The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) was requested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to study Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Unintended Acclerations (UAs). The goal of the study was to determine if there are design and implementation vulnerabilities in the Toyota Electronic Throttle Control System Intelligent (ETCS-i) that could cause UAs and whether those vulnerabilities, if substantiated, could realistically occur in consumers' use of these vehicles. The scope of this study was to determine if there are design and implementation vulnerabilities in the TMC ETCS-i system that could possibly cause UA that can realistically be expected to occur in consumers; use of these vehicles, and if so, whether these failure modes can be specifically identified and demonstrated through analysis and testing of vehicles or vehicle components.
Technical Support to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on the Reported Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Unintended Acceleration (UA) Investigation
2011
177 pages
Report
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English