Fatal car crash urges Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles in US

[Motownkid]

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I saw this sad news on TV yesterday, an actual 911 call from a family a minute before their fatal car crash in California. 4 were killed including a 13-year old girl. They were in a 2009 Lexus ES 350.

Youtube - Lexus deadly car crash 911 call

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Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles over floor mats

WASHINGTON – Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. The recall will involve popular models such as the Toyota Camry, the top-selling passenger car in America, and the Toyota Prius, the best-selling gas-electric hybrid.

Toyota said it was still working with officials with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to find a remedy to fix the problem and said owners could be notified about the recall as early as next week. Toyota spokesman Irv Miller said until the company finds a fix, owners should take out the removable floor mat on the driver's side and not replace it.

"A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop a vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death," Miller said.

In the August incident near San Diego, the fiery crash of a 2009 Lexus ES 350 killed California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, 45, and three others on State Route 125 in Santee. The runaway car was traveling at more than 120 mph when it hit a sport utility vehicle, launched off an embankment, rolled several times and burst into flames. One of the family members called police about a minute before the crash to report the vehicle had no brakes and the accelerator was stuck. The call ended with someone telling people in the car to hold on and pray, followed by a woman's scream.

full story here - Yahoo! News

[Eiso]

grabeha gud ana...

[poy]

grabeha dah.....I think almost all cars naa ra ba removable floor mat....

[TAMB0K]

its not just about floor mats

check this out. YouTube - lexusdeathtrap's Channel

[Motownkid]

Dugay naman unta ni nga issue sa Toyota ang sudden acceleration, hantod karon floor mats gihapon ilang gipasanginlan..
Ka-kulba ana oi, mo-kalit lang kag dagan 120mph nya hasta ang 911 wala kahibalo unsay buhaton..

[Motownkid]

OT: if you encounter this kind of problem while driving, mo-kalit lang kag accelerate then the brakes won't work, what's the BEST THING TO DO?
Pwede ra ba i-turn off ang ignition?..

Maayo ning mkahibaw ta daan unsay buhaton just in case we bump into this kind of emergency..

[TAMB0K]

OT: if you encounter this kind of problem while driving, mo-kalit lang kag accelerate then the brakes won't work, what's the BEST THING TO DO?
Pwede ra ba i-turn off ang ignition?..

Maayo ning mkahibaw ta daan unsay buhaton just in case we bump into this kind of emergency..

its on the youtube link that i posted. everything is controlled by computer, murag wa na gyud kay mahimo but pray. its a death trap.

yup dali ra gyud kaayo ma reach ang 100mph and up, seconds lang.

[Eiso]

dli ni tungod sa ilang cruise control

[mcoy.traydor]

if manual ang imo car maybe pwede cguro ka mo engine brake. or mo shift down ka ug gear.. pwede ba?

kung A/T basig lisud cguro ma stop kng mka encounter ka ani pero sa M/T pwede ra guro mo engine brake.

[kenny_tiu7]

wag ghapn ni na solve na issue?at least theyre doing smethng to remedy it,or maybe pd is it jst in d news ra ila ingun2? If a/t mura jd lisod bt if manual ky mayb maka engne break paka.