Toyota's Dented Reputation

October 1, 2009 3:11

A deadly accident that may involve a faulty floor mat in a Toyota vehicle is drawing media attention to what a 3.8 million car recall means for the auto giant.

Some experts believe the problem has nothing to do with the driver's side floor mat which is cut away under the gas pedal. Instead the problem may be caused by the on-board computer. Many Toyota's do not use the standard pulley and cable system used in other vehicles for braking and acceleration.

For more information on the floor mat recall, consumers can contact the NHTSA Hotline at 888-327-4236 or their Toyota or Lexus dealer.

NHTSA has also reported complaints of unintended acceleration in the RAV 4 and Tacoma pickup.

Earlier this month, NHTSA spokesman Rae Tyson was "aware of" complaints of runaway acceleration in the popular Toyota Prius hybrid and were in a "monitoring mode."

Prius owners who have reported the unintended acceleration problem with their Prius hybrid to ConsumerAffairs.com remain wary that the problem can simply be traced to floor mats.

“Here is the rub,” said one California reader. “If it truly were the mat catching the accelerator, why did turning the car off solve the problem? There is nothing with the power button that would do this. And yet each time when I restarted the Prius it was fine. If the accelerator were caught under the mat once the car was turned off the problem did not persist,” she wrote.

Read more: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/09/toyota_prius_mats.html#ixzz0Si81ktYF


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source: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/09/toyota_prius_mats.html


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