Saturday, May 31, 2014

"Let's face it. Consumers have become pawns in a deadly game of corporate cover-up."


Have you ever had a car accident?




Do you remember the sound of crunching metal?




The impact? 






The sound of breaking glass? The loss of control? The unwitting surrender of control?




The injuries?    The shock? 




You didn't fail! TOYOTA failed to produce safe vehicles, putting profits before SAFETY! 




You wouldn't hurt someone much less kill a wonderful 4 year old like Lily Quintus.




This is Noriko Uno's TOYOTA. She tried to STOP. Noriko Uno applied the brakes, pulled the emergency brake and couldn't slow down her runaway TOYOTA..... 




This is Noriko Uno.....looks like a nice lady...until her TOYOTA raced out of control.....





FROM: Beware of Toyota .......  /Parris Boyd


CLEAN UP YOUR ACT, Toyota. This makes AT LEAST THREE CASES during the past two months suggesting electronically-induced unintended acceleration in runaway Toyotas. Common denominators include parking lots, turning corners, slow speeds when the events begin, and driver complaints that the brakes failed to stop the vehicles. NONE OF THE DRIVERS IN THESE CRASHES WERE ELDERLY. All of the vehicles - various models - crashed into public buildings: Solara into a daycare, Lexus into a church, RAV4 into a library. 

More info re acknowledged crook Toyota via http://uc2.blogspot.com/




Monsey, NY - Spring Valley Police Release Dramatic Footage Showing Finkelstein Memorial Library Crash


Monsey, NY – Graphic footage of the SUV that crashed into the Finkelstein Memorial Library Wednesday evening has been released by the Spring Valley police department.
In the video two views from the inside and outside of the library show the Toyota Rav 4 entering the front of the library, crashing through the glass doors and stopping near the circulation desk.
As previously reported by Vin News six people were injured in the accident, including three children and a 15-year-old girl was pinned beneath the vehicle.
The Journal News reports that the 15-year-old girl was released from Westchester Medical Center Thursday.
The driver of the SUV, Jean Lycee, 58, was released from Nyack Hospital.
No charges have been filed yet as investigators are looking into Lycee’s claims that mechanical issues caused the car to accelerate out of control.
Is it not yet known when the library will open.
Watch below: LINK






Have we so lost our compassion for the victims that we're willing to give TOYOTA a free pass for their failures?






TOYOTA RECALLS: Profits Before Safety








Please click on the following NHTSA Campaign ID links to view the recall information.
NHTSA Campaign ID Number :14V273
Manufacturer :Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Make / Model Years :TOYOTA / 2004-2011
Subject :Spare Tire Assembly may Corrode and Detach
Thank you,
Recalls Subscription Team
Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)


Report Receipt Date: MAY 22, 2014
NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V273000
Component(s):
Potential Number of Units Affected: 370,000 

All Products Associated with this Recall close

Vehicle MakeModelModel Year(s)
  • TOYOTASIENNA2004-2011

Details close

2 Associated Documents expand





Please click on the following NHTSA Campaign ID links to view the recall information.
NHTSA Campaign ID Number :14V274
Manufacturer :Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Make / Model Years :TOYOTA / 2014
Subject :Second Row Right-Hand Seat Assembly/FMVSS 207
Thank you,
Recalls Subscription Team
Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)



Report Receipt Date: MAY 22, 2014
NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V274000
Component(s):
Potential Number of Units Affected: 231 

All Products Associated with this Recall close

Vehicle MakeModelModel Year(s)
  • TOYOTAHIGHLANDER2014

Details close

1 Associated Document expand

Thursday, May 29, 2014

"City mechanic" checks Lexus - cops charge driver

Wow! Did you read what Beware of Toyota.... had to say?

Excerpt below....





