{"id":260404,"date":"2010-02-01T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-toyota-is-fixing-2-million-stuck-pedals-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-01T13:48:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T18:48:00","slug":"new-twist-in-toyotas-sticky-pedal-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/260404","title":{"rendered":"New Twist In Toyota’s Sticky Pedal Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toyota has released a diagram to show how they’re going to repair 2.3 million accelerator pedals<\/a> that can get stuck and lead to runaway cars.<\/p>\n

But just as the company announced the pending repairs, which it says will begin this week, a new cause for alarm has surfaced from a report that a number of car brands, not just Toyota, could experience pedal malfunction due to electrical signals rather than simple friction, Detroit Free Press<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Most automotive engines today use “sensor-driven throttle systems” that can be disrupted by signals from cell phones or microwave towers, according to engineering experts. Whoever solves this problem, says John Liu, a Wayne State University professor of electrical and computer engineering, could become a billionaire.<\/p>\n

So far, Toyota’s shares have taken a serious beating<\/a> as a result of the recall.<\/p>\n

\"Toyota<\/p>\n

(Diagram via pressroom.toyota.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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