Now, apparently airbag lack of deployment is the vehicle owner's fault!
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Accelerator testimony heats up Toyota trial
Article by: RANDY FURST , Star Tribune
Updated: January 14, 2015 - 9:26 PM
As attorneys clashed, Judge Ann Montgomery
broke in to halt debate, rephrase questions.
http://www.startribune.com/local/288631111.html
Updated: January 14, 2015 - 9:26 PM
As attorneys clashed, Judge Ann Montgomery
broke in to halt debate, rephrase questions.
http://www.startribune.com/local/288631111.html
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Could a deadly vehicle defect lead to a permanently ruined reputation? YES!
AND...the CENSORSHIP continues! Here's a comment I composed which was one of the ones censored recently. There's been concerted effort by anonymous entities to falsely flag comments which are made on articles reporting on suspicious sudden acceleration crashes. My, oh my...whatever could someone be worried about? Take into consideration the cover-up by automakers when you decide WHO might be opposed to the content of this comment.
Sudden Unintended Acceleration Victims:
Carol Fedigan, Lake Sammamish, WA (legal case pending)
Roseanne Piccirilli, Yonkers, NY (legal case pending)
Mary Hill, Orlando, FL (serving jail time currently)
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Are you aware of the number of SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION cases there are in the Chrysler JEEP? I suggest you check with the Car Wash Association because it is one of the top vehicles in terms of SUA complaints at car wash facilities. There's even a list compiled by the association of the top vehicles which run away at the car washes.
Carol Fedigan's...brand new Chrysler Jeep SUV owner...reputation was attacked long before a shred of evidence came out. They used the word "drunk" in the headlines without any evidence other than an officer's suspicion! Someone even took the time to immediately post a reputation-destroying YouTube video about Carol Fedigan's accident. WHO did this and WHY? Think cover-up and you'd be close to the real reason that Carol's name is being slammed publicly.
What was Carol's supposed "crime?" She had the misfortune of moving her gorgeous white Jeep from a parked position in front of her home into her driveway. Unfortunately, the vehicle became a runaway, TOOK OFF, went through and out the back of her home, killing members of her immediate family!
We couldn't possibly consider the serious ELECTRONIC defect in the Chrysler Jeep, could we?
Is this the first time a female vehicle crash victim has been publicly attacked? No, it's not. Think Mary Hill near Orlando, FL who is STILL in prison after her BMW took off as she was driving her daughter and her daughter's good friend to school. Someone wrote an entire book about Mary's accident clearly in order to ruin Mary's reputation. "Driver error," it was proclaimed!
Where are Carol Fedigan's statements about what happened? How about Mary Hill's account? We are hearing only one side in the media. The side that wants to put the driver in PRISON if death or maiming occurs. Roseanne Piccirilli was "lucky"...or was she...when her JEEP maimed and killed youngsters at a Yonker's carnival. She was not charged with vehicular homicide after an SUA event. The headlines shouted it was a combination of vehicle malfunction and "driver error." She's bound legally as her case pushes through the court system. Was she at fault at all OR is the auto industry determined escape any responsibility?
Guess the automaker could NOT dig up any dirt on her like it has the others? As it is, she had to take most of the blame! Just ask Corolla SUA victim's daughter, Francene Lawler, what Toyota does to the victim after an SUA crash! She's an Australian who says Toyota tried to BULLY her mother and brother into accepting blame...you know, "pedal misapplication."
She's got the whole thing TAPE-RECORDED!! Toyota told her mother that the incident did NOT happen as she said it did. Toyota tried the "elderly" reason and then after learning the woman drove big rigs without issue, it tried the old "driver error" ploy on her. There was NO chance it was floor mats...you know, KILLER mats...BUT that excuse was tried too! In fact, Toyota was wishy-washy waffling on the cause of Francene's mother's and brother's completely separate sudden unintended acceleration incidents in the SAME 2008 Toyota Corolla. The automaker is grabbing at straws to escape blame!
WHY is it automakers are so keen to dig up skeletons on the drivers who sue them after crashes or defect revelation? Check out the LEMON LADY's Route 44 Toyota to see what's happening to her after her brand new Prius had brake failure. Looks like Toyota is attempting to dig up anything it can. Will the automaker go so far as to manufacture "dirt" on a driver or illegally obtain private information? Does the HIPPA mean anything to automakers? Well, only time will tell.
ALL eyes are on Toyota, Chrysler, GM, and other automakers who plan to bury evidence of what experts reveal is an electronic glitch in the computer-driven throttle control systems. Based on what's happening in the GM ignition switch matter, it seems the public is on HIGH ALERT for lying, deceitful auto manufacturers who choose to HIDE serious safety defects from vehicle owners.
Scary part? The actual hiding of the problem is just the top of this multi-layered electronic sudden unintended acceleration cover-up. ALL eyes need to be on the Carol Fedigan and Roseanne Piccirilli JEEP unintended acceleration cases because it can happen to ANY driver of a vehicle with a glitch-prone all ELECTRONIC throttle control system! YOUR life can change in a moment's time if this happens to you. Just ask Carol Fedigan, Roseanne Piccirilli, and Mary Hill!
