Re: Instructional video on how to stop a runaway Toyota...

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"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:02:52 -0800, OscartheGrouch wrote:

Hachiroku ???? wrote:
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:51:39 -0800, OscartheGrouch wrote:

Hachiroku ???? wrote:
This fellow knew what to do to bring his car to a screeching halt.

Notice the technique used when the countdown timer gets to ~1:10...



I've been watching the status of all this about the accelerator pedal
with a lot of interest. The high level of interest is because my
accelerator has hung up on the floor mat 5 or 6 times. I've learned not
to gun it. That's how I have solved the problem. So today I called my
local dealer who does all my work. My car is a 2005 Prius. They looked
up my car and told me it was made in Japan and is not involved in the
recall, but that I can bring it in at my own expense. Despite the fact
that the accelerator will stick. I would think this would be disturbing
news to Toyota. Not disturbing enough I guess. My problem is that I can
never get the floor may lock device thingy that is furthest from the
gas pedal and closest to me to actually lock. It just can't be forced
down into the hole it's supposed to go into. But they will be nice
enough to fix it at my expense. Great.


Take it to them and show it to them. It should have been LOCKED IN prior
to delivery.

It can sometimes take a LOT of pressure to get the thing into the hole
properly. Ask them to do this for you, since "it hasn't been right since
I bought the car and is giving me problems. I would do it but I don't
want to break it." If they don't usher you to the detailing department
where this is done, tell them you're going to call Customer Care and ask
them what you should do, all things in consideration. It may have been
"made in Japan", which it was, and it doesn't have the recall in effect
on it, but it is still a safety hazard and the thing should have been
installed properly in the first place.

BTW, where are you, since your dealer is a jackass and sounds like a
good place to avoid? It will take them all of 45 seconds to install this
properly.



Exactly, I didn't want to break the damn thing by taking a hammer to it.
It's plastic after all. After posting this is when I decided taking it in
is the proper course of action. I have no problem telling you the name of
the dealer as they kind of blew it today with me. It's Humberston
Beaverton Toyota in Beaverton OR. The thing is, I usually like them. Free
rides home on service days and free pickups at the end of the day, really
good, usually, service representatives. All in all no problems since I
bought the thing new in '05. But this I felt, should have been addressed
differently.


A lot of the Toyota dealers that were owned by 'families' at one time are
now owned by large companies that own numerous dealerships, and are
basically run by the bean counters. It's too bad; my local dealer is owned
by a 'family' of bean counters, but they still remember the old customers.
Thank God for that. The other two in the area...UGH.

$375 for 'processing fees' for paperwork that has to be done BY LAW
anyway?!?!?!




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