Toyota Recalls 2.3 Million Vehicles For Sticking Accelerator Pedal
01-27-2010, 12:13 AM
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01-27-2010, 12:56 PM
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The floormat thing was dumb. I work at Toyota and I had customers bitch about it. They had floormats STACKED (aftermarket all weather) that would get stuck on the pedal... My mom has a 09 camry with OEM floormats... THEY ARE NO WHERE CLOSE to the accelerator pedal.
as far as the throttle sticking, if you saw on the news that Avalon that went to Muller Toyota (where I WORK). He said his throttle was stuck 100% all the way as he drove to the dealer. He said the "service manager" came out, verified it, and signed it. He got the scumbag writer who doesn't know **** to sign the RO. He didn't grab a TECH or anyone that knew a thing about cars to look at it. When we pulled the car in the shop the car was perfect. No issues, nothing.
I heard about that lexus with 4 people in it that died because the "accelerator" pedal stuck... do they know anything about cars? Put the damn thing in neutral... pull over and shut the car off. Done and done.
as far as the throttle sticking, if you saw on the news that Avalon that went to Muller Toyota (where I WORK). He said his throttle was stuck 100% all the way as he drove to the dealer. He said the "service manager" came out, verified it, and signed it. He got the scumbag writer who doesn't know **** to sign the RO. He didn't grab a TECH or anyone that knew a thing about cars to look at it. When we pulled the car in the shop the car was perfect. No issues, nothing.
I heard about that lexus with 4 people in it that died because the "accelerator" pedal stuck... do they know anything about cars? Put the damn thing in neutral... pull over and shut the car off. Done and done.
01-27-2010, 01:55 PM
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01-27-2010, 02:39 PM
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Last i read it had push button start, owners did not know they had to depress the button for 3 seconds to shut the vehicle off. Also, the shifter was locked in drive and they could not change gears. It boils down to Toyota or their consultant designing a faulty part and system, Toyota ultimately approved the design. The part manufacturer and or suppler just built what Toyota designed/approved. The entire system from different reports has several design flaws.
01-27-2010, 02:43 PM
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there is NOTHING that locks the shifter in drive... also you dont have the hold the button for 3 seconds. you just push it and it shuts off.... i call bullshit on the shifter being locked
01-27-2010, 02:55 PM
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Last i read it had push button start, owners did not know they had to depress the button for 3 seconds to shut the vehicle off. Also, the shifter was locked in drive and they could not change gears. It boils down to Toyota or their consultant designing a faulty part and system, Toyota ultimately approved the design. The part manufacturer and or suppler just built what Toyota designed/approved. The entire system from different reports has several design flaws.
01-27-2010, 04:24 PM
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The floormat thing was dumb. I work at Toyota and I had customers bitch about it. They had floormats STACKED (aftermarket all weather) that would get stuck on the pedal... My mom has a 09 camry with OEM floormats... THEY ARE NO WHERE CLOSE to the accelerator pedal.
as far as the throttle sticking, if you saw on the news that Avalon that went to Muller Toyota (where I WORK). He said his throttle was stuck 100% all the way as he drove to the dealer. He said the "service manager" came out, verified it, and signed it. He got the scumbag writer who doesn't know **** to sign the RO. He didn't grab a TECH or anyone that knew a thing about cars to look at it. When we pulled the car in the shop the car was perfect. No issues, nothing.
I heard about that lexus with 4 people in it that died because the "accelerator" pedal stuck... do they know anything about cars? Put the damn thing in neutral... pull over and shut the car off. Done and done.
as far as the throttle sticking, if you saw on the news that Avalon that went to Muller Toyota (where I WORK). He said his throttle was stuck 100% all the way as he drove to the dealer. He said the "service manager" came out, verified it, and signed it. He got the scumbag writer who doesn't know **** to sign the RO. He didn't grab a TECH or anyone that knew a thing about cars to look at it. When we pulled the car in the shop the car was perfect. No issues, nothing.
I heard about that lexus with 4 people in it that died because the "accelerator" pedal stuck... do they know anything about cars? Put the damn thing in neutral... pull over and shut the car off. Done and done.
The throttle sticking has been an issue for the past two years. Every time they are asked it is either a floor mat that caused the issue or apparently someone just forgot which pedal was the go and which was the stop.
01-27-2010, 04:35 PM
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There may be a throttle issue, but people just need to learn how to handle their car. Some people shouldn't be allowed to drive...
