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Originally Posted by ZDan
It's not much of a logical leap. These sensors are known to have the potential to grow tin whiskers. These have been shown to be the cause of unintended acceleration in this case. Proof beyond any reasonable doubt.
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Le sigh.
No, they haven't because the fault presented is not SUA. SUA means sudden, brutal acceleration out of the driver's control. SUA doesn't mean the inability to accelerate properly (even going to not having full-throttle until you press gently on the pedal). And
from this paper, I understand it's extremely unlikely for it (SUA due to tin whiskers) to happen without generating a DTC.
"having a mind of their own"? Are we talking about SkyNet? Should I belive a car started its engine, switched from P to D and tried to kill its owner? (I remember reading such a story). Sorry, but malevolent artificial intelligence goes beyond tin whiskers - fortunately.
You can think it's a ridiculous conspiracy theory, but when the "owner" of a car maker pushes hard to punish one of the competitors, I see a conflict of interests.
By the way, AFAIK Toyota is no longer using potentiometers in its accelerator pedal position sensors.