Automaker acts after 'isolated reports' of sticking accelerator pedals
Toyota issued a recall covering 2.3 million late model cars, SUVs and pickup trucks Thursday, broadening its largest such action ever and acknowledging that potential accelerator pedal problems were deeper than previously acknowledged.
The automaker previously recalled about 4.2 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to reduce the risk of pedal "entrapment" caused by floor mats, according to a news release issued by Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. About 1.7 million Toyota vehicles are subject to both recalls, the company said.
“In recent months, Toyota has investigated isolated reports of sticking accelerator pedal mechanisms in certain vehicles without the presence of floor mats,” Toyota group Vice President Irv Miller said in the statement.
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I own a two Toyotas, one of which would have been subject to this recall. The dealership fixed the problem in about 2 hours. This article makes it seem like the sticking accelerator pedal was really bad, but it truly wasn't. On my Tundra, I noticed the problem before the recall came out and had it fixed. Basically, when I let up off the pedal it would return to the idle position a little slower than normal-it felt almost like a sticky throttle cable. The problem was nowhere near bad enough that it would have caused an accident-it wasn't like my truck was accelerating out of control or anything crazy. To be quite honest, these "100 incidents" in this report were probably people that didn't realize that there was a second pedal called a BREAK pedal or even a third pedal called a CLUTCH pedal; both of which could be pressed to slow them down...But really 100 incidents? The media is worried about incidents amounting to about 0.004% of the vehicles recalled? You have a greater chance of getting into an accident in general.
Regardless of the recall-I currently own my 4th and 5th Toyota vehicles and I have yet to see a more reliable vehicle. Here are the vehicle that I've owned and their approximate mileage when I got rid of them:
1992 Camry - 290,000 (totaled)
1998 Tacoma - 216,000 (gifted)
2001 Camry - 190,000 (gifted
2006 Rav 4 - 141,000 (current)
2007 Tundra - 98,000 (current
I have driven nearly a million miles in Toyotas and never had to do any major repairs. You can't say that about Chevrolets, Fords and Dodges, can you? In fact, the most expensive repair I have ever made was replacing the alternator in my Tacoma! And with the exception of my Camry, which was totaled, I know for a fact that they are still running strong because I gave them to my nephew and neice for their 16th birthdays-even at higher mileage, Toyotas can survive teenage driving!
So, unless something drastically changes, I will continue to drive Toyotas! You stranded on the side of the road in a domestic piece of sh!t...and America wonders why its auto industry can't compete-a lot foreign car makers have had such a great reputation that consumers can overlook the few mistakes that they make. American made cars died when American muscle cars faded out...
Honda had a similar recall several years ago,the solution was to weld a metal post under the drivers seat to anchor mats to and they replaced the mat with one that hjad a grommet to hook onto the anchor thingie.Simple enough but recall worthy?
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You a jap car apologist and just can't admit that your Toyota is a piece of sh!t can you?
Engines that sluge up, truck frames that rust out and cause the truck to break apart, and very expensive headlights that repeatedly burn out.
Besides that fact that you like to drive around in death traps, it's the way Toyota like to treat is defect problems.
First, blame the customer
Second, blame it on something cheap to fix
Third, only after NHTSA forces the recall does Toyota fix the real problem
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