These cases are not about alcohol, prescription drugs, "driver error," or anything else that the automakers' attorneys can dig up in order to take the focus off the defective vehicle. It's about a RUNAWAY vehicle with ineffective braking. Carol Fedigan and her grandson are lucky to be alive! The open metal railing literally lassoed the JEEP as the wheels continued to SPIN out-of-control...just before the JEEP went plunging into to the lake below!
Remember the loud engine revving (high RPMs), squealing tires, and burning rubber smoke upon TAKE OFF! These crashes are always described as "bizarre!"
What's the scarier part? Many other vehicle owners have NOT been so lucky! Their lives have not been spared after a TERRIFYING sudden unintended acceleration episode! Imagine being on a rollercoaster ride without benefit of having a track to hold you down!
Toyota, in particular, knows all about this kind of SUA. It's NOT floor mat related. Right now, Toyota issued a subpoena for TOYOTA SUA WHISTLEBLOWER, Betsy Benjaminson. The automaker is harassing her legally in an attempt to SILENCE her. She can barely feed her children because she chose to do the right thing and risk it all (see her defense fund site). Does the automaker want to bankrupt her? Is this retribution because she posted internal Toyota documents alerting the public to Toyota's own concern about an electronic throttle control problem? Is it because she is championing SUA victims who are speaking out about the dangers in the Toyota electronics?
Toyota has already admitted to LYING to everyone, including the NHTSA, lawmakers, and its own customers. It's been the subject of a CRIMINAL investigation. BUT...neither Toyota or the Department of Justice have breathed a word about ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration. What's going on?
How much is known by Toyota? Other automakers? The DOJ, NHTSA, lawmakers? How much is being kept private due to $$ impact? How long do these crashes into storefronts, buildings, and homes have to go on before the PUBLIC takes a very close look at what's happening behind-the-scenes? Far too many of those supposedly protecting us are too beholden to Toyota economically...the entire auto industry, for that matter.
Scariest part? Is Toyota...and other automakers...manipulating those we assume are keeping us safe? Is it keeping things hidden via $$ control? Has this already been taking place for decades? Aren't the current GM and Toyota defect debacles reason enough to find out?
Attorney Bob Hilliard is heading in that direction. He's one of the super-heroes who helped free Koua Fong Lee from false imprisonment after his older runaway Toyota killed a part of a family.
We need many more such truth-seekers to uncover this scandal-of-all-scandals that is ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration!
Sudden Unintended Acceleration Victims:
Carol Fedigan, Lake Sammamish, WA (legal case pending)
Roseanne Piccirilli, Yonkers, NY (legal case pending)
Mary Hill, Orlando, FL (serving jail time currently)
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Are you aware of the number of SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION cases there are in the Chrysler JEEP? I suggest you check with the Car Wash Association because it is one of the top vehicles in terms of SUA complaints at car wash facilities. There's even a list compiled by the association of the top vehicles which run away at the car washes.
Carol Fedigan's...brand new Chrysler Jeep SUV owner...reputation was attacked long before a shred of evidence came out. They used the word "drunk" in the headlines without any evidence other than an officer's suspicion! Someone even took the time to immediately post a reputation-destroying YouTube video about Carol Fedigan's accident. WHO did this and WHY? Think cover-up and you'd be close to the real reason that Carol's name is being slammed publicly.
What was Carol's supposed "crime?" She had the misfortune of moving her gorgeous white Jeep from a parked position in front of her home into her driveway. Unfortunately, the vehicle became a runaway, TOOK OFF, went through and out the back of her home, killing members of her immediate family!
We couldn't possibly consider the serious ELECTRONIC defect in the Chrysler Jeep, could we?
Is this the first time a female vehicle crash victim has been publicly attacked? No, it's not. Think Mary Hill near Orlando, FL who is STILL in prison after her BMW took off as she was driving her daughter and her daughter's good friend to school. Someone wrote an entire book about Mary's accident clearly in order to ruin Mary's reputation. "Driver error," it was proclaimed!
Where are Carol Fedigan's statements about what happened? How about Mary Hill's account? We are hearing only one side in the media. The side that wants to put the driver in PRISON if death or maiming occurs. Roseanne Piccirilli was "lucky"...or was she...when her JEEP maimed and killed youngsters at a Yonker's carnival. She was not charged with vehicular homicide after an SUA event. The headlines shouted it was a combination of vehicle malfunction and "driver error." She's bound legally as her case pushes through the court system. Was she at fault at all OR is the auto industry determined escape any responsibility?
Guess the automaker could NOT dig up any dirt on her like it has the others? As it is, she had to take most of the blame! Just ask Corolla SUA victim's daughter, Francene Lawler, what Toyota does to the victim after an SUA crash! She's an Australian who says Toyota tried to BULLY her mother and brother into accepting blame...you know, "pedal misapplication."
