Toyota - Unintended Acceleration
The Office of Defect Investigation (ODI) at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into a report that a Toyota Sienna accelerated without explanation.
According to the report,
Safety regulators said that field data “indicates that when a retainer pin is missing from the driver's side center stack/console trim panel, the panel can detach from the console and the accelerator pedal can become entrapped under the trim panel causing unwanted acceleration.”
The ODI is launching this investigation to determine if more vehicles are affected. It is so vital that consumer report such defects and problems to the ODI so investigations such as this may be conducted.
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