> The problem has only affected a very small
> number of cars (less than 10?)
Might be a bit higher than that ... ISTR 19 deaths are attributed and over
1000 incidents reported to authorities. Apparently many more were reported
to dealers and not reported to authorities; for example the car that killed
the CHP officer in CA had previously been reported to the dealer that owned
it, but no match was found in NHTSA records, apparently indicating the
dealer had not forwarded the complaint (no surprise there).
The anecdotes seem pretty compelling too, although of course Toyota is
innocent until proven guilty. One fellow had already removed the mats
entirely from his Tacoma, because it suddenly tried to accelerate into a
busy intersection while he was sitting stopped at a traffic light with his
foot on the brake. The second time it happened while he was driving and he
got involved in an accident. (Sorry, I didn't save a link to the story.)
And this shit has been going on since at least 1999!
http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-09-22-03-23959
-- Randall
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