Toyota/Lexus is recalling over 3 million vehicles.

September 30, 2009 – 8:29 am – No Comment

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If you own one of the following cars, you really need to pay attention to this post. You might be in trouble of having a serious problem due to the accelerator pedal and your floor mat:

This is the list of the Toyota and Lexus car models that are affected by the recall:
2007-2010 Camry
2005-2010 Avalon
2004-2009 Prius
2005-2010 Tacoma
2007-2010 Tundra
2007-2010 ES 350
2006-2010 IS 250 and IS 350

If you own any of these cars you need to take the floor mat out of your driver’s side floorboard and throw it somewhere where it cannot affect your driving at all.

A problem has arisen with the floor mats where they are actually not the right size for the cars and have been known to cause the accelerator pedal to get stuck against the floorboard. That means that you, the unsuspecting driver, will be careening out of control down some road if this unlikely event were to happen to you.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had this to say about the recall:

“This is an urgent matter,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “For everyone’s sake, we strongly urge owners of these vehicles to remove mats or other obstacles that could lead to unintended acceleration.”

NHTSA notes that there continue to be reports of accelerator pedal clearance issues which provide the potential for an accelerator pedal to get stuck in the full open position. A stuck accelerator may result in very high vehicle speeds and a crash, which could cause serious injury or death.

NHTSA said that Toyota has announced that it will soon launch a safety recall of various model year vehicles to redress the problem. However, the safety agency warned owners to remove all driver-side floor mats from the models listed below immediately as an interim safety measure in advance of the recall.