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...Exponent has also played a part in challenging a sudden-acceleration experiment on a Toyota Avalon conducted by researchers at Southern Illinois University. The SIU study was presented to Congress and highlighted by ABC News, but the report was called into question when the university's researchers were found to have deliberately changed the accelerator-pedal wiring to induce the sudden acceleration. Submit your questions here for a TIME talk about the future of electric batteries...
...what about the car's software? According to preliminary findings, there were no diagnostic trouble codes found in the power-management computer, Michels noted, nor was the dashboard's malfunction-indicator light activated; also, the floor mat was in the correct position. Toyota has identified floor mats as one cause of past sudden-acceleration problems. (See which businesses are bucking the recession...
...anomaly that Toyota's engineers couldn't explain was the heavy wear on the front brakes, which Toyota officials admitted was consistent with Sikes' assertion that he tried to brake...
...Today's conference occurred to raise questions on Mr. Sikes' actions last Monday but does not go far enough as to clear the air on the what-ifs that sit like an elephant in the middle of [Toyota's] story," noted James Bell, a senior analyst with Kelly Blue Book. "We appreciate that such an issue is difficult to replicate and test, but we don't believe this press conference has put the public's mind at ease just yet." (See the worst business deals...
...Separately, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas filed a civil lawsuit charging Toyota with unfair business practices - knowingly selling defective vehicles and failing to disclose them to California residents. Toyota declined to comment on the suit...