UNDATED (WKRC) - Chrysler recalled more than 211,000 vehicles in the United States because of a software malfunction. On Saturday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the ...

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New cars are confusing. With all the computers, sensors, and gadgets, it may seem like there's some sort of magical witchcraft taking place under the hood. We're here to show you how modern automotive ...

SANTA ANA – Toyota Motor Corp. was aware since 2004 that its vehicles with electronic throttle control systems had a much higher rate of complaints for sudden acceleration than its cars with ...

An illuminated or blinking ETC warning light in a modern car indicates a malfunction in the electronic throttle control. Older cars have physical linkages between the throttle pedal and the throttle ...

When Chrysler decided to add the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) to Jeep vehicles, it needed to eliminate the throttle cable and replace it with an ETC. That's right; your gas pedal is nothing more ...

Another day, another recall for Chrysler’s minivans. Yesterday, we published a story about an issue with the windshields in 223 Pacificas and Voyagers that might pop out in a crash. Today, the problem ...

The days of routing a piece of wire from the carb through the firewall are over. Well, they should be! For a long time hot rodders have used mechanical throttle linkage (typically a Bowden cable, ...

Toyota, which last week recalled 2.3 million vehicles in the United States to fix sticking gas pedals, faces lawsuits that link so-called sudden-acceleration problem to other causes. At least three ...

This paper proposes a new development method for highly reliable real-time embedded control systems using a CPU model-based hardware/software co-simulation. We take an approach that allows the full ...