Toyota: Floor Mats To Blame In Stuck-Accelerator Issue - The Car ...
In all, approximately 3.8 million vehicles could be affected. In the meantime, Toyota asks that owners of these vehicles take out any driver's floor mat and not replace it with any other mat. The letter advises owners that if they are to leave mats in the car, they should make sure they have the right-sized floor mat and that it's properly installed.
Loose all-weather floor mat jams accelerator pedal. Photo: NHTSA Enlarge Photo Toyota says there's no evidence that the automaker's Toyota or Lexus vehicles have an unintended-acceleration issue. But improperly installed or wrong-size floor mats can interfere with the accelerator pedal and cause it to stick, the automaker admits. Today Toyota started to mail letters to hundreds of thousands of owners regarding the floor mat issues, assuring them that "this defect does not exist in vehicles in which the driver side floor mat is compatible with the vehicle and properly secured." The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last week denied a request for additional investigation into unintended-acceleration issues on 2007 Lexus ES350 and 2002-2003 Lexus ES300 models. According to Toyota, this is the sixth time NHTSA has looked into unintended acceleration allegations on Toyota and Lexus vehicles, each time ruling out a vehicle-based cause. “The question of unintended acceleration involving Toyota and Lexus vehicles has been repeatedly and thoroughly investigated by NHTSA, without any finding of defect other than the risk from an unsecured or incompatible driver’s floor mat,” said Bob Daly, TMS senior vice president, in a press release from the company. Last month the automaker released an interim solution involving zip-tie fasteners, making sure that mats would be held in the proper position. 2007 Lexus ES 350 Enlarge Photo Regarding the NHTSA's look at the 2007 Lexus ES, the agency announced the results of exhaustive testing of the vehicle's components, including its electronic throttle, commenting,...
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