I tried searching on this but couldn't find much... a buddy of mine tells me that by 2009 all new cars will have a black box recording your driving in case of an accident.

Wondering if the 08 TC did or not and if not if the 09 will?

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Nope. None in all of the Tc models so far. I doubt the 08 will have it too.

I have heard that the Feds want to put a black box in every new car in the future, but I don't see it becoming reality anytime soon.

 

they got the annoying tpms in all new cars now.

 

I thought TPMS was tire pressure monitoring... what I mean by black box is the one that records your driving and can give info on you in case of a crash.

 

look in your guide it has a recording device that knows seat position, if seatbelt is on, how fast you were going, gear and rpm.. it states it will be givin to insurance or police at request in a accident.

 

All cars since I think 1978 have blackboxes.

 

only has the black box if you get it from dezod....

 

:shrugs:

 

My 06 owners manual says it has one.

 

i never read a owners manual....lol

 

cx2..

 

^^ yup..

 

I got the black box.....

 

my friend backed his car off a 10ft cliff and fell on top of another car and totaled them both somehow....now how embarrassing would it be if he had a black box for that!

 

all tc's have a recoder that keeps track of mileage, engine speed, transmission gear, vehicle speed, and pedal position, and probably whether or not the seat belts are buckled.

 

Getting mixed messages but from what it sounds like, there is nothing "black box" wise likely to show up in the 09 that is not in the 08...

 

exactly, i have an 2005, and the owner's manual specifically mentions that there is a recorder keeping track of this information.

now, this isn't a long term, life of the car, from factory to grave of what goes on, but it is there so that, lets say you bolt up a turbo kit to the car, do a few drag races, royally F-up your car, put the parts back to stock, and bring it to a toyota dealership, they can pull up this information of how has the car been driven for the past X amount of miles, and be like "f-you, we know youbeen screwing around with this car"

 

dunno about black boxes, but the feds are pushing for stability control, traction control, and some sort of electronic roll over protection in all cars by 2010

 

the 'black boxes' only record the last 2-5 seconds... it is for all the previously mentioned things...

 

yup.. they have some information recorded in a "black box"

all the tCs have them.