Owners of Toyota Priuses are speaking out about the problems their cars are when using cruise control. Several owners have stated that once they hit the cruise control button the car accelerates out of control. The drivers then stated that they couldn't stop the car from accelerating. They tried taking off cruise control, and slamming on the brakes but the car resisted. Many owners have contacted Toyota about the issue. However, Toyota responds saying that the issue is due to the floor mats or sticky gas petals. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, states that he believes it is not a problem with the floor mats or with a sticky gas petal but with the computer software running the car. But when he tried to contact Toyota about the issue they didn't listen. This seems to be a problem for any owner that speaks up. Toyota has to step up and deal with this problem sooner rather than later.
It seems like there are lots of complaints about Toyota vehicles lately. When I first heard about Toyota recalling numerous vehicles due to sticky gas petals, I thought that the company was taking action and responsiblity for their products and doing the right thing. However, after reading this article it seems that the company might not be taking the responsiblity for the problems of their products after all. I think that it is interesting that it may not be a gas petal problem but a software problem in the Toyota Prius. I hope that Toyota will start investigating this problem soon and look into the software and cruise control of the Prius.
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