A similar situation devastated Audi in the '80s.  Hopefully Toyota will learn from history. The Audi problem was more severe because acceleration happened during the transition from park to drive, which is a far more dangerous situation.<p>[ <a href="http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1987/05/wathen.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1987/05/wat...</a> ]