TOYOTA: Toyota Floor Mats

09 - 12 Toyota Corolla Husky WeatherBeater Floor Mats Liners Black By thumbs2.ebaystatic.com
Resolution: 225 x 225 · 17 kB · jpeg
Size: 225 x 225 · 17 kB · jpeg

"We have reviewed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration what we’re calling a semipermanent floor mat installation process, and we’re providing these instructions to our dealers," Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons told Automotive News. Things are certainly getting confusing if you own a Toyota. Unfortunately, my husband drives a 2006 Toyota Tacoma. We received a letter last year about the recalled floor mats. Toyota issued the recall because they believe that “an unsecured or Concerned your Toyota floor mat may kill you? Us too. Luckily, Toyota's provided this handy guide for what to do if you think your Toyota/Lexus is part of the recall. Click "more" to avoid a fiery death. As you can see from the handy flow chart above This past Monday Toyota released a statement denying any finding of fault on Toyota's part or any defect in its cars in relation to the deadly floor mat safety advisory issued in late September. Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Toyota Motor Sales, USA, along with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has announced it will recall 55,000 All-Weather Floor Mats due to a problem with the mats potentially getting stuck under the accelerator pedal in certain cars. The Feds released a warning today for millions of Toyota and Lexus owners about dangerous floor mats which could get stuck on their car's gas pedal, causing the vehicle to accelerate out of control. This in response to an investigation on the West Coast .

Toyota knew about potential floor mat problems, which could cause the gas pedal in certain Toyota and Lexus automobiles to get stuck and result in a serious accident, more than two and a half years before issuing a recall last week for 3.8 million vehicles. Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a warning on Tuesday about floor mats possibly jamming accelerators on 3.8 million Toyotas. But the company and the agency have known about the problem for more than two years. In March Toyota issued a recall in September 2007 for a similar problem with all-weather floor mats in the 2007-08 Lexus ES350 and Toyota Camry. NHTSA, however, has continued to receive complaints of unintended acceleration in these models and more. Toyota will NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Toyota issued a safety warning for 3.8 million Lexus and Toyota cars because of potentially deadly floor mats. In statements released Tuesday, the world's largest automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .