Lentz to deny electronics were to blame for acceleration problems
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. President James Lentz plans to stick to his guns and tell angry lawmakers Tuesday that the company’s unwanted acceleration problems do not stem from electronic defects, a copy of his testimony shows.
Lentz’s reiteration of Toyota’s longstanding position suggests that top company executives were unmoved by sharp criticism of that stance Monday by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman.
“We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle control system in our vehicles,” Lentz says in 2½ pages of written testimony prepared for delivery to the House panel. “We have designed our electronic throttle control system with multiple fail-safe mechanisms to shut off or reduce engine power in the event of a system failure.”
His testimony adds that the company’s “extensive testing of this system” has “never found a malfunction that caused unintended acceleration.”
No related posts.