Automakers contend that vehicle systems are designed with sufficient shielding and redundancy to prevent malfunctions, such as Toyota’s recent troubled with unintended acceleration. They have tested for EMI and found no evidence of it in several acceleration suits filed against Toyota claiming an EMI link. However, certainty may remain elusive, say experts such as Keith Armstrong, president of the U.K.-based EMC Industry Association, who argues that the tests weren’t comprehensive enough to find whether EMI could be to blame. Armstrong, who is an expert witness in a Ford sudden-acceleration case this month and is advising lawyers suing Toyota, reviewed the draft report on Toyota’s electronic throttles by outside company Exponent and called it “complete baloney.”Find out more about the debate in USA Today.
EMI in Runaway Cars Difficult to Diagnose
