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Prius - No Electronic Problems Found?
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09/02/2011 02:37:09
 
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>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110208/ap_on_re_us/us_toyota_recalls
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>>Why didn't they just talk to Woz? Sounds like he has a repro...
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>>http://gizmodo.com/#!5462004/steve-wozniak-explains-that-faulty-software-caused-his-car-troubles
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>It would be interesting if he could publish the steps to reproduce the problem rather than just bitching about it. It appears nobody else has found a way to reproduce it.
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>We have about 60000 miles combined between our 2009 and 2010 Prius(s?). Lots of time on cruise. Lots of time on varying terrain (between here and east coast).
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>We had a low tire once on the 2009. That has been the extent of problems.

If Toyota is half the car company I believe them to be, they should have had a senior engineer personally call on him at his earliest convenience.

Maybe they did, and what's missing here is a follow-up. I just found it rather inconsistent that the government investigation found no problems, yet someone with serious engineering chops and rep claimed to have a repro.
Regards. Al

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