We’ve all heard about the Toyota floor mat recalls and more recently the Toyota recall that dealt with a stuck accelerator which wasn’t caused by the floor mat. Today on the news they’re reporting some that Honda’s being recalled for ‘squishy’ brakes which may not stop if not repaired.
A couple of things I’m wondering about the situation. In the Toyotas why weren’t there more fail safes? If the computer is controlling fuel injection which is based user input on the accelerator why aren’t there several check systems in place that the drivers foot is actually on the accelerator.
Secondly why couldn’t the driver just shift into neutral or kill the engine by turning the key? I’ve had older cars since I started driving and not one car ever prevented from changing gears while driving. It’s not a wise thing to do but quite a useful for safety.
With all the BS sensors in new cars, I mean seriously they have senors that tell you when to change the oil. Why aren’t car manufactures putting censors on important systems or upgrading the existing sensors? I’d rather start the car and have it not go anywhere because of a bad sensor then be driving along and have sudden acceleration that I cannot control or not be able to brake.
As much as I am a tech guy computers have made cars infinitely more complex for very little gain overall and when there’s a glitch in a cars computer it’s whooper of a bill to repair/replace. Perhaps, it’s time to go back to the basics and just drive cars without all the bells and whistles afford by the integrated computer systems.
#1 by Condenser Microphone : on October 29, 2010 - 11:30 am
i love new cars specially those prototype ones that have some out of this world feature`*~
#2 by Luke Brouse on November 17, 2010 - 12:11 pm
the new cars these year looks very streamlined and very stylish, i wonder what the new cars next year would look like ‘-;