Toyota’s fast track to mass confusion, mistrust and fear is attributed to a safety issue with some floor mats that cause sudden and possibly deadly acceleration. Or was it a drive by wire? An electric throttle control system?
Whatever the root cause, these runaway vehicles have consumers running scared. Just turn on the news. Multiple news stations and media outlets throughout the country are feeding the frenzy by running stories on potential other causes proposed by, wait what did they call them, experts, investigators, you get the idea.
My advice is go to the source (see contact numbers below), and if you still can’t get answers, go to your attorney. Here are the models associated with the dangerous accelerator pedal entrapment problems:
2007-2010 Camry
2005-2010 Avalon
2004-2009 Prius
2005-2010 Tacoma
2007-2010 Tundra
2007-2010 ES 350
2006-2010 IS 250
2006-2010 IS 350
If you own any of these you should have received a warning letting in the mail as late as last week. You’ll see that Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) still stand by their recommendation to remove the driver-side floor mats on the above models.
If you have questions, your best bet is to deal with Toyota directly. Call Toyota at (800) 331-4331. Or access the NHTSA hotline at (888) 327-4236.
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