She's got the whole thing TAPE-RECORDED!! Toyota told her mother that the incident did NOT happen as she said it did. Toyota tried the "elderly" reason and then after learning the woman drove big rigs without issue, it tried the old "driver error" ploy on her. There was NO chance it was floor mats...you know, KILLER mats...BUT that excuse was tried too! In fact, Toyota was wishy-washy waffling on the cause of Francene's mother's and brother's completely separate sudden unintended acceleration incidents in the SAME 2008 Toyota Corolla. The automaker is grabbing at straws to escape blame!
WHY is it automakers are so keen to dig up skeletons on the drivers who sue them after crashes or defect revelation? Check out the LEMON LADY's Route 44 Toyota to see what's happening to her after her brand new Prius had brake failure. Looks like Toyota is attempting to dig up anything it can. Will the automaker go so far as to manufacture "dirt" on a driver or illegally obtain private information? Does the HIPPA mean anything to automakers? Well, only time will tell.
ALL eyes are on Toyota, Chrysler, GM, and other automakers who plan to bury evidence of what experts reveal is an electronic glitch in the computer-driven throttle control systems. Based on what's happening in the GM ignition switch matter, it seems the public is on HIGH ALERT for lying, deceitful auto manufacturers who choose to HIDE serious safety defects from vehicle owners.
Scary part? The actual hiding of the problem is just the top of this multi-layered electronic sudden unintended acceleration cover-up. ALL eyes need to be on the Carol Fedigan and Roseanne Piccirilli JEEP unintended acceleration cases because it can happen to ANY driver of a vehicle with a glitch-prone all ELECTRONIC throttle control system! YOUR life can change in a moment's time if this happens to you. Just ask Carol Fedigan, Roseanne Piccirilli, and Mary Hill!
These cases are not about alcohol, prescription drugs, "driver error," or anything else that the automakers' attorneys can dig up in order to take the focus off the defective vehicle. It's about a RUNAWAY vehicle with ineffective braking. Carol Fedigan and her grandson are lucky to be alive! The open metal railing literally lassoed the JEEP as the wheels continued to SPIN out-of-control...just before the JEEP went plunging into to the lake below!
Remember the loud engine revving (high RPMs), squealing tires, and burning rubber smoke upon TAKE OFF! These crashes are always described as "bizarre!"
What's the scarier part? Many other vehicle owners have NOT been so lucky! Their lives have not been spared after a TERRIFYING sudden unintended acceleration episode! Imagine being on a rollercoaster ride without benefit of having a track to hold you down!
Toyota, in particular, knows all about this kind of SUA. It's NOT floor mat related. Right now, Toyota issued a subpoena for TOYOTA SUA WHISTLEBLOWER, Betsy Benjaminson. The automaker is harassing her legally in an attempt to SILENCE her. She can barely feed her children because she chose to do the right thing and risk it all (see her defense fund site). Does the automaker want to bankrupt her? Is this retribution because she posted internal Toyota documents alerting the public to Toyota's own concern about an electronic throttle control problem? Is it because she is championing SUA victims who are speaking out about the dangers in the Toyota electronics?
Toyota has already admitted to LYING to everyone, including the NHTSA, lawmakers, and its own customers. It's been the subject of a CRIMINAL investigation. BUT...neither Toyota or the Department of Justice have breathed a word about ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration. What's going on?
How much is known by Toyota? Other automakers? The DOJ, NHTSA, lawmakers? How much is being kept private due to $$ impact? How long do these crashes into storefronts, buildings, and homes have to go on before the PUBLIC takes a very close look at what's happening behind-the-scenes? Far too many of those supposedly protecting us are too beholden to Toyota economically...the entire auto industry, for that matter.
Scariest part? Is Toyota...and other automakers...manipulating those we assume are keeping us safe? Is it keeping things hidden via $$ control? Has this already been taking place for decades? Aren't the current GM and Toyota defect debacles reason enough to find out?
Attorney Bob Hilliard is heading in that direction. He's one of the super-heroes who helped free Koua Fong Lee from false imprisonment after his older runaway Toyota killed a part of a family.
We need many more such truth-seekers to uncover this scandal-of-all-scandals that is ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration!
Monday, October 20, 2014
The Auto Industry's BIG SECRET...
There is a BIG hidden secret in the auto industry...it's called ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration! I know...you thought that was just about FLOOR MATS and sticky pedals, or "driver error," right? That's certainly what TOYOTA would like you to continue to believe, BUT DON'T!
These ultra-complex new engines are completely computer driven. Software is needed to control the throttle system. You THINK you are giving gas when you press the accelerator, but you are only SUGGESTING this to the computer. In electronic SUA cases, the throttle software may be glitch-prone and NOT do as you wish.
What happens then? Well, the glitch may (and has for countless SUA victims) result in an OPEN THROTTLE situation. The brakes become INEFFECTIVE in these situations and crashes into storefronts, buildings, and homes have resulted.
