Personal Injury Law

Toyota Recalls Vehicles for Defective Floor Mats

Toyota Motor Corp. has issued a large-scale auto product defect recall involving 3.8 million vehicles, the company's largest ever recall in the United States. According to an Associated Press news report, the recall is being issued to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. Toyota has not been able to resolve the issue with the mat and is asking consumers to remove the mats and not substitute them until the company comes up with a fix.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has so far received 102 incident reports where the accelerator may have become stuck as a result of these defective floor mats. The recall was spurred by a fatal car accident in San Diego where a California Highway Patrol officer and three of his family members were killed after the floor mat of the Lexus he was driving slipped and the accelerator got stuck. The car barreled out of control and reached speeds of 120 mph before crashing and bursting into flames. The recall will affect 2007-2010 model year Toyota Camry; 2005-2010 Toyota Avalon; 2004-2009 Toyota Prius; 2005-2010 Tacoma; 2007-2010 Toyota Tundra; 2007-2010 Lexus ES350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS250 and IS350.

Full post as published by New York Injury Talk Blog on October 16, 2009 (boomark / email).