Toyota issues mechanical pedal fix for 2.3 million cars
At 2/1/2010 5:21:47 PM, Steve Leibson said:
Andy T: The new sensor-based, pushbutton ignition system used by Toyota in all but the most basic cars reportedly has a 3-second delay in motor shutoff. I'm sure that's to prevent accidentally shutting off the engine with an inadvertant touch. It's poor human design in my opinion. A driver in a panic, even a coldly logical engineer (ahem), might give up trying to shut off the engine before 3 seconds of high-rev terror is up. The CTS accelerator pedal assemblies associated with this sticking problem are reportedly not used in Toyota's high-end Lexus and low-end Scion lines. I heard on NPR this afternoon that Denso pedals use a bolt-based friction mechanism instead of the plastic friction shoes in the CTS pedal (illustrated above) and that the Denso pedals do not appear to exhibit this problem. At this point, we don't know much definitive. However, the NPR inerview stated and I agree that if this current fix doesn't remedy the problem,