"City mechanic" checks Lexus - cops charge driver

Be warned. If your vehicle speeds out of control - and the vast majority of complaints involve Toyotas - you may wind up facing criminal charges. You may wind up in prison. Easter night, a Lexus - raising justifiable concerns of electronically-induced unintended acceleration - crashed into a church. In a previous blog post, I addressed the situation:

Case in point is this week's Easter night crash of a 2006 Lexus into a church full of people, injuries galore. All the earmarks of an unintended acceleration event, and given NHTSA's outright lies regarding the issue, nobody can be blamed for wondering. It's especially noteworthy that the driver says she was applying the brake when the Lexus suddenly accelerated. Embedded systems expert Michael Barr addressed this all-too-frequent situation in court testimony regarding the defects he found in Toyota's electronic throttle control. Mr. Barr pointed out that the driver would actually have to take their foot off the brake pedal and immediately press the pedal again in order to stand a chance of stopping the vehicle. I won't belabor the obvious unlikelihood that anyone would ever do that in such a situation. Note the eerie similarity of the Easter Sunday crash to a complaint filed with NHTSA on 4/14/08 regarding a 2006 Lexus:

LEXUS LS 430 BRAKES FAILED MOVING INTO A PARKING SPACE. PRESSED ON THE BREAKS THE SURGED FORWARD WENT OVER A BUMP, CURB, HANDICAP SIGN AND INTO THE BUILDING. WAS PRESSING ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR JUST TOOK OFF. *TR





We're ALL paying for TOYOTA'S FAILURES with increased insurance premiums.


Who remembers when there were this many vehicles crashing into building?

TOYOTA: Mysterious Lexus crash. '02-'06 Camrys still not recalled.


The casualties of TOYOTA'S FAILURES are not just those who are injured or killed, but those who are criminally charged because 'mechanics' lack the skill to analyze TOYOTA'S SOFTWARE as Michael Barr and others have done or address TIN WHISKERS.




Parris Boyd 

I just now double-checked: A "city mechanic" got it wrong in Koua Fong Lee's initial "trial" re anti-lock brakes. Here's wunna my blog posts about the case, see third paragraph, link to "bombshell testimony."

Case of jailed Toyota driver affronts fairness


Here's a collage of additional posts:
Jailed Toyota driver deserves punitive damages
Hardware and/or software problem exposed in Camry Hybrid brakes
Toyota guilty verdict renews interest in sudden unintended acceleration
Another recall. Bloomberg ignores evidence of Toyota's software causing sudden unintended acceleration
D.A. drops charges. Lexus driver sues Toyota.
Toyota caught red handed?
Unraveling the Toyota way
Lee case an embarassment for Toyota


Mysterious Lexus crash. '02-'06 Camrys still not recalled.




Driver at fault in Easter church crash

Posted: May 27, 2014 10:49 AM EDT Updated: May 28, 2014 6:30 AM EDT

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

TOYOTA RAV4 smashes into Spring Valley Library, pins teen, injures 5 others

Is this another TOYOTA SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION problem?

[CLICK ON LINKS FOR ADITIONAL PHOTOS AND INFORMATION.]

SUV smashes into Spring Valley library, pins teen inside


The driver, said to be a man in his late 50s to early 60s, told police mechanical trouble caused him to lose control of his Toyota RAV4 before striking the girl, who was pinned beneath the SUV inside the building, police said.

"What the driver is saying is that he believes a recall on the car may have had something to do with this as far as the mechanical failure on the vehicle," Bosworth said. "We're going to look at all aspects of that."

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2014/05/27/suv-smashes-entrance-spring-valley-library-several-injured/9648869/







SUV slams into Spring Valley, N.Y. library, injures at least 6 people 

Sasha Goldstein

At least six people were hurt after a man lost control of his SUV, smashing the vehicle into the front lobby of the Spring Valley, N.Y. public library Tuesday evening.

The Finkelstein Memorial Library was still open just before 8 p.m. when a man in his 60s driving a Toyota RAV4 careened across the sidewalk, striking and pinning a 15-year-old girl and hitting four other pedestrians before slamming through the glass doors of the building along Route 59, according to The Journal News.

