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Toyota's recall wave continues to expand and strongly hit its standing as reliable cars. Other Auto-makers like GM and other Japanese Automaker are trying to take up some of Toyota’s market shares at this moment. With the total number of Toyota vehicles affected by two recalls involving gas pedals growing to at least 5.3 million vehicles.
In this few days, there are few incentives programme and low financing scheme are introduced for worried Toyota’s owner to swap their car. Moreover, there are dealers that put out a slogan by saying that ‘our gas pedal doesn’t stuck’ to draw some attention and sales revenue.
The latest addition to the recalls was announced Wednesday, with 1.1 million vehicles added to the 4.2 million recalled in November to fix a problem in which the gas pedal can become caught on the edge of the removable floor mat. That problem can cause the vehicle to accelerate uncontrollably.
A separate recall of 2.3 million vehicles announced last week involving accelerator pedals that can stick on their own. It was being expanded to include an undisclosed number of vehicles in Europe.
The vehicles being added to the floor mat-related recall are:-
The vehicles originally included in the floor mat-related recall were:-
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2007-2010 Toyota Camry
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2005-2010 Avalon
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2004-2009 Prius
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2010 Tacoma
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2007-2010 Tundra
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2007-2010 Lexus ES350
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2006-2010 IS250
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2006-2010 IS350.
Most, but not all, of the vehicles involved in the stuck pedal recall are also involved in the other recall. They are:-
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2009-2010 Toyota RAV4, Corolla, Matrix and Pontiac Vibe
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2005-2010 Avalon
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2010 Highlander
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2007-2010 Tundra
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2008-2010 Sequoia
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Some of the 2007-2010 Camry.
Toyota has been working with the pedal supplier and is close to having a new pedal design ready for approval by regulators, a Toyota spokesman said Thursday.
In the meantime, owners who experience sticking or slowness in the movement of their car's gas pedal should stop driving the car and call a Toyota dealer immediately.
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