Floor Mat Stuck Gas Pedal

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.

Floor mat stuck gas pedal.

1 of 2 go to page. Not to worry though there is a strategy to counter this scary situation. 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.

Threw the challenger mats in the front again as i was cleaning the old factory ones. The toyota recall crisis started with a single horrifying car crash in southern california last august. The two way toyota is recalling 3 8 million vehicles in the car maker s biggest u s. Gas pedal stuck under oem floor mat.

Joined sep 20 2008 597 posts. The second recall on january 21 2010 was begun after some crashes were shown not to have been caused by floor mat incursion. Usually a broken or faulty gas pedal is due to mechanical malfunctions. There are all kinds of theories floor mats that ride up to depress the accelerator pedals frictional wear in the brake mechanism defective.

Recall for dealers to replace mats. This is the comparison of a good floor mat and a defective one to see if you have one of the affected mats. It can also be caused by a floor mat that has wedges preventing the pedal from working accordingly. 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.

Discussion starter 1 may 26 2011. Toyota recalls 3 8 million cars for floor mats linked to stuck gas pedals. Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 22 posts. 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.

What might cause a gas pedal to become stuck.