"It went through the pillars outside the building and came in through the foyer, coming to rest inside the library lobby area," Spring Valley police Lt. Jack Bosworth told the newspaper.


None of the injuries, in an upstate town just across the Tappan Zee Bridge, appeared life-threatening, fire officials told The Journal News.
The driver appeared sober, cops told the newspaper, and the crash may have been due to mechanical issues with the vehicle.
"I heard the car crash and saw everybody running," Joseph Duque, 12, told the newspaper. "I saw a lady with blood (on her face)."

The black Toyota never touched the actual building, but appears to have smashed directly through sliding glass doors in the front entrance.

The building is closed because the wreck exposed wires, the paper reported. The library is expected to be closed Wednesday but could reopen Thursday.

The crash cause remains under investigation.

http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/suv-slams-spring-valley-n-y-library-injures-6-people-article-1.1807728



SUV crashes through front of NY library, pinning girl and injuring 5 others

The unidentified driver told police that mechanical trouble caused him to lose control of his vehicle, The Journal News reported. He was treated for chest pains after the crash.


Tuesday, May 27, 2014

TOYOTA: Pissed Consumer



Toyota - Unexpected acceleration.
2014-05-26 16:18:20
Toyota Camry
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Toyota Reviews
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In June of 2013, I pulled into my daughter's driveway and was stopped. Suddenly my
Toyota Camry accelerated and lunged into the brick house. The cost to fix house $5000
and car $3300. LAST WEEK, I had a repeat occurrence when driving, I put my blinker on to change to R. lane,
which I did and the car accelerated and LUNGED into the car
in front of me.Both cars were quite damaged, and I again will be charged with an
accident. This car has lunged unexpectedly before but fortunately did not cause an
accident (more room). My driving record is clear except for these two unfortunate
wrecks

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Pissed Consumer © All Rights Reserved

Monday, May 26, 2014

TOYOTA CORPORATE PLAYBOOK: CHAPTER 5: ATTACK THE MEDIA FOR REVEALING THE TRUTH!





When CNN reported the TRUTH, TOYOTA attacked in TOYOTA'S bullying efforts to intimidate and silence the TRUTH!

TOYOTA lost in Oklahoma because software expert, Michael Barr and others analyzed TOYOTA SOFTWARE, condemning its flaws.

 


Experts: Translated Toyota memo shows electronic acceleration concern


By David Fitzpatrick and Drew Griffin, CNN Special Investigations Unit
updated 9:51 PM EST, Thu March 1, 2012

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/us/toyota-memo-acceleration-concerns


Documents related to CNN's report on Toyota


updated 11:49 PM EST, Thu March 1, 2012


Toyota Responds to CNN Story Tonight


In the face of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, CNN has irresponsibly aired a grossly inaccurate segment on Anderson Cooper 360 that attempts to resurrect the discredited, scientifically unproven allegation that there is a hidden defect in Toyota’s electronic throttle control system that can cause unintended acceleration.

Exhaustive investigations undertaken by some of the most respected engineers and scientific institutions in America – including NASA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Academy of Sciences – have thoroughly debunked this worn-out fabrication. Yet a group of trial lawyers suing Toyota for money and their paid advocates are continuing their efforts to manufacture controversy where none exists and have used CNN to support their narrow, self-serving agenda.

CNN's story was premised on an egregiously inaccurate translation of a Toyota document produced in litigation that references a stress test evaluation conducted on a prototype (preproduction) vehicle in development. For example, CNN’s mistranslation contains the phrase “sudden unintended acceleration.”

These words never appear in the Japanese language document referenced by CNN. The translation of “勝手に,” which appears in the document, actually translates to "by itself” (as it does in the first translation by CNN) or “on its own”… and “ 発進 ” correctly translates to "starts out.”

This phrase “starts out on its own” is used to refer to the fact that the adaptive cruise control (ACC) was preparing to resume its pre-set speed. This is not a reference to sudden unintended acceleration.

