Floor Mat Stuck Gas Pedal

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Floor mat stuck gas pedal.

Usually a broken or faulty gas pedal is due to mechanical malfunctions. It can also be caused by a floor mat that has wedges preventing the pedal from working accordingly. The toyota recall crisis started with a single horrifying car crash in southern california last august. 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. A gas pedal getting stuck rarely happens but when it does it can be extremely dangerous. 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. I have not had any issues with my mat interfering with the gas pedal. Gas pedal stuck under oem floor mat. What might cause a gas pedal to become stuck.

Threw the challenger mats in the front again as i was cleaning the old factory ones. I m no truck genius and i still haven t manged to get my pedal stuck under the mat. 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. Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 22 posts.

Toyota recalls 3 8 million cars for floor mats linked to stuck gas pedals. Recall for dealers to replace mats. 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. There are all kinds of theories floor mats that ride up to depress the accelerator pedals frictional wear in the brake mechanism defective.

Not to worry though there is a strategy to counter this scary situation.