EVERYBODY will have problems with electronic throttle control. Toyota's problems are only the tip of the iceberg. Volvo had trouble wih their ETC systems from the start. I attended a class on these systems, and the instructor sounded more like a defensive apologist, than an auto mechanic describing service and diagnostic techniques on a new system. I know that the software running these things is flawed, and there is NO viable backup system. It fails, and the driver loses. They are finicky, expensive, complicated, and fragile. All are qualities that spell death on the road. Electronic controls are running rampant over our cars, and it only gets worse. Soon, we won't be financially capable of fixing them, and we will throw them away, replacing them with more over-complicated crap. If you don't believe it, look at the cost of owning a Blue-ray player.
