BREAKING: Toyota said to install brake override systems in all cars by end of 2010
 

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From the "things that should probably already be there" file comes the announcement that <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota</a> will be installing brake override systems in response to recent incidents of runaway cars. Toyota North America president Yoshi Inaba told <em>Automotive News</em> that the system will force the engine into idle if it senses the driver is trying to apply the brakes unsuccessfully. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/camry">Toyota Camry</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/es">Lexus ES350</a> will be the first models to get the new system, with installation beginning this month. Toyota's effort follows on the heels of a massive 3.8 million vehicle recall to reshape and replace accelerator pedals. The automaker is attributing reports of runaway cars on floor mat interference with the pedals, though the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reportedly remains suspicious of other contributing factors. <br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100111/OEM06/100119959/1290">Automotive News</a> - sub. req.]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/breaking-toyota-said-to-install-brake-override-systems-in-all-c/">BREAKING: Toyota said to install brake override systems in all cars by end of 2010</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:28:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100111/OEM06/100119959/1290>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/breaking-toyota-said-to-install-brake-override-systems-in-all-c/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19312793/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/breaking-toyota-said-to-install-brake-override-systems-in-all-c/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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