ABC News Questions Toyota's Floormat Recall

Safety analysts claim to have found roughly 2,000 cases of Toyota owners reporting their vehicles surged to speeds of 100 mph while they applied the brakes, according to ABC News. This includes reports of 16 deaths and more than 200 accidents.

In August, Toyota issued a recall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles due to floormats that could pin the accelerator pedal. This was supposed to be the end of the controversy as Toyota said it would develop a permanent fix as soon as one was available working with the NHTSA. But Toyota owners have called the automaker’s findings into question. Some think a glitch in the electronic computer system, which controls the throttle, is to blame. Several owners have come forward to swear that their runaway vehicles had no floormat issues whatsoever.

For its part, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has conducted six investigations of the acceleration issues since 2003 and found no problems with Toyota’s electronics.The NHTSA now says it is still investigating the issue, and it is not resolved.

Owners of Toyota Cars in Rebellion Over Series of Accidents Caused by Sudden Acceleration (ABC News)