Floor Mat Stuck Gas Pedal

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Floor mat stuck gas pedal.

And this week after two separate recalls covering 7 5 million vehicles toyota was forced. Gas pedal stuck under oem floor mat. Usually a broken or faulty gas pedal is due to mechanical malfunctions. Recall for dealers to replace mats.

Joined sep 20 2008 597 posts. What might cause a gas pedal to become stuck. A gas pedal getting stuck rarely happens but when it does it can be extremely dangerous. I m no truck genius and i still haven t manged to get my pedal stuck under the mat.

Discussion starter 1 may 26 2011. The two way toyota is recalling 3 8 million vehicles in the car maker s biggest u s. I have not had any issues with my mat interfering with the gas pedal. The second recall on january 21 2010 was begun after some crashes were shown not to have been caused by floor mat incursion.

Threw the challenger mats in the front again as i was cleaning the old factory ones. 1 of 2 go to page. Even after issuing recalls to address problematic floor mats that in some cases pinned down accelerators the company hid a flawed gas pedal design that it knew did the same thing according to. Sep 25 2020 at 11 59 pm 7.

Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 22 posts. Back in 2009 toyota recalled a total of 3 8 million vehicles due to the potential of the floor mat interfering and causing the accelerator pedal to become stuck in the open position. The first recall on november 2 2009 was to correct a possible incursion of an incorrect or out of place front driver s side floor mat into the foot pedal well which can cause pedal entrapment. This is the comparison of a good floor mat and a defective one to see if you have one of the affected mats.

Toyota recalls 3 8 million cars for floor mats linked to stuck gas pedals.