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2010, you'll recall the sudden acceleration issue that drew a lot of attention just a few years ago, and there were, unfortunately, some people who died in car accidents. now, the government actually studied this because it was believed to be a problem with toyota's electronic acceleration system in the automobiles, but they never found any link between the sudden acceleration and toyota's electronic system. a subsequent review, by the way, of that study found that the government wasn't up to speed in looking at it. so at the end of the day toyota hopes to put all of this behind them. they wil...

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Runaway toyotas first emerged a year and a half ago. >> we're in trouble. there's no brake. >> reporter: after four people died after a california driver could not stop his lexus with the passenger calling 911 for help. >> we're approaching the intersection. we're approaching intersection. hold on. >> reporter: what followed was a wave of reports of runaway toyotas. the speculation about the electronic acceleration system as a cause. transportation secretary raymond lahood said flatly, that was not the cause. >> the jury is back. the verdict is in. there is no electronic-based cause for uninte...

Adam, what can nasa do about this? >> some people might say this is not rocket science but perhaps it might be rocket science. nasa actually has the expertise to look at all kinds of electronic components in the acceleration system, and that's what nasa is going to do, but it's not just nasa, martha. they're also enlisting the national academy of sciences and both of these studies are going to be separate but they're going to be the same kind of study focusing on whether solar flares or other possible electromagnetic interference is one of the causes or the potential cause of this sudden accel...

To be found. >> what we see is a section here to record brake and acceleration. and there's nothing. they have -- for whatever reason they've decided not to program their boxes to record this information. >> reporter: are you suggesting that perhaps toyota does not want its cars to record what's going on with the braking and acceleration system? >> we know that they are not programming it to collect. that's what we know. and it makes us very suspicious. >> reporter: there is no law yet specifying which data automakers must record. they say it depends on what features the vehicle has and what k...