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Old 02-11-2010, 10:24 AM
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I'd say that's a little worse than a stuck accelerator pedal. I could always shift to neutral if the throttle stuck, but I would shit bricks if my steering wheel did that on the highway.

Toyota should just take the rest of 2010 off and come back in 2011 once they look over all these issues. There's something systemically wrong with the company to have this many issues in such a short time span.
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:57 AM
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What the hell!!! Toyota

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Old 02-11-2010, 11:24 AM
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Heh, my logitech driving wheel for playstation does that when i give it a shake, but a real car doing it? That's ludicrous
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:40 AM
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electrical steering FTL. in my 250, if i let go of the wheel @ a stop, it will rotate 45 degrees to the left - regardless of the angle of a terrain. the lease is up next week...no longer my prob.

the steering is SO numb in the IS too. you could tell that its as far from mechanical as possible.
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:47 AM
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It just feels like Toyota/Lexus went from being the most reliable brand on the planet to the other end below Range Rover.
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:50 AM
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once agin. all these electrical nannies fucking everything up.
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Haha, wtf!?
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:58 AM
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Jeezus, it's like Toyota became FIAT circa 1983.
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I've seen this before a long time ago, but I can't remember what car it was. WTF?
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Can't view the video at work. What does it show?
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Old 02-11-2010, 01:08 PM
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Can't view the video at work. What does it show?
a steering wheel shitting its pants and having a seizure
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Holy crap that steering wheel went apeshit crazy
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a steering wheel shitting its pants and having a seizure
While driving or sitting in park?
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Old 02-11-2010, 01:26 PM
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While driving or sitting in park?
lets just say if they were on the highway when the car did this....
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Originally Posted by I Go To Costco
lets just say if they were on the highway when the car did this....
So it was in park.

Interesting. I'll have to watch this when I get home.
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Get that shit fixed asap son!
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Get that shit fixed asap son!
Let's hope it's just wonky software.

Shame on Toyota for outsourcing software coding outside of Japan.



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Old 02-11-2010, 02:48 PM
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Holy smokes. Someone should show this to a reporter or something. They'd have a field day over this...
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Just what Toyota needs right now... more shit going wrong with their cars...
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show it to a reporter. im trying to get some toyota stock cheap
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vid out of bandwidth. can you host it on youtube or something?
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holy crap.....that would suck
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It just feels like Toyota/Lexus went from being the most reliable brand on the planet to the other end below Range Rover.
Except Range Rovers only cost people money, not their lives.....
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EDIT: just watched the video.


Looks similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASdvtshppok
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vid out of bandwidth. can you host it on youtube or something?


click on the red box in the video
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
EDIT: just watched the video.


Looks similar to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASdvtshppok
That was the exact video I was talking about in my earlier post too... that video you posted is worse though. Kinda cool to have as an anti-theft device, but boy would I hate for shit to go wrong when I'm merely getting ready to drive.
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this reminds me of tiger woods, it wasn't a huge story until someone really dug until they found something and then the flood gates opened.

Except i don't thing that the flood gates have opened all the way yet.....

Very sad since i would have chosen a toyota over any ford, not now. hello honda
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Sweet baby Jesus asleep in a manger.

Its only a matter of days before this ends up on international media outlets.

I don't startle easily but that is utterly shocking.
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Originally Posted by TheMirror
Sweet baby Jesus asleep in a manger.

Its only a matter of days before this ends up on international media outlets.

I don't startle easily but that is utterly shocking.
just emailed my friend at the New York Times......

although, from the posts ive seen on jalopnik it has to do with interference with after-market HID kits... which still doesn't make it excusable but we shall see how this turns out.
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There was another forum that mentioned the aftermarket HID as well. Can't recall where I saw that ATM.
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i just saw this again and good god it is frightening!
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