Media hysteria hits a new low.

I read this one with dismay. CNN is now officially as bad as Fox News. Put them all on the B Ship.

Tom

 

We've been driving all the wrong Prius.

 

Oh sure, my Prius frequently his 200+ MPH, I have to have my Hanz device to keep my head protected, and of course my 4 point racing harness. LOL

Mitch

 

And attach a rocket to it with a defective O-ring.

 

Do you look like this during the transition between regenerative and ABS at 200+ mph?

 

This is exactly the type of press that toyota needs to adress head on. Toyota should form a task force to quickly react/contact people like this that have a problem...to pull the car off the road, give them a loaner in the meantime, and spend some time trying to duplicate the problem.

Did Toyota ever contact the Woz? Probably not. Toyota's response seems to be - put their heads in the sand and claim, "we will do better next time". They are doing a HORRIBLE job.

The problem that Toyota now has - any and every bad experience, whether it is driver error or not, will be in the press the next day. It's unfortunate that Toyota has not recognized the fact that many of us realize - there are forces at work that would like to bring down Toyota. If Toyota is not more pro-active in how they deal with problems, and how they address all the mis-information that's in the press, Toyota's market share in the US could become a fraction of what it is today.

 

The car business isn't a game of hockey. Stick with what you know, please?

 

Really? I wasn't aware. And you know what? Please tell us how it works? I'll wait. LOL.

Oh, and if you think Toyota is doing a good job, then you are a fool. Maybe you took a puck to the head?

 

You're correct --and I agree, other than that I'd put the emphasis on contacting the media promptly and effectively. Can we not all agree that Toyota has more of a PR deficiency than an engineering deficiency?

 

We need to educate or Toyota needs to modify how to shut off the engine. Still, the article makes it sound like it is impossible to shut off the engine.

Also noticed the complaints were about previous gen Priuses. Did the cruise operate the same way? Pressing the brake should have disengaged the Cruise though...

 

As fuzzy1 said, these efforts are often legal and PR minefields and too many people/businesses have dug a bigger hole for themselves this way.

 

I believe you have to hold the power button in for 3 seconds to turn off.

 

yea i know that, just that the article makes it sound like the engine is stuck on.

 

This reminds me of the John Stewart 'runaway Camry' skit from last week.

Hey I'll take one of those rocketing-Prii, please. I could get to work a whole lot faster @ 200mph! I need one with wings, though.

 

I have found that the car accelerates faster than what I want it to after braking to slow at highway speeds, when I hit the resume button, but I just speed up at my own pace with the accelerator pedal to close to where I am cruising, then hit resume. I think I am saving a little fuel by accelerating more slowly than it is programmed to do, especially if it is like going back from 50 to 70mph or so. When it does stop it may be a mile an hour or so beyond what it is set for but I find that much variance under normal cruise control driving as I go up or down slopes in the roadway. Nothing to be alarmed about.

 

Some other brands with a push-button start, you don't have to wait 3 seconds to turn off. If there was an easy (software) fix for toyota, I'd make it EASY, and a QUICK turn-off for the nervous Prius/Toyota driver.

I can see another lawyer encouraged sticker on these cars telling people how to turn the car off in an emergency.