The saga of unintended acceleration in Toyota appears to be reaching an end. The Japanese automobile review now calls another 2.17 million motor vehicles in the United States, in addition to 19 million since 2009 had to go through the workshop around the world. These are mostly models that were not included in the original call.
Toyota says there is a risk that those cars, the accelerator pedal is trapped by the mats under the feet of the driver. The affected models are the Lexus RX330, RX350 and RX400h, manufactured between 2004 and early 2007, and the GS300 and GS350 sedans. It also now includes the Toyota Highlander SUV.
It updates an earlier recall of the 4Runner, RAV4 and Lexus LX570. The move follows a request by the agency that regulates road safety in the context of open discussion in the U.S. to the manufacturer to clarify the origin of the problem of acceleration. David Strickland, the manager, said that this call is terminating the investigation.
The Department of Transportation U.S., after a study by NASA engineers, dismissed a few weeks ago that the problem of acceleration of the Toyota was due to flaws in its electronic system. Thus was the reason the argument of the Japanese brand, that it was a design problem of the pedal and carpets.
To solve the problem, called to review Toyota 19.2 million vehicles worldwide, of which 13.7 million were in the U.S. only. The massive call to review created a political firestorm in Washington and forced the leaders of the company to change its structure quality control of vehicles and launch an advertising campaign to clean up its image.
While Toyota deals with the problem of the accelerator, it is General Motors Stomp. The Detroit giant, who had to spend a year and a half workshop for bankruptcy to restructure, closed 2010 with a profit of 4,670 million dollars, of which 510 million correspond to the fourth quarter. They are the first gains since 2004. 
Toyota says there is a risk that those cars, the accelerator pedal is trapped by the mats under the feet of the driver. The affected models are the Lexus RX330, RX350 and RX400h, manufactured between 2004 and early 2007, and the GS300 and GS350 sedans. It also now includes the Toyota Highlander SUV.
It updates an earlier recall of the 4Runner, RAV4 and Lexus LX570. The move follows a request by the agency that regulates road safety in the context of open discussion in the U.S. to the manufacturer to clarify the origin of the problem of acceleration. David Strickland, the manager, said that this call is terminating the investigation.
The Department of Transportation U.S., after a study by NASA engineers, dismissed a few weeks ago that the problem of acceleration of the Toyota was due to flaws in its electronic system. Thus was the reason the argument of the Japanese brand, that it was a design problem of the pedal and carpets.
To solve the problem, called to review Toyota 19.2 million vehicles worldwide, of which 13.7 million were in the U.S. only. The massive call to review created a political firestorm in Washington and forced the leaders of the company to change its structure quality control of vehicles and launch an advertising campaign to clean up its image.
While Toyota deals with the problem of the accelerator, it is General Motors Stomp. The Detroit giant, who had to spend a year and a half workshop for bankruptcy to restructure, closed 2010 with a profit of 4,670 million dollars, of which 510 million correspond to the fourth quarter. They are the first gains since 2004.
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