Toyota Tundra Forum

I was reading about the problems with the Accelerater pedals and came across this Automotive news report.


Toyota will install brake override systems on all Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicles by year end as a way to prevent unintended acceleration.

The new system will be put in all vehicles globally, said Yoshi Inaba, president of Toyota North America Inc., in an interview at the Detroit auto show today. The initiative follows a recall last fall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the United States to correct the problem.

Inaba said installation began this month on the Toyota Camry and Lexus EX 350 models, which account for the largest number of models included in the recall.

“We expect to have it standard on all vehicles by the end of the year,” he said.

Several instances of runaway Toyota and Lexus vehicles have been reported in the United States, causing injuries and some deaths. Toyota concluded that those cases were the result of floor mats becoming lodged under accelerator pedals. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said the floor mats were not necessarily the only cause.

Toyota spokesman Mike Michels says the brake override software system will shift the engine to idle if it detects the driver is attempting to apply the brakes without success.

“If the pedal is stuck, tampered with, no matter what the pedal is doing, the engine will go into idle,” he said.


Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/20100111/OEM06/100119959#ixzz0e9P3K93l

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Good Gawd Squid that is one ugly Tundra.

Good to know and it makes sense, this should be a mandatory safety feature in all vehicles.

Thanks Squid

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Glad to see Toyota stepping up and doing the right thing.

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Lund Interceptor II Bug Shield
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I'll bet money a few people will still claim that their Toyotas accelerated "uncontrollably," even after the fix.

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You know they will just like the scalding coffee and fingers in the soup. People are strange, lazy and twisted!

But, but, that means no more brake torques!!! LOL

So no more power braking in the Tundra? How are we supposed to launch at the track or do standing burnouts?

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You my Modding friend will find a solution like you always do. Everyone needs a challenge to feel alive!

With any luck, they'll use the front wheel speed sensors to determine whether to over ride it or not.

Solution would be to install a transbrake (invented by Steve McQueen), but that's more for race cars.