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JLJunior
Mar 11, 2010
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Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 8:24:54 PM
I think that Toyota is telling the truth that there is nothing wrong with their electronics. A friend of mine has a Toyota Sienna and its air bag light was flashing. He found that the passenger seat side was the common incident while surfing the Internet. Then he went and disconnected the electrical connectors under the passenger seat and reconnected them. The flashing light went away and the problem was solved.
In light of this, it seems to me that the Japanese connectors are not the same as American made connectors. We tend to make them more reliable under corrosive conditions, like salt in the winter. The Japanese do not and it is possible that the connector became oxidized and produced a slight electrical resistance. Now if they made the gas pedal to accelerate when it senses more resistance, how much more resistance will be added to the circuit when a connec