Floor Mat Stuck Gas Pedal

There are all kinds of theories floor mats that ride up to depress the accelerator pedals frictional wear in the brake mechanism defective.

Floor mat stuck gas pedal. Threw the challenger mats in the front again as i was cleaning the old factory ones. The second recall on january 21 2010 was begun after some crashes were shown not to have been caused by floor mat incursion. Toyota recalls 3 8 million cars for floor mats linked to stuck gas pedals. Not to worry though there is a strategy to counter this scary situation.

The two way toyota is recalling 3 8 million vehicles in the car maker s biggest u s. Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 22 posts. I have not had any issues with my mat interfering with the gas pedal. The toyota recall crisis started with a single horrifying car crash in southern california last august.

I m no truck genius and i still haven t manged to get my pedal stuck under the mat. Joined sep 20 2008 597 posts. 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.

Discussion starter 1 may 26 2011. A gas pedal getting stuck rarely happens but when it does it can be extremely dangerous. Recall for dealers to replace mats. 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. And this week after two separate recalls covering 7 5 million vehicles toyota was forced. Sep 25 2020 at 11 59 pm 7. Usually a broken or faulty gas pedal is due to mechanical malfunctions.

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.