What does the automaker say? They hook the vehicles up to the computer and declare NOTHING WRONG! They cite the EDR which has erroneous data and say YOU were NOT braking. They point the finger at you based on AGE, GENDER, MEDICAL history, prescription meds, etc. YOU name it, they've TRIED it!
Get the picture? And you THOUGHT the GM issue was big? Think again! This cover-up of ELECTRONIC SUA is scandalous and very well-orchestrated.
Why even a WHISTLEBLOWER has been legally harassed by Toyota as it does NOT want her Toyota internal docs posted online anymore. The automaker wants to intimidate and SILENCE her. It doesn't want the PUBLIC involved, for goodness sake!
These ultra-complex new engines are completely computer driven. Software is needed to control the throttle system. You THINK you are giving gas when you press the accelerator, but you are only SUGGESTING this to the computer. In electronic SUA cases, the throttle software may be glitch-prone and NOT do as you wish.
What happens then? Well, the glitch may (and has for countless SUA victims) result in an OPEN THROTTLE situation. The brakes become INEFFECTIVE in these situations and crashes into storefronts, buildings, and homes have resulted.
What does the automaker say? They hook the vehicles up to the computer and declare NOTHING WRONG! They cite the EDR which has erroneous data and say YOU were NOT braking. They point the finger at you based on AGE, GENDER, MEDICAL history, prescription meds, etc. YOU name it, they've TRIED it!
Get the picture? And you THOUGHT the GM issue was big? Think again! This cover-up of ELECTRONIC SUA is scandalous and very well-orchestrated.
Why even a WHISTLEBLOWER has been legally harassed by Toyota as it does NOT want her Toyota internal docs posted online anymore. The automaker wants to intimidate and SILENCE her. It doesn't want the PUBLIC involved, for goodness sake!
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Electronics Experts Demystify Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration
ToyotaTruth: Videos 1 - 6
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ToyotaTruth: Video 1 of 6
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Friday, October 3, 2014
Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A LEMON: Airborne Lexus crashes into apartment
Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A LEMON: Airborne Lexus crashes into apartment: Car crashes into first floor apartment A lucky couple made a narrow escape when an out-of-control s...
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Toyota’s Acceleration Mystery Lingers
Consumers Advocate League
Bail Out People, Not Banks!
Toyota’s acceleration mystery lingers
October 2, 2014 Admin1773 Electronic Recalls
(5:48 min CNN Drew Griffin video segment)
(with Sean Kane, Dr. Antony Anderson, Clarence Ditlow, Dr. Michael Pecht)
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Revisiting Toyota Unintended Acceleration with Corolla EDR Data
TOYOTA COROLLAS BEING INVESTIGATEDOVER NEW UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CLAIMSPhil LeBeauCNBC Business News(1:05 min video/audio News Alert)---------------------------------------------------------------Monday, September 29, 2014Go Beyond System Functional Testing To Ensure Safety=================================================Feds look at new Toyota acceleration claimsJames R. Healey, 12:39 p.m. EDT September 29, 2014http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/09/29/toyota-unintended-acceleration-corolla/16427525/-------------------------------------------------------------------------Safety agency studying Toyota acceleration problem-------------------------------------------------------------------------NHTSA reviewing new Toyota Corollaunintended-acceleration claimsBy Jerry HirschSEPTEMBER 29, 2014, 9:44 AM----------------------------------------------------------Toyota Faces U.S. Inquiry on Low-Speed Surges in CorollasSep 29, 2014 9:40 AM ET----------------------------------------------------------U.S. reviews 1.6M Corolla cars for safety issueDavid Shepardson, The Detroit News 9:26 a.m. EDT September 29, 2014
Toyota Unintended Acceleration: Always TERRIFYING & Often AIRBORNE
Most Toyota SUA victims use the word "terrifying" in their description of the crashes or even in the event without a crash, IF they are lucky enough to stop the vehicle before it crashes! The witness said "horrific" and that word is also used a lot to describe these frightening events of unintended ELECTRONIC acceleration.
These accidents are described as a "freak" or "bizarre" because of the erratic behavior of the vehicles at the time of the incidents. Drivers are "shocked" or "dazed" or "confused" afterwards as you can imagine ANYONE would be!
This isn't about age, medical condition, or any other cause superficial to the ACTUAL no-speed or low-speed to AIRBORNE speed in seconds electronic cause of such accidents.
Make no mistake about it...there is a big PR push to make sure the driver is found to be at fault...even if it means conjuring up the most "handy" excuse possible. A real Toyota Corolla victim tells all about Toyota's coercion (a.k.a. BULLY) techniques on Twitter. What the automaker does to its own customers is unconscionable. When these loyal customers faithfully come to it to report this serious safety issue, Toyota's SMART team discredits their accounts of what happened.
If you read comment sections on these likely SUA crash report articles, you will see a lot of inappropriate joking going on at the car crash victim's expense. It happens time and time again. If you take the time to track these articles, you will see the pattern emerge. Think all is innocent? Think again.
