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So many questions remain... How do I tell which Toyotas are affected? Do they all have these problems? What, if anything, did Toyota do to fix their software e

by swang 11y ago

So many questions remain... How do I tell which Toyotas are affected? Do they all have these problems? What, if anything, did Toyota do to fix their software engineering processes? I ask because my parents have a 2005 or 2006 Toyota Sienna, and I don't feel very comfortable with them driving it now.

MichaelGG 11y ago
If you're concerned about safety, look into the stats. With the number of accidents happening overall, I wouldn't be surprised if even a known flaw doesn't increase risk a whole lot. There's probably dominating factors, such as location (weather, etc.) and distance driven at which times, or which model of vehicle. Maybe I'm wrong and this is a significant risk, but the approach should be the same. Even if they found and fixed one problem, the stats would still tell you which cars are safest. It could very well be that other vendors are worse, just haven't been investigated.
- peterfirefly 11y ago
  Toyota cars are some of the safest on the road in the US according to the safety statistics -- even if (big if) some of them had problems with "unintended acceleration". This tells us that even if (big if) the issue was real, it was actually never important. Also funny that it never was an issue outside of the US.
  - thescrewdriver 11y ago
    Which safety statistics? IIHS crash test reports or actual road statistics?
    - peterfirefly 11y ago
      The latter.
      - thescrewdriver 11y ago
        Do you have a link? I'm genuinely interested.