Toyota Announces Plan to Fix Accelerator Pedals

Toyota says a steel reinforcement bar will fix sticky accelerator pedals in 2.3 million vehicles recalled two weeks ago, including 2007-10 Tundra full-size pickups. The company will start to send the necessary parts by the end of the week and says some dealers will stay open 24 hours to accommodate such a large number of owners affected by the recall.

By far the most daunting aspect of the recall was not — assembly lines will go dormant this week until entirely new pedals reach them — but tackling the enormous number of cars and trucks already on the road.

Toyota is in an all-out media offensive to get the word out that it has come up with a remedy, but it’s unknown how big an impact the recall will have on the car-buying public.

However, it’s almost unprecedented for a recall to be announced and remedied in less than two weeks. Toyota says it is already training technicians on how to repair the cars, trucks and SUVs under the recall.

Notifications should be going out later this week. If you own a Tundra covered under the recall, we recommend contacting your dealer to find out when it is expecting the parts and see if it’s possible to schedule your service ahead of time.

The sticking accelerator pedal recall is separate from the on-going recall of 2007-10 Toyota Tundra and 2005-10 Toyota Tacoma pickups to reduce the risk of pedal entrapment by incorrect or out of place accessory floor mats.

The Toyota Tacoma is not included in the sticking accelerator pedal recall.

[Source: Toyota via ]