Toyota Recall

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Law Office of D. Hardison Wood

Toyota will be recalling nearly 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The report cites this recall will be in an effort to fix a safety problem where floor mats are jamming the accelerator. The unsecured floor mats are allegedly either getting caught or somehow jamming the accelerator to a point where the vehicles are speeding out of control. Some of these vehicles have led to horrible crashes killing innocent occupants. A recent crash has finally prompted Toyota to take some action according to NHTSA. Of course it remains to be seen if it truly is the floor mats causing these problems or if it possible there are other issues with these vehicles.

The impending U.S. recall, the largest in Toyota's ( TM - news - people ) history, followed a horrific crash last month in San Diego in which a mat was suspected of snagging a gas pedal on a runaway Lexus, ending with a fiery crash that killed four family members.

The recall will invlove the following models:

The affected vehicles include 2007-2010 Camry, 2005-2010 Avalon, 2004-2009 Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Tundra, 2007-2010 Lexus ES 350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS 250 and IS350

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2007 Toyota Tacoma Under Investigation

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Law Office of D. Hardison Wood
There have been a number of cases where there has been unexplained acceleration when the drivers have said they had hit the brakes.  
A nationwide investigation by the Channel 4 I-team found complaints about the 2007 Toyota Tacoma that included mysterious acceleration even when drivers said they hit the brakes.

Channel 4 found a growing number of drivers who have had problems with the vehicle, which has prompted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to start conducting tests on the model.
Of course the initial  reaction  on the car company's  part would be want to  blame it on driver error.  But of important  note :
But even Toyota found a problem unrelated to driver error in other models. During the course of this Channel 4 investigation, Toyota announced an equipment recall for "all weather floor mats" in the 2007 and 2008 Camry and Lexus 350 automobiles. Toyota said that those floor mats could come loose and slip onto the gas pedal.
As this story says, many drivers will never even report the problem, and simply get rid of the truck.  It is important  that if  there is an issue with the  vehicle, it be reported, not just forgotten. The reports are necessary to ensure a thorough investigation occurs in order to remedy the situation if there truly is a product defect.
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