Only US Toyota/Lexus have runaway problems? Design problem?
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From: CEG on 2 Oct 2009 12:02 On Oct 2, 5:15 am, Big Endian <a...(a)xyz.nex> wrote: > In article <ha3jvb$l5...(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > "john" <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >news:b7dc2f9c-f51a-48bc-b331-0f32f62b4c00(a)f18g2000prf.googlegroups.com.... > > > "The problem does not affect any UK Toyota models." > > > > Why are only US market Toyota/Lexus vehicles being recalled? What > > > design is unique to the US market that's not there in, say, in UK or > > > Japanese domestic production? > > > >http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/30/toyota-in-massive.... > > > -of-runaway-cars-115875-21712613/ > > > Maybe Toyota USA uses a floor mat that the other subsidiaries don't use.. > > > You read the part about the recall being due to the mats, right? > > Back in the old days, you could see the ground between the gas pedal and > the floor boards. Floor boards were real boards too. I'm not that old > but back in the woods where I grew up they drove those old buggys well > into the 50's and I saw a lot of them working PT in a gas station when I > was 15. > > We have become way too fussy and demanding now days, why are special > floor mats even needed. Before long, there will be floor mats to > protect the floor mats. Floor mats causing auto crashes, what the hell > next. why are they attaching floor mats to the floor anyways?
From: jr92 on 3 Oct 2009 03:13
On Oct 2, 12:02 pm, CEG <corv...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > On Oct 2, 5:15 am, Big Endian <a...(a)xyz.nex> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <ha3jvb$l5...(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > "john" <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:b7dc2f9c-f51a-48bc-b331-0f32f62b4c00(a)f18g2000prf.googlegroups.com.... > > > > "The problem does not affect any UK Toyota models." > > > > > Why are only US market Toyota/Lexus vehicles being recalled? What > > > > design is unique to the US market that's not there in, say, in UK or > > > > Japanese domestic production? > > > > >http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/30/toyota-in-massive... > > > > -of-runaway-cars-115875-21712613/ > > > > Maybe Toyota USA uses a floor mat that the other subsidiaries don't use. > > > > You read the part about the recall being due to the mats, right? > > > Back in the old days, you could see the ground between the gas pedal and > > the floor boards. Floor boards were real boards too. I'm not that old > > but back in the woods where I grew up they drove those old buggys well > > into the 50's and I saw a lot of them working PT in a gas station when I > > was 15. > > > We have become way too fussy and demanding now days, why are special > > floor mats even needed. Before long, there will be floor mats to > > protect the floor mats. Floor mats causing auto crashes, what the hell > > next. > > why are they attaching floor mats to the floor anyways?- Hide quoted text - > To keep the floormat from sliding under or into the accelerater pedal, possible causing the pedal to "stick" wide open. Works well, doesn't it? > - Show quoted text - |