In fact, notes from the translator hired by CNN explicitly acknowledge that: “I added these words based on my understanding of the context.

This test, intentionally designed to artificially simulate a failed accelerator pedal sensor,


demonstrated that Toyota’s electronics and fail-safes worked exactly designed within


milliseconds to prevent the vehicle from accelerating. Contrary to CNN’s allegation, no “sudden


unintended acceleration” occurred nor is it referenced in the Japanese language document. It

was for this very reason that Toyota did not provide this document to the NHTSA in the course

of its exhaustive analysis of Toyota’s electronics. There is simply no basis for CNN’s assertion

that Toyota withheld this document from the government or that it would have made any

difference in the conclusions of the unprecedented engineering analysis conducted by NASA and the NHTSA.

[BOTH NHTSA AND NASA EVALUATIONS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADEQUATELY DISCREDITED ELSEWHERE]
Importantly, the Japanese language document describes a condition intentionally induced
during prototype testing of the ACC that has never existed in any vehicle ever produced or sold by Toyota anywhere in the world.

 


In its broadcast, CNN also highlights unverified customer complaints to the NHTSA and includes reference to at least one expert paid for by lawyers suing Toyota. With respect to the complaint by Tanya Spotts involving a low-speed parking incident, the vehicle’s Event Data Recorder conclusively demonstrates that the driver was on and off of the accelerator pedal in the seconds before impact and did not apply the brake pedal until approximately 0.4 seconds prior to impact, while travelling at 9 MPH. This data is entirely consistent with pedal misapplication.

[SEE PREVIOUS CHAPTER 2: DISCREDITING THEM ALL]

Complaints like this are not unique to Toyota. In fact, in 2011 alone the NHTSA received
consumer claims of low speed unintended acceleration events while parking for vehicles from twelve manufacturers other than Toyota.
 
[Phew! Another Chapter: But, But, But, TOYOTA isn't the only one with DEFECTIVE VEHICLES! Clearly that is DEFLECTION.]

It is ironic and disheartening that a document that actually reinforces Toyota’s robust vehicle
design and pre-production prototype testing to validate the safety of its vehicles in development was the centerpiece of this segment. Notwithstanding CNN’s irresponsible, inaccurate broadcast, we are gratified that Toyotas are once again widely recognized by leading independent evaluators as among the safest and most reliable in the world. 
 




Sunday, May 25, 2014

TOYOTA Corporate Playbook: Chapter 4: Dehumanize Fatalities: 'Souvenirs from NHTSA.'



MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA [AKA KING OF CONFLICT, formerly MR. TOYOTA U.S.A. ....so confusing!]....threw a creative HISSY FIT in court....





......accused the LEMON LADY of calling TOYOTA .....get this .....MURDERERS!





While it is known that MR. ALBANY ROUTE 44 TOYOTA believes he SCRUTINIZES the LEMON LADY'S public posts, TOYOTA'S own words are damning!







'Souvenirs from NHTSA.'

She [Betsy Benjaminson] began working on Toyota litigation in 2010. Before then, she'd been "oblivious" to the events in the U.S., she says. Slowly she began to notice "odd things" in documents she saw in connection with her role as translator. Revised press releases sometimes obscured important details, she says. Emails among engineers "revealed facts that directly contradicted" Toyota's public statements. Then it got worse. She read reports about runaway cars, including survivors' accounts of crashes that killed their companions. She was deeply affected. A "tipping point" came when she read a document the company had prepared based on complaints filed with NHTSA. "A summary of the injuries and deaths was attached," she recalls, "and it was cynically titled 'Souvenirs from NHTSA.' " For her, that was it.

After all of Toyota's strategizing, it could not have anticipated how those words would sound to a translator—or what she would do. It was one more thing lost in translation.




