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01-27-2010, 08:22 AM | #11 |
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I think it's a reasonable question. I also think that Toyota is playing it extremely conservative, but for Toyota to cease selling so many cars, there has to be reason to warrant it.
After my wife saw the news story yesterday and asked why Yaris isn't on the list, I did some research on shared part numbers of accelerator assemblies as, all of the vehicles in the recall list have DBW accelerators like the Yaris. Again, I have no data to justify this comparison, or knowledge of if the potential issue is mechanical (i.e. plastic on plastic binding for example) or electrical (i.e. sensor, wiring fault, or software) in nature. The Yaris's accelerator assembly is unique to it and the Xd. For the 8 vehicles in the latest list, the ones which are built in the US and Japan have different part numbers for the US vs. the JPP built parts. The Camry, Camry Hybrid, Corolla, Avalon, and Matrix, and Highlander all share the same part number. The Tundra and Sequoia share the same part number. The RAV4's accelerator pedal assembly is unique to it. So, basically this explains why for the first 5, if you were going to recall one, you'd recall all. I found it interesting to see that it looks like all Toyota/Scion vehicles now have DBW accelerators. |
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