John Feroleto, Personal Injury Attorney Blog

With defective products it is important the fix is a true fix. People assume it is.

The Toyota sudden acceleration "fix" is sliding in a shim, a small piece of metal to the brake system. But the defect may be in the cars complex electrical system.

Michael Pecht , a professor at Maryland's Clark School of Engineering , an expert in failure analysis and has written a book on sudden acceleration in automobiles, believes complicated electronics , not a mechanical issue with the gas pedal is the core of Toyota's problems.

Sean Kane, of Safety Research Strategies in Massachusetts, said, "Toyota's explanations do not account for the share of unintended acceleration complaints that we have examined." It is likely an electrical glitch or computer problem(as in Prius brakes) would be a worse PR nightmare for Toyota. John Feroleto