NHTSA — Vehicle Speed Control: Accelerator Pedal Problems

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Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

Comes a time when Toyota, which has a world presence, will decide the United States is a no-growth market with a corrupt government; and they'd be better off focusing their energies in China and the Third World.

I have felt for a long time that they already have, since the 1970s. Think of all the cool cars available in just about every market except the US. All we get are the dull boring cars with the occasional burst of fun cars, like the Yaris. Even then, we don't get the really entertaining options/engines.

Originally Posted by DebbyM46227

ITA with you. We sure don't hear much about the Camry acceleration issues now, do we? I though all along that GM (Guv'ment Motors) had something to do with this. "Plants" hired to complain. Not everyone could have put extra floor mats down. Thankfully, Toyota knocked GM out of first place after a short period of time.

A little digression: my mom had one of those affected Camrys. It REALLY did have a problem with the gas pedal. From the day she purchased it, I noticed that the pedal was very notchy-feeling; a lot of "stiction". Even with an auto transmission, it was like an on-off switch off-idle. No matter how progressively I tried to step on the gas, it would stutter down and RPMs would jump from idle to 2,000RPMs. After they fixed the pedal by installing a washer, the pedal operated very smoothly. She never had the unintended acceleration issue though.