Toyota hits back at David Gilbert's "no fault code" demonstration
 

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In a video webcast for the media that concluded a just a few moments ago, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota</a> hit back at the "simulated unintended acceleration" demonstration that was <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/22/video-smoking-gun-abc-news-expert-recreates-sudden-acceleratio/">shown by ABC News</a> late last month. When we saw the original report, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/23/abc-news-report-shouldnt-panic-toyota-drivers/">we postulated that the condition Gilbert produced may not be representative of a scenario that can actually happen in the real world</a>, and judging by Toyota's findings, we were right.<br />
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As reported on Friday, Toyota went to an independent testing firm called Exponent to attempt to replicate the results from the Gilbert study. Dr. Shukri J. Souri of Exponent acknowledged that Gilbert did indeed create a scenario that produced what looked like a valid accelerator pedal signal to the electronic engine management system. But before demonstrating how the test was performed, Souri explained how the pedal sensor wiring works and showed how the connector is constructed. As we expected, Gilbert's testing methods and ABC News' report are very much in question. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/08/toyota-hits-back-at-david-gilberts-no-fault-code-demonstratio/#continued">Make the jump</a> for our full breakdown.<br />
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[Source: Toyota]<br />
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