These accidents are described as a "freak" or "bizarre" because of the erratic behavior of the vehicles at the time of the incidents. Drivers are "shocked" or "dazed" or "confused" afterwards as you can imagine ANYONE would be!
This isn't about age, medical condition, or any other cause superficial to the ACTUAL no-speed or low-speed to AIRBORNE speed in seconds electronic cause of such accidents.
Make no mistake about it...there is a big PR push to make sure the driver is found to be at fault...even if it means conjuring up the most "handy" excuse possible. A real Toyota Corolla victim tells all about Toyota's coercion (a.k.a. BULLY) techniques on Twitter. What the automaker does to its own customers is unconscionable. When these loyal customers faithfully come to it to report this serious safety issue, Toyota's SMART team discredits their accounts of what happened.
If you read comment sections on these likely SUA crash report articles, you will see a lot of inappropriate joking going on at the car crash victim's expense. It happens time and time again. If you take the time to track these articles, you will see the pattern emerge. Think all is innocent? Think again.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Toyota & GM Two Peas in a Pod of Deception?
GM and Toyota are cut from the same cloth! Bob Hilliard along with Trudy Baltazar and others were instrumental in freeing imprisoned Koua Fong Lee, Toyota owner whose Camry suddenly accelerated and crashed, killing several members of one family. Koua Fong Lee served four years of his eight year sentence after he was wrongfully convicted. He missed the birth of one of his children. He is so honest that he refused to cut a deal by admitting fault.
Toyota did NOTHING. Unfortunately, Koua Fong Lee is far from alone. An embedded software expert. Michael Barr, has found the ECTS-i in Toyota and Lexus vehicles has poorly designed software and glitches can lead to an ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration with an ineffective fail-safe. Translation: a runaway Toyota with ineffective brakes. Problem? Mr. Barr's 300-page report is court-sealed. It was a big part of the Oklahoma Bookout vs. Toyota SUA case won by the 2005 Toyota Camry owner.
Toyota and Lexus vehicles continue to violently accelerate from parking lots and stopped positions and crash into storefronts, buildings, and homes where deaths have resulted. Jail time has been served. Lives have been forever changed. Vehicle owners continue to complain to Toyota but Toyota says the vehicles are fine...no traceable problem found. BUT...does Toyota know the truth and is it keeping it secret?
No public corporate response has been given to Toyota whistleblower and translator, Betsy Benjaminson's publicly-disclosed Toyota internal documents which show evidence that Toyota knows what's happening. However, Toyota is currently attempting to stop Betsy's actions behind-the-scenes via legal motions. Is Toyota more customer-responsive as promised or more public information-suppressive as historically-demonstrated?
It seems that Mary Barra may follow in Toyota CEO, James Lentz's footsteps. Denial is so much easier. Blaming the vehicle owners is more lucrative and less damaging to the self-lauded public image, after all. What the public doesn't know can't hurt it...or can it?
As we've seen with both GM and Toyota, the vehicle owners and their families have to become vocal and organize in order to be heard by the automaker. Even then, the automakers dance around the issues and choose words carefully in order to escape full responsibility. What's wrong with this picture? Why isn't NHTSA protecting the vehicle owners instead of the automakers?
The system is severely broken and needs repair. It will take public outrage about the lack of safety standards in vehicles before change is impacted. Unfortunately, the public is in the dark thanks to the automakers and the beholden media. Couple this with an in-the-back-pocket government regulatory agency and you've got a runaway train, right? Add Reputation Management Companies and on-line suppression of vehicle owner complaints and dialogue and you've got criminal culpability, don't you?
Until the fix is in effect, vehicle owners are the "test pilots." Driving these vehicles with unsafe parts and poorly designed software is like playing Russian roulette, isn't it?
Charlene Blake
Charlene Blake
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
URGENT: File Sudden Unintended Acceleration (Surging, Lurching) Complaints
What Good Can Come of Reporting Toyota UA?
Posted on Tuesday, Sep 23rd, 2014
ALERT: Toyota sudden unintended acceleration victims, it is critical for you to report any and all episodes of Toyota & Lexus SUA as soon as it occurs. The automaker is counting on you not taking the time to do this. Do not allow Toyota to tell you that there is nothing wrong with your vehicle. Do not allow Toyota to blame you either. Your next SUA event may be a fatal one as the problem is not predictable. According to recent Toyota owners, Toyota has attempted to BULLY them into believing they are at fault.
Use the links on this site to the Center for Auto Safety and the NHTSA (must file no matter how ineffective or corrupt this agency may be) to file vehicle owner complaints online NOW. Do not wait for someone else to do it. In addition, send the same complaints to Toyota's Independent Monitor in writing. Save copies of all complaints filed, including dates. Speak out online about your Toyota & Lexus safety issues.
Go one step further...formally petition the NHTSA to open a defect investigation into the serious problem of sudden unintended acceleration. Once the petition is submitted the NHTSA must respond in a set number of days.
