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Toyota to Recall 3.8 Million Vehicles
FOX ^
| 09-29-09
Posted on 09/29/2009 1:40:56 PM PDT by Doogle
After the U.S. government put out a warning to owners of Toyota and Lexus vehicles about safety problems tied to removable floor mats, the Japanese automaker announced that it will recall 3.8 million vehicles sold since 2004.
According to the consumer alert, the floor mats of the affected vehicles could interfere with the accelerator pedal and cause a crash.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automakers; lexus; recall; toyota
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:40:56 PM PDT
by
Doogle
To: Doogle
To: Doogle
Ummm, common sense, floor mats do this.... DUH.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:44:45 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: Doogle
I’ve encountered this with aftermarket floor mats.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:44:57 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: Doogle
Is that the Toyota Audi? Hmmmm.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:45:36 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: Doogle
Floor mats?
You’ve got to be kidding!
When my floor mats get bunched up under my feet, they get tossed in the trash.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:45:42 PM PDT
by
EricT.
("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
To: Doogle
Better recall Explorers too... because that happened to me.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:45:54 PM PDT
by
BigFinn
(Obamanation, Obamacide, then Obamaggedon.)
To: Doogle
BS....they are outselling GM...that’s what it’s really about.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:46:05 PM PDT
by
Freddd
To: Doogle
Can’t they just throw them out? After a decade my floormat got all curled up and started grabbing the pedals, it wound up in the dumpster.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:47:23 PM PDT
by
discostu
(When I'm walking a dark road I am a man who walks alone)
To: US Navy Vet
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:48:41 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
My uncle used to deliver groceries for a local market. Once he totaled a GMC Delivery Van because a cantaloupe rolled out of a customer’s order and under his brake pedal. Has Obama recalled GMC Delivery Vans yet?
To: Buckeye McFrog
“Has Obama recalled GMC Delivery Vans yet?”
No...but I think he is having that cantaloupe investigated!
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:57:01 PM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: sionnsar
I’ve encountered this with aftermarket floor mats.My daughter had that problem w/ a 2008 Mustang.
She almost wrecked when the throttle stuck. Scared the wee-wee out of her.
Took it back to the dealer. It happened to the mechanic. He came back from the test drive shaking.
The aftermarket floormats were interfering w/ the pedal.
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posted on
09/29/2009 1:57:44 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: Vinnie
I had a pickup whose throttle once stuck (floormat?) -- didn't take but a second and a half to the kill the ignition, push in the clutch, and coast to the side of the road where I could fix the problem.
Maybe that doesn't work as well with automatics.
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posted on
09/29/2009 2:02:26 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: Doogle
Bambi trying to save Government Motors.
Just as soon as they remove the two contingencies from their job offer to me, I am ordering my Prius! To hell with Government Motors!
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posted on
09/29/2009 2:09:37 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Don't fire unless fired upon, but it they mean to have a war, let it begin here." J Parker, 1775)
To: Buckeye McFrog
"My uncle used to deliver groceries for a local market. Once he totaled a GMC Delivery Van because a cantaloupe rolled out of a customer’s order and under his brake pedal. Has Obama recalled GMC Delivery Vans yet?"No, but I understand a recall of cantaloupes is in the near future!
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posted on
09/29/2009 2:10:51 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Don't fire unless fired upon, but it they mean to have a war, let it begin here." J Parker, 1775)
To: sionnsar
Kill the engine on a newer car you lose power brakes and steering.
(not completely but very difficult to push the pedal and turn the wheel)
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posted on
09/29/2009 2:15:17 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: sionnsar; Vinnie
Most cars will lose power assist when you kill the ignition. The best thing to do would be to brake (fighting the acceleration), put the car in neutral, and coast to a stop and then kill the ignition. Most cars manufactured in the last 10-15 years have rev limiters anyway, so you aren’t going to blow the engine by redlining it like that. I keep wondering to myself why the driver of that Lexus that crashed a few weeks back didn’t think of that.
On a side note, I have one of the affected vehicles, and there’s absolutely no way this could apply to me. It would be nice if there were more details.
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posted on
09/29/2009 2:27:11 PM PDT
by
flintsilver7
(Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
To: Doogle
In a world run by trial lawyers.....
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posted on
09/29/2009 2:29:18 PM PDT
by
Steamburg
( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
To: Doogle
Is this all about the idiot that didn’t know that turning off the ignition or shifting to neutral would stop the car?
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posted on
09/29/2009 2:45:17 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(No one should die on a gov. waiting list., or go broke because the gov. has dictated their salary.)
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