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Defeating the Gremlin Theoryby Louann Van Der Wiele
September 19, 2008 10:28 AM
Louann Van Der Wiele is Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Chrysler LLC.
Few defect allegations against automakers have been more exhaustively investigated or more completely debunked than claims of sudden, unintended acceleration.
Just this month (9/3/08), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) denied yet another petition to investigate reports of unintended acceleration, this time related to 2006 and 2007 Toyota Tacoma pickups. One quote from the ruling says it all:
" ... we [NHTSA] have been unable to determine a throttle...  |
