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03-09-2010, 10:38 PM
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shifting to neutral.
apparently beyond most drivers these days.
because cars are so complicated and all. better to dial 911 on your cell phone while driving a car suffering alleged uncontrolled acceleration. the great part is listening to the hero chp officer explain all he did to get the driver to step on the brakes and pull the emergency brake at the same time there's a few posters here i'd like to see pull the e-brake at 90mph. just for the entertainment value. people are idiots. 
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03-10-2010, 06:17 AM
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there's always the option of turning off the key. now, if it were me, i'd take the option of trading in my toyota.
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03-10-2010, 06:31 AM
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If you turn off the key won't you lose power steering control? Maybe shift to neutral, turn off key and switch right back to auxillary to keep power steering. Whatever, Toyota has something else wrong and they just don't want to let the market know what it really is.
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03-10-2010, 07:23 AM
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sure, but the car will stop. i'd rather it quit then hit a tree, ditch, other car, etc at 90 mph. braking won't work.. either one is an option, but neither is a good one! many car makers had big increases in sales last month, while toyota really dropped off. there attempts at damage control are laughable at best, criminal at worst.
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03-10-2010, 09:50 AM
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All you have to do is shift into neutral. Even when the car is going 90 mph. The engine will race frighteningly, but you retain power steering and braking, and can coast the car to safety with steering and brake.
That specific advice has been all over the news when this problem first came out, but guess some just don't really know how their car works, or panic (certainly understandable)
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