Toyota Expands Floormat Recall: 1.1 Million More Vehicles
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After business hours on Wednesday and shortly before the State of the Union address, Toyota alerted select media outlets that it would be expanding its October recall due to floormat entrapment by another 1.1 million vehicles, bringing that recall’s total to nearly 5 million vehicles. The new vehicles in this recall expansion include:
- 2008-2010 Highlander
- 2009-2010 Corolla
- 2009-2010 Venza
- 2009-2010 Matrix
- 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe
Some of these vehicles are also included in the more recent recall of 2.3 million vehicles due to a faulty accelerator pedal.
We’re expecting more information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on this latest development, but the Detroit News is reporting that Toyota will repair or replace the pedals, replace floormats and in some cases make software modifications and reshape the floor of the vehicles.
These solutions seem radical for a floormat recall; we will follow up with Toyota on when these fixes will be made.
While there is no specific mention of it, we suggest owners of these vehicles remove their floormats immediately until more information is available.
Toyota to recall another 1.1M vehicles(Detroit News)