Here’s where you can report your Toyota UA to Independent Monitor David Kelley:
David N. Kelley, Esq.
Independent Monitor
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005-1702
Who knew? Toyota or Lexus can change your life...forever!
Who knew that driving a Toyota or Lexus could result in jail time and worse if a sudden unintended acceleration accident occurred? Toyota said all this is over because the recall has been done and it has paid its $1.2 billion fine. THINK again if you believe that claim!
The real problem currently is ELECTRONIC SUA and accidents are happening daily. Many of these involve vehicles in parking lots when braking is initiated. Storefront crashes and crashes-into-buildings/homes are reported. Toyota finds the vehicle faultless...no code stored and EDR (black box) shows no braking. However, Toyota and Lexus drivers report the vehicle "taking off" or "having a mind of its own." These same vehicles have been reported going airborne from a standstill starting point in a parking lot!
Here are the critical issues:
Sloppily-designed Toyota electronic throttle system software (see Michael Barr's findings) equals RUNAWAY---a.k.a. sudden unintended acceleration----Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
Worse? The electronic fail-safe---a.k.a. the way to stop the runaway---is also rendered ineffective at the time of the SUA glitch (Michael Barr, embedded software expert).
Translation? Your runaway Toyota or Lexus is not going to stop until something stops it!
Even worse? Your Toyota or Lexus EDR---a.k.a black box---is going to record inconsistent, unreliable data (see Dr. Antony Anderson's findings). OR, your EDR will show accurate data but Toyota will NOT give you access to it and may lie about the significance of the data.
Problem? You will be CHARGED for any deaths or injuries to others as a result of an accident your runaway vehicle causes based on the faulty EDR results and an assumption of "driver pedal misapplication."
More of a problem? You may go to JAIL or prison if the EDR erroneously shows that you are not braking---which it has for others more often than not. Essentially, you will be deemed not telling the truth or confused in media coverage because Toyota will say its EDR is accurate---even though it admitted this data was unreliable previously.
Even a bigger problem? If there is any chance a detail comes out that supports the driver, the media will take sides with the automaker and support your character assassination publicly. Are you on prescription meds or any medications? Are you an older citizen? Are you a woman and older? Bingo! Elderly pedal misapplication, according to media and Toyota.
Don't worry...all your skeletons will be dug up as Toyota goes full steam ahead to escape blame for faulty electronics! Just keep track of all these mysterious vehicles-into-homes and storefront crashes and read the headlines. Read the PR propaganda supporting driver error.
Toyota's $$ goes far and wide...even to the heart of the very agency commissioned to protect your SAFETY! The DOJ and NHTSA are still looking the other way---a.k.a. protecting corporate interests. They do not want to open up the ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration issue as then there will be a public cover-up scandal which rivals the best---or worst---of them.
All the above doesn't factor in the so far little-known in the U.S. whistleblower, Betsy Benjaminson. She's has copies of hundreds of internal Toyota documents. Many of these show clear evidence of concern over an electronic throttle system problem---a.k.a. "ghost in the engine"---and the lack of fix for it. Betsy has a blog where she has posted some of the evidence. She's been the feature of several articles and a podcast interview outside the U.S. Google her name to find.
Toyota, the media, and the government seem to be handling each new suspicious runaway vehicle accident---a.k.a. driver states pressing brake when the vehicle takes off, becomes airborne, has a mind of its own, etc.---on a case-by-case basis. Apparently, there is the hope that each case will blow over with little public attention. There is hope, too, that the public buys into the PR machine working overtime with law enforcement and media to BLAME the vehicle driver. SUA victim = SCAPEGOAT.
As far as Toyota is concerned, it is DONE with the topic of sudden unintended acceleration. Period. It got the free pass with a huge U.S. Government fine---a.k.a. permission not to face the music regarding ELECTRONIC SUA. Floor mats, pedals, driver error...done DEAL.
Toyota's well-orchestrated smoke screen continues aided and abetted by our very own safety regulatory agency. Can't beat that! The sky's the limit now...think of all the untoward consequences for Toyota owners, not to mention the driving public.
Toyota is #1 in numbers of sudden unintended acceleration events. BUT...it is not alone! This is an industry-wide phenomenon and not one automaker wants the public knowledgeable about ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration.
Charlene Blake
The real problem currently is ELECTRONIC SUA and accidents are happening daily. Many of these involve vehicles in parking lots when braking is initiated. Storefront crashes and crashes-into-buildings/homes are reported. Toyota finds the vehicle faultless...no code stored and EDR (black box) shows no braking. However, Toyota and Lexus drivers report the vehicle "taking off" or "having a mind of its own." These same vehicles have been reported going airborne from a standstill starting point in a parking lot!
Here are the critical issues:
Sloppily-designed Toyota electronic throttle system software (see Michael Barr's findings) equals RUNAWAY---a.k.a. sudden unintended acceleration----Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
Worse? The electronic fail-safe---a.k.a. the way to stop the runaway---is also rendered ineffective at the time of the SUA glitch (Michael Barr, embedded software expert).
