{"id":269563,"date":"2010-02-03T06:46:46","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T11:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=50146"},"modified":"2010-02-03T06:46:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T11:46:46","slug":"fed-looking-at-toyota-electronics-as-source-of-unintended-acceleration-defects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/269563","title":{"rendered":"Fed looking at Toyota electronics as source of unintended acceleration defects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/toyota_pedal_assembly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was reported yesterday that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/02\/02\/obama-satisfied-with-toyotas-recall-strategy\/\">U.S. Department of Transportation was satisfied with Toyota&#8217;s plan to address their recall of 2.3 million vehicles<\/a> facing unintended acceleration issues after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed the Japanese automaker&#8217;s plan.<\/p>\n<p>Well, you can scratch that. Late last night, federal investigators began looking into whether the problem with Toyota&#8217;s gas pedal recall goes beyond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/02\/01\/toyota-announces-plan-to-fix-pedals-on-recalled-vehicles-w-video\/\">the fix announced by the automaker on Monday<\/a>. The NHTSA is now looking to see if the problem lies within a Toyota vehicle&#8217;s electrical system.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the electrical system was confirmed by an anonymous agency. Officials say that the agency is looking into the possibility of electromagnetic interference that could cause Toyota&#8217;s electronic throttle control systems to malfunction.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-50146\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The NHTSA said it has found no evidence to support an electronic malfunction in their previous tests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/02\/02\/apple-co-founder-says-toyota-acceleration-issue-related-to-software-glitch-not-pedal\/\">Guess Steve Wozniak had a point after all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2010\/02\/02\/news\/companies\/toyota_recall\/index.htm?section=money_autos\">CNNMoney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YuJk9w-UVAJFJI8rITOQ2q5Rwg4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YuJk9w-UVAJFJI8rITOQ2q5Rwg4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YuJk9w-UVAJFJI8rITOQ2q5Rwg4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YuJk9w-UVAJFJI8rITOQ2q5Rwg4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UGrj7Qpoi2Q:eO5hv1k_SAk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UGrj7Qpoi2Q:eO5hv1k_SAk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=UGrj7Qpoi2Q:eO5hv1k_SAk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UGrj7Qpoi2Q:eO5hv1k_SAk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=UGrj7Qpoi2Q:eO5hv1k_SAk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UGrj7Qpoi2Q:eO5hv1k_SAk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=UGrj7Qpoi2Q:eO5hv1k_SAk:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was reported yesterday that the U.S. Department of Transportation was satisfied with Toyota&#8217;s plan to address their recall of 2.3 million vehicles facing unintended acceleration issues after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reviewed the Japanese automaker&#8217;s plan. 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