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Toyota's floor mat fix

From Banovsky, Featured Contributor
Posted on October 8, 2009
Filed under News, Video, WTF, Technology, Toyota, LOL, Jalopnik, Recall, Red Green

Yes, 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus products have been recalled because of floor mats that can catch under the gas pedal and result in a runaway vehicle. (Only if you're not paying attention – Ed.) We were holding off posting about it until we saw how Toyota would be fixing the affected cars.

jalopnik toyota lexus floor mat recall fix

Photo: Jalopnik. We added Red Green.

Yes. That's a zip tie. As we discussed on #carchat, a better situation is to not panic, put the vehicle into neutral, turn on the hazard lights, and use the handbrake to safely pull to the side of the road. Easy. You won't only look smarter, your floor mats won't look like they were attacked by Red Green.

Jalopnik has a full run-down of the fix, including scans of the service document.

Click through for a bonus Red Green clip where he makes two K-Cars into one all-wheel-drive one…

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Banovsky is a featured contributor for vLane.
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