A Collage:

'Souvenirs from NHTSA.'
Is Toyota Telling the Truth About Sudden Acceleration?
Noriko Uno ..... and others....Innocent Deaths in Toyota Vehicles?

FROM: Toyota Table of Contents
 
WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- Toyota warned U.S. dealerships in 2002 that Camry owners complained of throttle surges and recommended adjusting the computer, documents indicted. [sic]
 
"If you look at this document, it says electronics," attorney Clarence Ditlow said. "It says the fix is reprogrammed in the computer. It doesn't say anything about floor mats."

....repair bulletin proves the manufacturer misled the public about the causes of sudden acceleration.

The dealer pleads: “… Engine revs stick at 6000 rpm without any reason. This issue occurs without any warning and at random cases. … (there were) two big car accidents in which the drivers miraculously escaped injuries. … the vehicle accelerated in an uncontrolled manner … more than 5 times … the Accelerator Sensor Assembly was replaced. … This issue could cost lives!!”

In another communication, a driver reported a Tundra zooming to 80 miles per hour, uncommanded, with ineffective brakes. When the truck was fixed, the technician noted, “short (circuit), insulation defective,” and replaced the gas pedal sensor assembly. The same document lists 547 pedal position electronic sensor assemblies that were replaced to fix speed control malfunctions that had been attributed to a mechanical “sticky pedal.”

Japan engineers also noted or investigated many varied electronics-related causes of UA and speed control issues. They include short circuits in the pedal position sensor, cruise control, poor wiring connectors, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and voltage irregularities. Numerous times throughout the documents, the electronic Engine Computer Unit (ECU) is mentioned as a possible cause for vehicle behavior that they could not understand.
 
"If you look at this document, it says electronics," attorney Clarence Ditlow said. "It says the fix is reprogrammed in the computer. It doesn't say anything about floor mats."

....repair bulletin proves the manufacturer misled the public about the causes of sudden acceleration.

The dealer pleads: “… Engine revs stick at 6000 rpm without any reason. This issue occurs without any warning and at random cases. … (there were) two big car accidents in which the drivers miraculously escaped injuries. … the vehicle accelerated in an uncontrolled manner … more than 5 times … the Accelerator Sensor Assembly was replaced. … This issue could cost lives!!”

In another communication, a driver reported a Tundra zooming to 80 miles per hour, uncommanded, with ineffective brakes. When the truck was fixed, the technician noted, “short (circuit), insulation defective,” and replaced the gas pedal sensor assembly. The same document lists 547 pedal position electronic sensor assemblies that were replaced to fix speed control malfunctions that had been attributed to a mechanical “sticky pedal.”

Japan engineers also noted or investigated many varied electronics-related causes of UA and speed control issues. They include short circuits in the pedal position sensor, cruise control, poor wiring connectors, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and voltage irregularities. Numerous times throughout the documents, the electronic Engine Computer Unit (ECU) is mentioned as a possible cause for vehicle behavior that they could not understand.



Consumer Reports recently uncovered NHTSA's log books from 2008 that showed Toyota and Lexus vehicles accounted for over 40% of the complaints about uncontrolled acceleration in 2008 models. That's a significant percentage, especially considering that Toyota doesn't sell 40% of the cars on the market (it sells about 15% of all cars).


Toyota: Ya Gotta Be Kidding Me! Let's Go Places? With NO BRAKES?
 
Toyota: Shirking their responsibility...
 
 

TOYOTA Corporate Playbook: Chapter 3: Blame Someone Else For Failure: Chilling!


This is Noriko Uno who was killed when her TOYOTA CAMRY sped out of control:


Noriko Uno's 2006 TOYOTA CAMRY:



After being struck by another vehicle, Noriko Uno's TOYOTA CAMRY sped out of control.

FROM: The Truth About Cars
Mardirossian said Uno was a cautious driver and neither floor mats nor driver error were to blame.

He said witnesses heard the Camry engine racing and saw brake lights going on and off. Pulling the handbrake had "zero effect," Mardirossian said.

