Design News on Toyota problem

Toyota's Problem Was Unforeseeable - 2010-01-28 20:32:38 | Design News

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Toyota's sticking gas pedal was an almost-unforeseeable problem, experts say, and the best course of action now is for engineers to ensure that drivers can handle the failure if it happens again.

"This is one of those horrifying nightmare problems that will occasionally occur, no matter how hard you try," said David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research.

Automotive experts said this week that predicting the problem would have been nearly impossible during design and test, especially given the kind of accelerated testing that is typically used to evaluate components which may have to last from 10 to 15 years. Making it even more difficult was the fact that the gas pedals didn't appear to fail by themselves, but rather, by interaction with other components, such as heaters or floor mats.
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I'm no fan of David Cole because I'm pretty sure he and his organization were behind CNW Marketing and some of the "Bell the Hybrid" nonsense. But in this case, "even a blind hog finds an acorn."

Bob Wilson

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