SAN JOSE, Calif. — Count Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak among the Toyota owners who say their vehicles accelerate unintentionally.
Wozniak’s 2010 Toyota Prius can unintentionally accelerate to as much as 97 mph when he uses cruise control, he said Monday. Toyota and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration haven’t responded to his complaints in the past two months on what may be a software-related glitch, he said.
“It’s scary when it happens,” Wozniak, 59, said. “I’ve had trouble getting both the government safety agency and getting Toyota to listen to me.”
Toyota has recalled millions of vehicles globally to fix mechanical flaws in accelerator pedals of eight models that could lead to sudden unintended increases in speed. The action led to a halt of U.S. sales and production of the eight models.
Japan’s Transport Ministry said today that the new Prius hybrid model has received 14 brake-related complaints since it was introduced in May. The model is not part of the recall. Bloomberg News
