More Toyota woes

I lease a 2009 Toyaota Camry and I have been waiting for news on the software upgrade to the breaking system (allowing the breaks to override the accelerator).

I am not entirely convinced that the gas pedal recall is a fix and I would feel a lot better if I knew I could count on the breaks should my car accelerate on its own.

We have the new prius and 2009 Lexus 400rx and the prius brakes will reduce if you drive over a bump. When braking, your stopping is made up of regenerative and physical braking, if one wheel goes over a small bump and there is a small amount of wheel slip (easy to do) the regenerative portion of the braking stops, this means you have depressed the pedal the same amount and yet the braking is reduced. It is uncomfortable but you get used to it.

A stuck gas pedal will cause an "expected acceleration". An "unexpected acceleration" sounds like a software problem in the microprocessor which controls the breaks. It is hard to know and duplicate the conditions that trigger software errors. I think that Toyota does NOT understand the problem of "unexpected acceleration" and we will see more deaths even after all the vehicles have mechanical fixes done to them.

As a Toyota Matrix owner who has experienced 3 power surges in her year old car, I don't think this problem is overblown. My local Toyota dealership reacted with amusement and disinterest each time I complained. They blamed the floor mat and my driving each time. As far as I am concerned, Toyota is a dollar late and a day short.

A second thought . . . our Toyotas will have a zero resale value, when the time comes. Does Toyota have a "fix" for that?

What is the statistical significance of the presumable deaths caused by Toyota over the last 10 years? As usual, the media and the lobbyists have gone completely berserk. The number of livilhoods and families ruined by this mania will be much more statistically significant.