Is "Sudden Acceleration" Past History?

I guess it is what everybody here call as the, "politics of the U.S. business world"!

As I recall, we heard nothing more about Toyota when BP took their place in the doghouse (gulf oil spill).

LOL!!

How true!!

It didn't stop me from buying a new Toyota, and I haven't had a problem with it.

I recently defended a lady friend in a court case for careless driving in Ontario Canada as a result of her Chev Venture experiencing unexplained acceleration in reverse. This happened on two occasions both causing damage to a building and second time a picket fence. My research found that although Toyota had problems GM, Ford, according the USA Gov. stats were quite a bit higher on same complaint of unexplained acceleration. There was even results of inquiry on GM vehicles where a cell phone could send a signal through the tachometer to the computer causing these issues. A friend of mine that is a mechanic with a Toyota Dealership told me that every Toyota that came in under the recall was plugged in to the computer reader and a new or updated program was installed thus the reduction in Toyota incidences. (His opinion) He also told me that there were quite a few complaints of vehicles doing their own thing over the years with no explanation. I am not a Toyota person but it seems they got the Pinto Treatment (gas tanks) due to the publicity of some high profile occurrences. Ford at one time had cruise control issues and there were a lot of GM with cars taking of in reverse or drive while still in park and were verified by witnesses.I presently drive a 2011 focus with electronic throttle control and I dislike this very much since I have little control over the acceleration (I never know just what to expect) My other Focus cars had cable control and I loved to drive them. In a closing note my friend had her case dismissed after showing 30 some similar cases taken from the reporting web site.