Times: Acceleration concern in West Seattle Prius incident

Related to the ongoing coverage of Toyota safety concerns, our citywide-news partners at the Seattle Times have published a story tonight about an incident a year ago in West Seattle: Their story says a man driving a 2007 Toyota Prius believed unintended acceleration caused it to go out of control and wind up hanging over a retaining wall in February 2009. The Times says federal regulators checked out this and other Prius cases, as well as the other Toyota concerns. We checked our archives and it doesn’t appear the car-on-wall incident was something we covered. (Thanks to Diane for quickly spotting and sharing the link.)

4 Replies to "Times: Acceleration concern in West Seattle Prius incident"

  • Luke February 4, 2010 (11:12 pm)

    Wasn’t there an article in the Seattle Weekly talking about unintended acceleration in Prius’s(Priuses? Priusi?)?

    Found it:
    http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-04-22/news/the-flip-side-of-the-perfect-prius

    It’s my opinion that this gas pedal thing is not the only problem here. But I’m not an electrical engineer. I know my Tacoma gets bought back when the frame starts to rust though! Salt those roads baby!

  • SarahScoot February 5, 2010 (8:37 am)

    Luke, yes, the unintentional acceleration is the reason behind the first massive Toyota recall. The new recall is about faulty brakes.

  • KBear February 5, 2010 (9:28 am)

    I had a very speedy commute this morning, with all those Toyotas off the road! All we need is a Subaru recall and our traffic woes are solved!

  • SarahScoot February 5, 2010 (10:52 am)

    KBear – LOL. Hadn’t thought about that. Imagine a joint Toyota, Subaru, and VW recall.
    On second thought, my bus was jam-packed this morning. Hmm, maybe I wouldn’t like that recall…

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