The next line certainly places some suspicion on CNN’s report, as Toyota states that "It is ironic a

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A financial attorney once told me that figures do not lie. There are just a lot of liars doing the figuring. In this case, it's difficult exotic rental cars las vegas to tell which invention, which translation, which cover up and which sensational statements are truth.
Did Toyota lie about sudden acceleration and that that it was electronic in nature? According to CNN, that may be the case, provided their translations of Japanese documents are accurate; and therein is the problem. It comes down to a proper translation and a proper context.
As long as I've worked in automotive engineering, I never met an engineer who would intentionally hide a serious design flaw or keep it from management. Engineers like to sleep at night; so they write reports all the time to basically cover their own behinds. So, this latest charge by multiple CNN translations of a Toyota document has special significance.
According to a CNN article that somehow exotic rental cars las vegas obtained access to an internal Toyota document, Toyota engineers found an electronic software problem that caused "sudden unintended acceleration" in a test vehicle during pre-production trials. Of course exotic rental cars las vegas it was written in Japanese and had to be translated for CNN.
Supposedly the document was written in 2006 and marked "confidential." Of course, Toyota denies that it says any such thing. However, CNN is sticking to its guns; its three translations of which two were commissioned by CNN.
An Overall Inspection of Communication Fail Safes procedure is now mandated for the 180L in order to prevent the reoccurrence of the problem that occurred in the 250L, in which the cruise control activates by itself at full throttle when the accelerator pedal position exotic rental cars las vegas sensor is abnormal.*1
A communication fail-safe overhaul for 180L will be conducted to prevent recurrence of the problem that occurred with 250L: sudden unintended acceleration due to wrong judgment made by (the full speed range Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) System) when there is an abnormality with the accelerator pedal position sensor (*1).
To prevent the accelerator malfunction that caused the vehicle to accelerate on its own (see note 1) that occurred on the 250L, we conduct an "Overall Quality Inspection of Failsafe Signaling Systems."
Note that these three translations were consistent in that they related to a reoccurrence. It doesn't take a biblical exegesis to appreciate the significance of that number of repeats; and that makes this reporter a bit suspicious. Then again, I have to admit that I never did totally dismiss an electronic failure if for no other reason than an EMI pulse. Hey, its possible. And I didn't believe the magic bullet theory which killed exotic rental cars las vegas Kennedy.
In all fairness, exotic rental cars las vegas though, Toyota is correct in stating that during prototype development, all manufacturers artificially induce failure to evaluate potential scenarios, no matter how remote, to help ensure a condition does not go into production.
In the second rebuttal letter to CNN by Toyota, I then found these words disturbing: "an inaccurate and misleading translation of a Japanese language document that by its very nature requires significant context to evaluate accurately."
So, what they are saying is that communication within a Japanese document exotic rental cars las vegas is subject to so much context that only the writer really knows what he is really stating. Did I get that right? Then how the heck do they communicate in that country? Reminds of that warden in the movie, Cool Hand Luke , when he said, "What we have here is a failure to communicate."
Toyota's official position is that it was a stress test intentionally designed to confuse the ACC interaction by artificially creating (and thereby simulating) a failed accelerator pedal sensor. In this respect, this reminds me of the intentional stress test of the Chevy Volt battery. So, let's be fair in that that is a distinct possibility.
The next line certainly places some suspicion on CNN's report, as Toyota states that "It is ironic and disheartening that the very document at issue, which is actually evidence of Toyota's robust vehicle design and pre-production testing, is the apparent centerpiece for CNN's broadcast." I learned in another letter that the CNN program was Anderson Cooper 360.
The CNN article clearly does not present all the facts and at best is misleading news on a slow news day, or at worst blatantly unethical journalism. Either way, this article erodes my trust in their organization.
At the end, even if the test showed the crash of the car due to completely broken system (it didnt, it worked fine), this is why pre-production tests happen. How can they blast Toyota for testing their pre-production cars? Thats so silly I am amazed.
Not to mention that this is Adaptive Cruise Control system not sold in the USA at all, and pre-production versions where engineers try to make it work as perfectly as possible by introducing various different methods of failure.