Translation? Your runaway Toyota or Lexus is not going to stop until something stops it!
Even worse? Your Toyota or Lexus EDR---a.k.a black box---is going to record inconsistent, unreliable data (see Dr. Antony Anderson's findings). OR, your EDR will show accurate data but Toyota will NOT give you access to it and may lie about the significance of the data.
Problem? You will be CHARGED for any deaths or injuries to others as a result of an accident your runaway vehicle causes based on the faulty EDR results and an assumption of "driver pedal misapplication."
More of a problem? You may go to JAIL or prison if the EDR erroneously shows that you are not braking---which it has for others more often than not. Essentially, you will be deemed not telling the truth or confused in media coverage because Toyota will say its EDR is accurate---even though it admitted this data was unreliable previously.
Even a bigger problem? If there is any chance a detail comes out that supports the driver, the media will take sides with the automaker and support your character assassination publicly. Are you on prescription meds or any medications? Are you an older citizen? Are you a woman and older? Bingo! Elderly pedal misapplication, according to media and Toyota.
Don't worry...all your skeletons will be dug up as Toyota goes full steam ahead to escape blame for faulty electronics! Just keep track of all these mysterious vehicles-into-homes and storefront crashes and read the headlines. Read the PR propaganda supporting driver error.
Toyota's $$ goes far and wide...even to the heart of the very agency commissioned to protect your SAFETY! The DOJ and NHTSA are still looking the other way---a.k.a. protecting corporate interests. They do not want to open up the ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration issue as then there will be a public cover-up scandal which rivals the best---or worst---of them.
All the above doesn't factor in the so far little-known in the U.S. whistleblower, Betsy Benjaminson. She's has copies of hundreds of internal Toyota documents. Many of these show clear evidence of concern over an electronic throttle system problem---a.k.a. "ghost in the engine"---and the lack of fix for it. Betsy has a blog where she has posted some of the evidence. She's been the feature of several articles and a podcast interview outside the U.S. Google her name to find.
Toyota, the media, and the government seem to be handling each new suspicious runaway vehicle accident---a.k.a. driver states pressing brake when the vehicle takes off, becomes airborne, has a mind of its own, etc.---on a case-by-case basis. Apparently, there is the hope that each case will blow over with little public attention. There is hope, too, that the public buys into the PR machine working overtime with law enforcement and media to BLAME the vehicle driver. SUA victim = SCAPEGOAT.
As far as Toyota is concerned, it is DONE with the topic of sudden unintended acceleration. Period. It got the free pass with a huge U.S. Government fine---a.k.a. permission not to face the music regarding ELECTRONIC SUA. Floor mats, pedals, driver error...done DEAL.
Toyota's well-orchestrated smoke screen continues aided and abetted by our very own safety regulatory agency. Can't beat that! The sky's the limit now...think of all the untoward consequences for Toyota owners, not to mention the driving public.
Toyota is #1 in numbers of sudden unintended acceleration events. BUT...it is not alone! This is an industry-wide phenomenon and not one automaker wants the public knowledgeable about ELECTRONIC sudden unintended acceleration.
Charlene Blake
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Reflections on Toyota Whistleblower Betsy Benjaminson's Blog Entry "Impeachable,...or not"
Excellent, insights, Betsy! You are on the mark especially as this applies to the U.S. Government's handling of the Toyota sudden unintended acceleration fiasco! No mention at all has been given to ELECTRONICALLY-induced SUA while drivers, passengers, storefront/building/home occupants, pedestrians, and others who continue to be either critically-injured or killed by runaway Toyota vehicles!
How is it that a corporation gains so much power? How is it that $$ becomes more important than human lives? How is it that so many people or entities are involved in Toyota's BLAME GAME but cannot speak about it because of financial reasons?
Something is amiss! Public safety has truly gone by the wayside as evidenced by the criminal actions of Toyota, GM, and other automakers. Further, how is it that Toyota can go after its critics, particularly WHISTLEBLOWERS, with such vengeance without the PUBLIC reacting?
Toyota has essentially maligned experts in the fields of engineering and computer electronics in order to cover up its unexplained and terrifying sudden unintended acceleration problem. It has a history of legally harassing those who seek to advocate for SUA victims. The automaker uses a covert means to challenge and discredit consumer advocates who seek to network with similarly-affected Toyota owners.
Just as important to note, Toyota customers are "attacked" by Toyota's SMART team when they come to Toyota to report these shocking episodes. These meetings are described by Toyota owners as intimidating and belittling. The "team" attempts to tell customers that the SUA events didn't happen as described. The goal is to make the customer take blame for the erratic behavior of the vehicle. Age ("elderly" and "teen" scapegoats), alleged medical condition, alleged impairment, or alleged emergency event ("seizure," "blackout, etc) are used as "explanations" for the SUA events/crashes. If none of those arbitrary "excuses" work, Toyota falls back on the "killer floor mat" theory.