01-27-2010, 04:54 PM
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If the people buying these cars are really stuffing four floor mats under their feet, what sort of advantage is this giving them? I find it pretty hard to believe that every possible accident is caused by floor mats being stuck. Is even one recently that someone drove into a damn lake, and where were the floor mats? In the damn trunk.
01-27-2010, 05:43 PM
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Funny thng is on one of the Toyota boards, one of the owners suggested the people that were getting stuck WOT were fools because they didn't check their floor mats before driving thier vehicles as he does.
01-27-2010, 09:16 PM
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From GM Inside News.
Yes, we typically reserve our front page for news regarding the entire industry or General Motors
, however this week is a special case. Yesterday Toyota announced that it was halting production and the selling of eight of their most popular models. Interestingly their press release was devoid of the fact that the U.S. Government forced Toyota to issue to the stop-sale and halt the assembly lines. This morning the U.S. Secretary of Transportation has confirmed the government's request.
According to the latest information Toyota is unclear of how to fully fix the sudden acceleration problem and that was the reason for the feds demanding a shut-down. Toyota has continued production in Japan.
This morning House Democrat Bart Stupak, Chairman of the investigation committee said that lawmakers are concerned about the Toyota recall. The investigation committee will be meeting with Toyota today regarding what they really know about the issue.
, however this week is a special case. Yesterday Toyota announced that it was halting production and the selling of eight of their most popular models. Interestingly their press release was devoid of the fact that the U.S. Government forced Toyota to issue to the stop-sale and halt the assembly lines. This morning the U.S. Secretary of Transportation has confirmed the government's request. According to the latest information Toyota is unclear of how to fully fix the sudden acceleration problem and that was the reason for the feds demanding a shut-down. Toyota has continued production in Japan.
This morning House Democrat Bart Stupak, Chairman of the investigation committee said that lawmakers are concerned about the Toyota recall. The investigation committee will be meeting with Toyota today regarding what they really know about the issue.
01-27-2010, 10:32 PM
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i also work for toyota in plano, tx and the recall only covers cars equiped with a specific pedal... there was a split in manufacturing and alot of the cars got a diff brand pedal.. the floor mat recall was done because customers were stupid... and stacked the mats on top of one another.... ( bottom one had the retaining clips so the tops more free)... i have duplicated this as well in many cars.. but with the factory mat installed correctly it never did it.. and the issue with the smart key car... it will not shut off if u are rolling by just pushing the button... you have to HOLD IT FOR 3-5 seconds to get it to turn off.. its set like that incase of accidently pushing it while driving.. and the shifters are still cable attached to the trans.. IE U MOVE THE SHIFTER ITS GONNA CHANGE THE GEAR.. toss it in neutral and pull the **** over.. just a defective part just like all the cruise switches on 4.5 MILLION fords that were recalled last year cause they COULD cause a fire.. COULD.. i have looked at alot of these cars with the "bad pedals" have not gotten them to do ****... and i would put my family in one and let them drive it..... and the trooper that got killed i am sorry my thoughts are with the fam.. but come on PULLING OUT YOUR PHONE AND TAKING A VIDEO? PLEASE i would have been doing every effort to stop the car..... hold he shifter on it to the N (this car is actually eletric shift because it has no gears) and it will go in to neutral.. its not that hard..
01-27-2010, 11:24 PM
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i also work for toyota in plano, tx and the recall only covers cars equiped with a specific pedal... there was a split in manufacturing and alot of the cars got a diff brand pedal.. the floor mat recall was done because customers were stupid... and stacked the mats on top of one another.... ( bottom one had the retaining clips so the tops more free)... i have duplicated this as well in many cars.. but with the factory mat installed correctly it never did it.. and the issue with the smart key car... it will not shut off if u are rolling by just pushing the button... you have to HOLD IT FOR 3-5 seconds to get it to turn off.. its set like that incase of accidently pushing it while driving.. and the shifters are still cable attached to the trans.. IE U MOVE THE SHIFTER ITS GONNA CHANGE THE GEAR.. toss it in neutral and pull the **** over.. just a defective part just like all the cruise switches on 4.5 MILLION fords that were recalled last year cause they COULD cause a fire.. COULD.. i have looked at alot of these cars with the "bad pedals" have not gotten them to do ****... and i would put my family in one and let them drive it..... and the trooper that got killed i am sorry my thoughts are with the fam.. but come on PULLING OUT YOUR PHONE AND TAKING A VIDEO? PLEASE i would have been doing every effort to stop the car..... hold he shifter on it to the N (this car is actually eletric shift because it has no gears) and it will go in to neutral.. its not that hard..