Toyota Initiates Largest Safety Recall of Floor Mats

Filed September 30th, 2009 meg

Toyota Motor Company is recalling 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles over sudden acceleration concerns.

They are instructing all owners to immediately remove driver’s side floor mats that can stick under accelerator pedals.

The move is the largest safety-related recall Toyota has ever launched in the United States, and it’s the sixth-largest auto recall ever in the United States.

Toyota has also instructed drivers to step on the brake pedal with both feet until the vehicle slows, try to put the transmission into neutral, and switch the ignition to accessory power should a malfunction occur.

For models with engine start/stop buttons, Toyota said the engine can be shut off by holding the button down for three seconds.

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