| Sticking Accelerator Pedals is the reason for the | | | | mentioned that the floor mats being recalled in |
| latest Toyota Recall of 2.3 million vehicles. That's a | | | | certain models as well as a certain redesign of the |
| lot of cars. This recall took place late Thursday, | | | | Accelerator Pedal would prevent any further |
| when ABC News did some internal investigations | | | | issues from happening in the future. |
| and let Toyota know they were about to make | | | | Executives at the Toyota Corporation denied that |
| these investigations public. Sean Kane is a safety | | | | there were any electrical problems or any |
| expert who mentioned to ABC News that he | | | | on-board computer malfunctions and that there is |
| believed the latest recall might not solve all of | | | | no evidence to prove any of these theories. |
| Toyota's problems. | | | | However the Runaway Vehicle reports that |
| He went onto say that last fall Toyota had | | | | continue to pour in are starting to shatter their |
| claimed to have fixed the acceleration issue. | | | | stories, as each event weakens it. Kane |
| However since then, over 60 more incidents of | | | | mentioned that there are continued incidents that |
| Runaway Toyota's have been documented. 4 | | | | can't be blamed on floor mats. |
| people lost their lives in Southlake, Texas one day | | | | Another report came in of someone who didn't |
| after Christmas when a 2008 Toyota sped off | | | | even have their foot on the gas at all, but the car |
| the road, went through a fence as the vehicle | | | | continued to go faster and faster. Luckily he |
| landed upside down in a pond. | | | | wasn't injured and managed to get the car to a |
| They found the cars floor mats in the trunk of | | | | Toyota Dealer to explain things to them. So if |
| the vehicle, where they were advised to place | | | | you own a Toyota, my advice would be to take |
| these in response to the earlier recall. Federal | | | | it in and see if your model is affected by the |
| Safety Investigators have now taken a role in the | | | | recall, and ask them to perform all the required |
| recall. Back in November, Toyota Executives | | | | tests. |