"Imagine her strapped into her Toyota Camry driving 100 mph knowing the next move would be fatal," he said. "She saved many lives by veering off into that center median knowing that death was near."


The LEMON LADY has previously posted that a MERCURY SABLE [FORD] prevented additional injury and damage for several reasons.

FORD put a kill switch in the trunk that shuts off the electric fuel pump ON IMPACT.

The LEMON LADY'S MERCURY SABLE came to rest shortly after impact on someone's lawn.

FORD'S ABS brakes left skid marks across the road, never losing control.

TOYOTA offers NO such protection as these fatal TOYOTA CRASHES seem to prove and beyond that argues TOYOTA is not mandated to do so under federal law.

FORD was not required to do so either, yet FORD's feature protected not only the LEMON LADY, but occupants of the home.

Worth reading:

Media protecting Toyota in fatal day care crash


This little cherub is Lily Quintus, killed by a RUNAWAY TOYOTA SOLARA while innocently playing at her day care:




FHP diagram:

KinderCare crash: New details in FHP report


This diagram from Florida Highway Patrol shows how the crash into a KinderCare day care center happened



WINTER PARK -- 

A new crash report from Florida Highway Patrol outlines exactly what happened the day a vehicle crashed into a KinderCare day care center, killing one child and injured 13 other children and one adult.

Robert Corchado is facing charges for hitting the vehicle that crashed into the day care on North Goldenrod Road and fleeing the area. He remains in jail.
The report said Corchado's Dodge Durango struck a Toyota Solara. The Solara was slowing to turn into the parking lot for the day care center.

A diagram included in the crash report shows how the car hopped the curve, went through the parking lot, jumped the sidewalk and went through the wall of the day care, drove through one room, and then another before stopping.

The report also shows three children were struck by the car as it crashed into the playroom. Lily Quintus was one of those children, and she was killed in the crash. Two other children were critically hurt.

Eleven other children and one adult were all struck by debris from the crash.
 
http://mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/4/16/kindercare_crash_new.html


A Collage of Additional information:

In Memorium: Lily Quintas
Toyota has chosen lie after lie after lie
Easy to ignore....Toyota running scared after Oklahoma
You didn't know them.....
Noriko Uno: Last Minutes Filled With Terror As Toyota Camry Sped Out of Control
Mardirossian argued Toyota made safety an option instead of a standard by not installing a mechanism to override the accelerator. He added the automaker also failed to warn customers what to do if an accelerator became stuck.
Toyota defended its vehicles, saying it had a state of the art braking system and argued an override component would not have prevented the crash. The company's lawyers said Uno likely mistook the gas pedal for the brake. [Toyota's ploy: Blame it on the driver! Witnesses reported seeing brake lights and the handbrake had been pulled in efforts to STOP Noriko Uno's Runaway TOYOTA as she sped to her death.] 
 
Toyota has blamed the driver, stuck accelerators or floor mats that trapped the gas pedal for the sudden unintended acceleration......

....they argued that brake override was not -- and still is not -- required under federal vehicle safety standards.

Toyota reached the agreement in the case brought by the family of Paul Van Alfen and Charlene Jones Lloyd, spokeswoman Celeste Migliore said. They were killed when their Toyota Camry slammed into a wall in Utah in 2010.
.....the Associated Press has conducted an investigation of its own, finding that Toyota has, for years, blocked access to event data recorder (EDR) information, and that the automaker has been inconsistent in revealing exactly what these devices do and do not record.


Toyota CA Sudden Acceleration Trial: Can you trust Toyota?
"Toyota decided to make safety an option instead of a standard on their vehicles,".....
Consumer Reports recently uncovered NHTSA's log books from 2008 that showed Toyota and Lexus vehicles accounted for over 40% of the complaints about uncontrolled acceleration in 2008 models. That's a significant percentage, especially considering that Toyota doesn't sell 40% of the cars on the market (it sells about 15% of all cars).