Everybody makes a good point. There will be a huge increase in the number of fraudulent claims concerning these vehicles, and there will be a terrible mess because of it. People will be people, and that includes the losers. The increasing complexity of our cars is due in part to Federal mandates, in part to engineers trying to keep their jobs, and in part to consumers wanting (demanding) cooler gadgets in their vehicles. Just wait for PCMs to start using wndows-based software, instead of the linux systems currently in vogue. Anybody for random system crashes that induce random vehicle crashes? It's coming. Remember that many of the "advances" in auto technology have come about because of people like us, who like to tinker. This has resulted in a lot of "advances" just to keep us out of the engine compartment. There will be no real fix for the Toyota problems, because there will be no elimination of this technology. Eliminating this technology would be an admission of a mistake, on an industry-wide level- it will not happen. My recommendation is to buy vehicles that don't utilize this technology, and force the industry around to a commonsense viewpoint through a loss of market. Nothing else will drive this in the right directon. As things now stand, we will be subjected to more complexity, in an effort to "fix" the new technology, and keep it on our cars. Sucks to be a consumer, sometimes.
