Bloomberg: Unintended acceleration Toyota plaintiffs challenging NASA findings
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/" rel="tag">Toyota</a></p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-22/toyota-plaintiffs-challenge-nasa-sudden-acceleration-report.html"><img alt="toyota logo" class="rightborder" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/03/toyota-logo-1300375381.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 4px 0px; float: right; width: 250px; height: 215px;" /></a>Plaintiffs in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/unintended%20acceleration ">unintended acceleration</a> class action case against <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota</a> are striking back against <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/15/report-toyota-image-gets-big-boost-after-nasa-findings-revealed/">the findings laid out by NASA</a>. It was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that produced <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/18/report-toyota-pushing-to-dismiss-sudden-acceleration-class-acti/">research showing electronics were not to blame for any sudden acceleration-related issues</a>.<br />
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According to <em>Bloomberg</em>, the plaintiffs in the case maintain that NASA didn't dig deep enough. Toyota's computer systems utilize eight million lines of code, yet NASA <em>only</em> looked through 280,000. Lawyers for the plaintiffs have filed paperwork stating they plan to bring in experts who'll contradict NASA's findings.<br />
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Toyota maintains that any issues of unintended acceleration were related to stuck accelerator pedals, faulty floor mats and driver error - two out of three of which have been addressed with recalls.<br />
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