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All right. I see the "needle". This could be wrong, this could be right. The display is actually mirrored from a projector located in the dash....
Don't know where the term started, but it means, literally, "Modification Request System". Usually, what you have is a serialized list of defects....
Electrical or Electronics Engineer. Not to be confused with the Elementary Education types. KBeck
First: The Prius has it. Stomp on the brakes and the gas at the same time and there's software that detects the brake, overrides the throttle...
This the thread you were looking for? After losing verdict, Toyota settles in sudden acceleration case | PriusChat KBeck
Probably related to that lawsuit in Missouri where it came out that, on a bunch of Toyota models, Toyota really had screwed up. I've read the...
Look, I'm from Massachusetts. No, the mountains on the East Coast != Mountains on the West Coast, but, essentially, all of Massachusetts is...
Um. Faint knocking. Slow speed. I presume it goes with tire rotation, not engine speed. New tires, which meant somebody was having at the lug nuts...
First: I don't have a clue what a "normal" Escape hybrid sounds like or how it works. Second: If I were a cabbie in NYC, and I had the car because...
Most of the hybrids in NYC are not Priuses. They're Ford Escape Hybrids, a small SUV. Even so, they get much better gas mileage than Crown Vics...
Last first. That whirring noise is the electric brake fluid pump pressuring the braking system before you go driving around. Driver's side door =...
Hokay. First things first: Given the warning signs you're seeing, it's unlikely that the traction battery is having trouble. However, a two year...
Car looks banged up; the real bumper is under the bumper cover and it, and the one-time-use shock absorbers that are built into it are likely...
Basically, yeah. Just so we're clear: My understanding is that there is still braking going on during the switch from regen to mechanical braking,...
Near work there's a spot going downhill, just before a curve. There are some filled-in potholes, resulting in a bit rougher, somewhat looser...
My mistake. I remembered California; misplaced the city, so I do apologize. San Diego it is. KBeck
The original Toyota Camry unintended acceleration event was with that cop in LA. This car, with two passengers, went for a wild ride through the...
No argument, especially with stuff flying about. I guess rather recently, a couple of years ago, I ran into a design situation where someone had...
Bob, I have to admit: I've done a total of four "microcontroller" designs in my lifetime, practically nothing. Bob, I've programmed...
Basic deal: When the throttle is open, vacuum assist to the power brakes is minimal. If the driver comes off the brakes at all and pumps, the...
