Saturday, May 17, 2014

TOYOTA'S CORPORATE HANDBOOK: Chapter 1: LIE

This is the first in a series about TOYOTA'S CORPORATE HANDBOOK.



Stay tuned and check back because TOYOTA'S CORPORATE HANDBOOK will be updated as other examples are found.


TOYOTA'S CORPORATE HANDBOOK seems universal.





Please note the chapters don't necessarily occur in a predictable order.

Sudden Unintended Acceleration Events – Prius Gen 3, 2011 Model In Uk




Sadly, it is not entirely unexpected when you look at the trouble that owners had in convincing franchised dealers and Toyota that their new Auris HSDs were draining the 12V batteries in 48 hours.

You have a ScanGauge that should be able to read at least part of any DTC thrown?

OTOH if the car is behaving in a way that the engineers had not anticipated then it is possible that there will not be DTC to point directly at an SUA problem.



 

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/158898-sudden-unintended-acceleration-events-prius-gen-3-2011-model-in-uk/page-2




ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:



The Toyota documents she reviewed proved so troubling that Benjamison turned the documents – many marked "secret" and "confidential" – over to Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA). Benjaminson went public because lives were at stake and "the corporate PR megaphone has completely drowned out the victims."