From: Mike Hunter on
The KING has no clothes!!!


"C. E. White" <cewhite3remove(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Pontiac Vibe part of Toyota recall
>
> DETROIT -- The Pontiac Vibe crossover is part of Toyota Motor Corp.'s
> recall of sticking accelerators that included the Vibe's sister model, the
> Toyota Matrix.
>
> Yesterday, Toyota said it would recall 2.3 million vehicles, including
> 2009-10 Matrixes, because of a faulty pedal design. That number included
> some 2009-10 Pontiac Vibes, GM spokesman Alan Adler said today,


From: Mike Hunter on
Not when the problem is apparently in the linkage, according to Toyotas
latest news release


"SMS" <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote in message
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> C. E. White wrote:
>> Pontiac Vibe part of Toyota recall
>>
>> DETROIT -- The Pontiac Vibe crossover is part of Toyota Motor Corp.'s
>> recall of sticking accelerators that included the Vibe's sister model,
>> the Toyota Matrix.
>>
>> Yesterday, Toyota said it would recall 2.3 million vehicles, including
>> 2009-10 Matrixes, because of a faulty pedal design. That number included
>> some 2009-10 Pontiac Vibes, GM spokesman Alan Adler said today,
>
> I looked at the pedal on our Camry, one of the recalled vehicles. It's got
> so much clearance between the carpet and the bottom of the pedal that I
> can't imagine the thickness of the floor mats that would be necessary for
> there to be a problem. You'd need floor mats that were two inches thick
> before there was a problem.