Missing Code in Toyota Claim

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Toyota today claimed Prof. David Gilbert’s testimony on the sudden unintended acceleration isn’t representative of real world situations.

However – and this is important – Toyota makes no mention (at least in this report) about Gilbert’s more important finding: that Toyota’s on-board computers contain no defect code for the problem, which speaks to the reason the company’s diagnosis is (according to several experts) incorrect.

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Mike Buetow is president of the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (pcea.net). He previously was editor-in-chief of Circuits Assembly magazine, the leading publication for electronics manufacturing, and PCD&F, the leading publication for printed circuit design and fabrication. He spent 21 years as vice president and editorial director of UP Media Group, for which he oversaw all editorial and production aspects. He has more than 30 years' experience in the electronics industry, including six years at IPC, an electronics trade association, at which he was a technical projects manager and communications director. He has also held editorial positions at SMT Magazine, community newspapers and in book publishing. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikebuetow

One thought on “Missing Code in Toyota Claim”

  1. no one claims the problem isn’t rare.

    the question is… is it possible?

    I don’t know how to read “not representing real world conditions”.
    Does this mean very very rare?
    Does this mean not possible? (impossible in the real world)

    Missing error code …. because it is not possible in real world conditions?
    or
    as you indicated .. still missing because it was dismissed as “exceptionally rare”?

    Same true for conflicting commands (brake not taking prescient over accel)..
    because of rarity?
    or
    because impossible in “real world conditions”?

    You gotta be very sure of yourself to say “impossible”….. (or naive, or just lying)

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