Toyota Recalling Even More Vehicles

Toyota announced announced this week that they are recalling 2.2 million of their vehicles because of multiple safety risks. This recall is an expansion of the recall they had in 2009 in which gas pedals could be trapped in floor mats. Apparently, that problem has not yet been fixed, as gas pedals can still be trapped in driver's side floormats, and so they are recalling 20,000 Lexus GS's to fix this problem.

Another issue that has arisen lately is the retention clip on some of the mats that could also cause the pedal to be stuck. Toyota has been forced to recall 370,000 cars manufactured from 2004-2007 to fix the issue. They are also adding 603,000 cars to the 2009 recall - including the 4Runner and Rav 4 models.

This is a shameful turn of events for Toyota. Still one of the world's leading car companies, their image has been tarnished in the last few years because of all these recalls. It is shocking to me how they had not fixed the issue with the first recall back in 2009. People will use caution now when deciding whether to buy a Toyota, and all because of Toyota's carelessness and negligence of a simple, yet possibly deadly problem.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/24/autos/toyota_recall_floormat/index.htm?hpt=T2