicles. It simply means they have not found a malfunction. "C. E. White" <cewhite3(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:hm0mut$pjj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Toyota's Lentz to say electronics not to blame for acceleration problems > Neil Roland > Automotive News -- February 23, 2010 - 6:00 am ET > > Jim Lentz: "We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic > throttle control system in our vehicles." > > WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President James Lentz plans to > stick to his guns and tell skeptical lawmakers today that the company's > unwanted acceleration problems do not stem from electronic defects, a copy > of his testimony shows. > > Lentz's reiteration of Toyota's longstanding position suggests that top > company executives were unmoved by sharp criticism of that stance > yesterday by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman. > > "We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle > control system in our vehicles," Lentz says in 2� pages of written > testimony prepared for delivery to the House panel. "We have designed our > electronic throttle control system with multiple fail-safe mechanisms to > shut off or reduce engine power in the event of a system failure." > > His testimony adds that the company's "extensive testing of this system" > has "never found a malfunction that caused unintended acceleration." > > > Read more: > http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100223/OEM/100229960/1147#ixzz0gMnY8uG7 > |