Toyota Admits Braking Problems with New Prius

[nebun]

wow, this is a note to all car makers out there, they need to test and retest their cars before manufacturing them. i would be so mad of my car would loose brake pressure when is needed the most. i bet that half of the accidents are made possible because of faulty manufacturing

 

[tommysch]

Drive by wire = fail
ABS = fail
Airbags = dead weight
Traction control = fail


I want a rollcage, 5 point harness and a straight piped exhaust.

 

[mhughes81]

I find it funny that Toyota was one of the top sellers of cars during Cash for Clunkers. Now all of those people that decided to send their money overseas are getting burned with their choice. Oh and don't most people assume that the Big 3 vehicles are unreliable which is why they buy imports in the first place? GM has been using drive by wire on vehicles since the 90's without a problem.

I do give Ford props for pulling themselves out of their rut without a bailout even though I prefer GM vehicles myself (but not necessarily the way GM is run). I'll stick to domestic vehicles that are easy to work on so if something needs to be replaced, I can run down to the parts store and always find what I need at a cheap price. At least the wife and I will not have to worry about sticking throttles or airbags killing us with metal debris which killed a local HS student recently.

 

[pcavv]

Blind are not the ones that cant see, but the ones that don't want to see...

Toyota is simple the best car maker out there and this proves it, if this was a GM or Ford you would not have a recall neither a problem, it would be normal... with all the faults Gm/Ford/Etc. have you don't even notice the problems....