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Wonder if the programming bug had something to do with the 2010 switch to disc brakes on the rear?? Obviously different frictional vs regen...
Your Gen II Prius does NOT exhibit the long braking gap that the 2010 model sometimes does. The Gen II only exhibits the momentary, 100-200...
The document clearly implies that if the driver doesn't react to the "slight" decrease in braking force due to the ABS programming flaw by...
The information is at techinfo.toyota.com. 2010 Prius recall AOB. "..in the worst case, this may lead to an increase of vehicle stopping...
Sorry, showing my age, "emergency" brake....should have known better than to use the term "e-brake" as nowadays that has an entirely different...
I'm pretty sure the later Prius models have disc brakes all around. But even if not the point I was trying to make is still valid. The rear...
Who/what is your question about..???
Nothing was said in the quote you referenced about the frictional brakes not working. With the HSD drive system in WOT runaway mode there can be...
Okay, not "failure" just poor computer coding initially...
Misunderstandings... The Prius, all Toyota HSD models, have a brief, momentary, 100-200 millisecond, braking gap when ABS activation causes the...
Even if you assume the frictional brakes were fully functional you still have to take ABS activity into consideration. With the drive system...
Why not tell that "story" to the owners of the 2010 Prius that is under recall due to a totally unpredictable braking "GAP".
"..posture...theatrical..." Funny, I can't really be certain but I suspect that to be exactly the posture my body assumed a few years ago...
Oh, maybe I see... Regenerative braking ONLY applys to the FRONT WHEELS...!! With the level of braking that Sikes was asking for, SEVERE...
No, the HSD system control computer was "STUCK" continuously executing the "set/accel" function/mode, always driving the front wheels,...
Even the slightest level of pressure on the brake pedal will activate the braking system provided the brake light switch closes. Once the skid...
You might take note that he said the throttle remained open, not that the accelerator was held down.
The Prius' skid control computer has EXCLUSIVE control over frictional braking, while the main HSD system computer has EXCLUSIVE control over...
And if the accelerator pedal was already in the fully "relaxed" idle position..? As well as it might be if it was the cruise control system that...
So, how many times might "you" pump the brakes, or "jab/jossle" the gas pedal, in a desparate hope that the "next" time would work. I can't tell...
