Toyota isn’t implementing brake overrides because of sudden acceleration complaints, executive says
Toyota is quite busy trying to implement a new brake override system in all of its models by the end of 2010, but this measure wasn’t taken because of the recent sudden acceleration scandals and complaints, at least according to the company’s general quality manager, Hiroyuki Yokoyama.
He recently revealed that the recent problems in quality have been generated by the big growth experienced by the Japanese company, and many production plants just weren’t able to keep up with demand. That doesn’t mean that faults were made with the current throttle systems, which, according to Yokoyama, have plenty of failsafe triggers, but the engine start/stop button system might be re-imagined in the future, said the executive.
While I’m sure Yokoyama tries to keep the Toyota brand image high, you can be sure that the recent scandals have clearly urged the Japanese carmaker to get the new safety systems on cars as soon as possible.
Source: Automotive News via Autoblog
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