Toyota Recalls 3.8 Million Vehicles: Gas Pedals Sticking
September 30, 2009
Toyota / Lexus and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are warning drivers about the potential for drivers-side floor mats to cause the accelerator (gas pedal) to stick. This recall affects 3.8 million vehicles.
If you own any of the Toyota or Lexus vehicles below, the NHTSA advises you to remove the driver’s side floor mat immediately.
NHTSA cites reports of accelerator pedal clearance issues which provide the potential for an accelerator (gas) pedal to get stuck in the full open position. A stuck gas pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and serious crashes.
Toyota and Lexus vehicles affected:
- 2005-2010 Avalon
- 2007-2010 Camry
- 2007-2010 ES 350
- 2006-2010 IS 250 and IS350
- 2005-2010 Tacoma
- 2007-2010 Tundra
- 2004-2009 Prius
Toyota has announced that it will soon launch a safety recall of various model year vehicles to redress the problem. In the meantime, however, the NHTSA is warning owners to remove all driver-side floor mats.
Toyota recalled an accessory all-weather floor mat sold for use in some 2007 and 2008 model year Lexus ES 350 and Toyota Camry vehicles because of similar problems in September 2007.
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Yeah I do have the same problem with my 2005 Avalon
Hello, after you remove the floor mat;;;cut out that portion of the mat that is causing the gas petal to stick;;;when you return the mat;;;at the center nearest the driver’s seat;;attach a mech. to the mat to hold a tie back ;;;that you attach to the under portion of the drivers seat;;this will prevent the mat from sliding forward towards the gas petal ;;;my dodge carvan and dodge caliber have this feature to attach the floor mat to the floor and prevent the mat from sliding forward;;;good luck and be safe!
GO DODGE! YEAH!!
On 10/11/09 my accelerator pedal stuck on my 2008 Camry and my brakes were not working. I was pulling in to a parking place, the car jumped the curb and ran in to a tree about five feet away. The damage is about $5000 for the physical damgage, I don’t know what the doctors bill will be. It was the most scary experience I have ever had. I could have killed a group of kids and families at a soccer game if the tree wouldn’t have been there. Thank god for the tree……..
floor mats and brakes not working and the cars going out of control? wake up and realise that toyota is covering up a major problem. oh, they’re a forgien company? keep buying these death traps and perhaps darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest will weed out those who think that these poor quality transportation devices are better than those designed and made here in the USA. it’s about time the media starts reporting these “incidents” as a cover up rather than blaming a poor floor mat design. wayne even conceeds that his dodges have floor mats designed to stay where they belong…. trees don’t save lives every time either. correct the mistake – stop denouncing American products over a trendy brand because “everyone” thinks they are better.
first off not that i don’t agree that american vehicles are better, i much rather have a chevy or a dodge than an import. But if you want to be a smarty pants do your research, and realize toyotas and other imports are made here in the USA more than any other car manufactor. So take your psychology elsewhere, and research consumer guides to actually see whos vehicles’ are safer. Let me remind you Ford had a much worse problem, at least the Toyotas hit head on or crash without rolling over. Hmmm would i rather my gas pedal stick and have some time to aviod an accident by just turning off the car and hoping for the best. Rather than my firestone tire peeling off unexpectingly and causing my SUV to go into some high speed roll over crash resulting most likely in death.
I am on my second Toyota T-100. I had the petal stick on two occassions and believed it to be the floor mat. After learning about this worldwide problem I now question the validity of the floor mat issue. The only thing I could do was pull the accelerator up with my foot (maybe it was the floor mat).
first off, you tend to miss the point of buying a forgien manufacturer’s products sends all the profits offshore. i wonder how the wages compare for US workers working for an American auto manufacturer versus a forgien auto manufacturer? cd can do the research and report back.
secondly, there was no reference to only manufacturing in the USA, it was “designed and made” in the USA . apparently the design aspect is not important because engineers are employed by these same auto manufacturers. what sort of figures are available for the number of US engineers that design automobiles for the forgien automobile? the number would be quite low. these jobs are not important to forgien automobile owner. please research and report back.
thirdly and finally, the US auto makers do not get any preferencial treatment from the media. the forgien auto makers to date have not been held to the same level of accountability by our wonderful media. a “stuck gas pedal” for 3.8 million vehiles has not been reported in the same mannor as a firestone tire peeling off. agree that death in either case is tragic but also agree that the media would rather report that an American company had these problems than a forgien company. please research… the report will be interesting
it is amazing that you would rather have a Chevy or Dodge over an import but i doubt that you don’t even own a car. thanks for commenting.
My wife’s 2008 Avalon has a gas pedal that will pull itself down to the floor causing the car to take off out of control. This will happen with no floor mat. Floor mat not the problem as the picture above reveals. It is hard for me to wrap my imagination around the above picture to think that all of the complaints are a result of what that picture shows. So many of the people that have complained of this problem have stated that there is no way that the floor mat caused the car to accelerate out of control. In fact , like ours, the floor mat was hooked on the floor, and is approx. 2″ away from the pedal. The problem still exists with no floor mat in place.
Thank You, Gary
First of all 87% of all Toyotas are manufactured here in the U.S. every other car manufactors are made in Mexico, Canada, or Korea. Second of all as a Service advisor for a Toyota dealer ship the vehs that we have noticed the gas pedals sticking on were people that did not have there mats down correctly (as being pushed forward and not having the clips in place) 99% of those are cars were people are just plan slobs and you can tell by looking around the inside of there car by all the trash throw on the floor boards. So before people start bashing do alittle research first. For all you that think I am a traitor well I have been to combat twice and am a Die hard MARINE GOD BLESS THE USA
dg, get your head out of the US auto companies’ @$$ long enough to do an honest analysis. The imports are more reliable. Have been for like 20 years. Sure, some profits go overseas, but how many Americans have JOBS because of Japanese and Korean car companies putting plants in the US? And not going bankrupt and laying off people?
I love my 2001 Magnetic Red Corvette, but you’re crazy if you think the ordinary cars made by US companies are THAT much better just because the company that makes them is incorporated in the USA. Besides, how many of those US companies’ profits actually get to Americans?
Lest you deem me unpatriotic as well, until YOU have done 5 deployments over the course of 14 years, take a hike.
@Rob – Semper Fi, brother.
I have the same problem with my 1999 Toyota Camary and it’s not the floormat.