WASHINGTON - Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling optional "all-weather" floor mats in 55,000 Lexus ES 350 and Toyota Camry passenger cars because the mat could interfere with the gas pedal and lead to a crash.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a consumer advisory about the heavy-duty rubber floor mats, noting that if unsecured, the map could move forward and trap the gas pedal, causing the vehicle to accelerate uncontrollably.
In the Toyota recall, NHTSA urged drivers of other vehicles, including the Avalon and Prius, to check the driver-side floor mats to ensure they were properly installed. NHTSA spokesman Rae Tyson said it was taking the step "because we believe potentially it is a very serious safety issue."
Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong said the automaker had not received any complaints about the Avalon and Prius. In some cases, he said the floor mats - used to collect rain water, mud and snow - were stacked on top of the original carpet mats and wedged up against the accelerator.
The vehicle has hooks on the floor that can only secure one mat at a time.
Toyota has received 22 complaints and learned of six accidents allegedly connected to the issue. Kwong said they did not know of any injuries linked to the mats.
The Japanese-based automaker plans to notify owners in early October and expects replacement mats to be available at dealerships by late November.
In a statement, Toyota advised owners to regularly check that their floor mat is properly secured and said "under no circumstances should more than one floor mat ever be used in the driver's seating position."
Owners can contact Toyota at (888) 270-9371 or (800) 331-4331 and Lexus owners can call (800) 255-3987 for more information.
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OEM Cargo Mat, OEM All-Weather Mat, LED ext/int lights, 5000K HID, OEM Fogs, Euro Mudguards
Cue the "the people who are predicting the cue" posts?? No? No one?
Damn it! I'm bad at this!
Don't worry EchoHoLIK I'll add another 30seconds to my time out
Anyway, Toyota's quality is slipping...opps!
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Get ready to cue the "Toyota's quality is sinking" posts from the usual suspects.
For floor mats? Nah. I'm just wondering what these "all-weather" mats are, and why don't they have the spikes on the bottom of them to stop them from sliding like all other mats?
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For floor mats? Nah. I'm just wondering what these "all-weather" mats are, and why don't they have the spikes on the bottom of them to stop them from sliding like all other mats?
Haha, they do, and they also have the holes for the hooks to secure them, but people were stacking them on top of the regular floor mats creating extra vertical mass, which in turn leads to less clearance for the gas pedal. If there's a portion of the all weather floor mat that has more vertical mass, and the floor mat moves forward a bit, the pedal will stick in the position you last had it.
Some people need basic intructions for floor mat use it seems ...
For floor mats? Nah. I'm just wondering what these "all-weather" mats are, and why don't they have the spikes on the bottom of them to stop them from sliding like all other mats?
Like 91MR2 said, they do have spikes on the underside.
Personally I put the OEM carpeted mats away and use aftermarket (such as Crappy Tire) all-weather rubber mats instead, but they don't fit properly and will move after certain periods of driving. I always try to pull it back into the right place before I set off each time.
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that twatwaffle gives me headaches, so i tend to avoid him.
at least toyota has taken responsibility for the issue and recalled the mats....i think the all weather mats should be used in place of the oem mats but thats just me
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