Toyota Accelerator Drama
I know that everywhere you look on the internet, you find an article related to Toyota and their endless problems with their recalls for accelerator problems. Well now the craziness is happening for Toyota concerning the “runaway Prius.” I’ll quick give you the background. Supposedly a man like in his 60’s was driving his 2008 Toyota Prius on the San Diego Freeway when all of a sudden the accelerator got stuck and he was going 94 mph and couldn’t stop. He called 911 and then eventually put his foot on the brake and emergency brake simultaneously and the car stopped. No one was hurt. The Prius has since been tested and supposedly there is nothing wrong with the gas pedal, brakes, or anything. Huh? How can this be?
Toyota says in not so many words that the guy staged a hoax and that what he said did not happen. Crazy! People are nuts. I feel sorry for the guy if it really happened, and sure it could have, but it’s even crazier if he made it up. Why do people do that? It’s like the guy that built the balloon from Texas! When you listen to this guy’s story though, I feel like he’s telling the truth. I just can’t understand why you would make up a story especially when he and his wife have said they will not sue Toyota. Why would you do it? Maybe it’s true. If the accelerator really got stuck, then Toyota and all of the Toyota customers have some serious problems. The Prius was not supposed to be one of the models that had the initial problems and the only recalls for the Prius were for floor mats.
What do you think? Do you think that Toyota is making a crappy car these days? I don’t know what to think. I would hope not, but lots of information against them. Toyota was known for quality and I don’t think people are thinking that these days. I hope either way that they get to the bottom of these accelerator problems and find out if the Prius owner is telling the truth. I hope he is.