How is it that a corporate entity like Toyota can call the shots, particularly with Government, media, and law enforcement? What's wrong with this picture? WHEN will the public get mobilized to change the status quo?
How is it that a corporation gains so much power? How is it that $$ becomes more important than human lives? How is it that so many people or entities are involved in Toyota's BLAME GAME but cannot speak about it because of financial reasons?
Something is amiss! Public safety has truly gone by the wayside as evidenced by the criminal actions of Toyota, GM, and other automakers. Further, how is it that Toyota can go after its critics, particularly WHISTLEBLOWERS, with such vengeance without the PUBLIC reacting?
Toyota has essentially maligned experts in the fields of engineering and computer electronics in order to cover up its unexplained and terrifying sudden unintended acceleration problem. It has a history of legally harassing those who seek to advocate for SUA victims. The automaker uses a covert means to challenge and discredit consumer advocates who seek to network with similarly-affected Toyota owners.
Just as important to note, Toyota customers are "attacked" by Toyota's SMART team when they come to Toyota to report these shocking episodes. These meetings are described by Toyota owners as intimidating and belittling. The "team" attempts to tell customers that the SUA events didn't happen as described. The goal is to make the customer take blame for the erratic behavior of the vehicle. Age ("elderly" and "teen" scapegoats), alleged medical condition, alleged impairment, or alleged emergency event ("seizure," "blackout, etc) are used as "explanations" for the SUA events/crashes. If none of those arbitrary "excuses" work, Toyota falls back on the "killer floor mat" theory.
How is it that a corporate entity like Toyota can call the shots, particularly with Government, media, and law enforcement? What's wrong with this picture? WHEN will the public get mobilized to change the status quo?
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Are ELECTRONIC Throttle Control Software Glitches Causing Toyota Sudden Unintended Acceleration?
Toyota and Lexus are #1 in cases of sudden unintended acceleration and FORD is #2. The current unintended acceleration plaguing newer vehicles is the electronically-induced type. The engine throttle control systems depend on computer software to command them. Sometimes glitches occur...like in some of your other electronic devices...which can cause the command to be different than what you desire. The evidence of the glitch is often undetectable after the vehicle is restarted. Unfortunately, the EDR (black box) is not always accurate as shown by expert Dr. Antony Anderson in his analysis of a 2012 Toyota Highlander. The EDR results indicated the driver was not braking when she was doing so. The EDR results are inconsistent.
The key to avoiding a horrific crash during a SUA event is whether or not the vehicle has an effective fail-safe in the event a glitch occurs. If it does not, as in the case of the glitch-prone Toyota ETCS-i, then the vehicle may become a runaway with an ineffective means to stop it. Unfortunately, the safety standards aren't as strict in automobiles as they are in airplanes. Some manufacturers have more effective fail-safes than others. In the case of Toyota, an embedded software expert, Michael Barr (see Oklahoma Bookout vs. Toyota court case involving a 2005 Camry) found that an electronic glitch could induce a SUA event. Another expert, Dr. Henning Leidecker, found that a SUA event could also be triggered by "tin whisker" formation, particularly in 2002-2006 Toyota Camry vehicles.
SUA events have been DEADLY for vehicle occupants as well as pedestrians and people in storefronts, buildings, and even homes. The numbers of such crashes are ever-increasing with the advent of the very complex ELECTRONIC throttle control systems.
With the increase in such serious vehicle crashes, there is a concerted effort to show driver "pedal misapplication" or a "medical condition" or some other reason for the incident...anything other than a vehicle defect. Investigators aren't scrutinizing the buggy electronic throttle control software or other conditions that can elicit a terrifying sudden unintended acceleration incident. They usually just examine the *mechanical* causes which tend to be just red herrings in these cases. Investigators simply don't have the expertise to find such electronic glitches. In fact, the staff at the NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, do not have this very specialized training!
Think of it...the next step in electronically-controlled vehicles seems to be so-called "self-driving cars." Do YOU want to be in a such a vehicle when there is no evidence that strict safety standards, particularly in the throttle control system's software, have been adhered to? Will you just BLINDLY trust the automaker (criminally-investigated and nearly-prosecuted Toyota and soon-to-be GM and others?) to come through for you and your family's safety *on its own*?
A recently published Huffington Post article by Jonathan Handel,
How Do We Know Driverless Cars Are Safe? Google Says 'Trust Us'
Posted: Updated: speaks to these very issues and poses tough questions about Google's "driverless" vehicles. Educate yourself carefully before you put your faith in automakers who have knowingly lied to their customers and the government for decades. Study the issue of vehicle electronic sudden unintended acceleration and ask WHY we aren't seeing it addressed publicly. WHY is blame placed on the driver with little more than speculation about which pedal was used or with little more than an assumption on medical condition. This is being done *even when the drivers steadfastly cite a VEHICLE PROBLEM as the cause of the crash. Absence of proof is not proof of absence of a serious ELECTRONIC computer glitch or other electronically-caused SUA.
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