Toyota recalling some 3.8 million vehicles
Due to problems with the driver side floor mats, Toyota is calling in 3.8 million models to avoid possible accidents. This includes Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks. All these models show problems with the floor mats which if they move to close to the accelerator could cause unintended acceleration and lead to severe accidents,
The enornous number of 3.8 million vehicles makes this Toyota’s biggest recall ever…
More on the issue and the negative outcomes of such recalls can be found on BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2009/09/toyota_recall_w.html
Update:
After first advising people to fasten the floor mats with cable wraps, Toyota engineers have now produced a new gas pedal which will be replaced in all the 3.8 million vehicles