Toyota officials dispute testimony from experts that an electronic issue may be behind rapid acceleration in many of it's vehicles.
But some local mechanics aren't buying it and are calling for answers from Toyota.
Wednesady, WHAS11 talked to several local mechanics, some on camera and others off the record.
All say they don't believe Toyota's fixed the problem with the latest recall and all believe that the right action isn't taken soon, there will be more crashes.
Things have changed a lot since Tom Klusman began working in his father's garage decades ago.
Expensive diagnostic computers have replaced busted knuckles.
“All the cars built after 1996 have got to have that plug,” Klusman says, demonstrating the diagnostic machine.
The plug keeps up with dozens of inter working computers on board every newer car.
“That pretty much will give you all that data, and it goes on and on,” Klusman said.
But Klansman believes that new technology hasn't yet been able to pinpoint why so many Toyotas all over the country are accelerating out of control.
A Prius was finally brought to a stop after reaching speeds of more than 90 miles an hour in California this week.
In Jefferson County, a new Camry crashed down an embankment in February after the driver reported sudden acceleration.
Russell Lowen of Harrod's Creek Auto Service says he's heard of other local examples.
“The car wouldn't slow down and began to increase speed even with her foot off the pedal,” Lowen says one customer described.
Lowen doesn't totally believe the statement issued yesterday by Toyota in which officials say they have found no sign that electronics have anything to do with unintended acceleration.
“It's all done by the compute, so whatever position you put that pedal in, it's got to go through wires, the computers, before it opens the throttle body on that engine to make it go,” said Lowen.
Experts have testified before Congress that they've been able cause a similar acceleration in tests, but there's never an error message on the diagnostic equipment.
“What's going to be most difficult for Toyota right now is actually replicating the problem in a car in their possession. They have to see it happen,” said Lowen.
“There's over a dozen of more people who've had the recalls done and still have had the same symptoms. same problems all over again. Why?” questioned Lowen
“I'd be afraid to stick my family in a car that's gonna run away unless somebody said yes, that's gonna fix it,” said Klusman.
We spoke to the attorney of the victim in the local Toyota accident.
He says that his client has suffered partial paralysis from injuries he suffered in the accident.
He will likely join a national multi-district lawsuit that will be filed against Toyota in the coming months.
