The president of the Japanese Ford equivalent Toyota (Mr. Toyoda)  apologized to consumers in Japanese cultural form “The president of Toyota issued his first apology Friday as his troubled automaker expanded its recall to include Europe and it rushed to complete its strategy to modify or replace millions of accelerator pedals.”

Meanwhile, the supplier whose Canadian factory made the questionable pedals insisted that Toyota’s remedies would not address the episodes in which drivers claim their vehicles accelerated out of control.

Yet while the explanation deals only with example with Toyota Matrix’s and Pontiac Vibe’s as one model in the list – to the 2009  and 2010 production model years these vehicle and reports of the unintended acceleration issues go back before that stated date

Even though the apology has been made the Canadian manufacturer of the pedals is rather dubious and as well unwilling to take the fall as noted in today’s New York Times

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Meanwhile, the supplier whose Canadian factory made the questionable pedals insisted that Toyota’s remedies would not address the episodes in which drivers claim their vehicles accelerated out of control.

General Motors, whose Pontiac Vibe was among the vehicles recalled because it was built through a joint venture with Toyota, said late Friday that it had received “several complaints of alleged sticking accelerator pedals” in the last week. G.M. said that the vehicles “were safely brought to a stop” and that it was looking into the reports.

In Davos, Switzerland, Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota’s founder, told a Japanese broadcaster that he was “deeply sorry” for the recalls, which have prompted the company to stop selling eight models in North America.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/business/30toyota.html?th&emc=th

Furher:  The pedal manufacturer, the CTS Corporation in Elkhart, Ind., has begun shipping replacement pedals to be installed at Toyota plants. Mr. Michels said those pedals would be available to consumers if needed, however.

Read the following paragraph carefully.  The parts supplier in this case seems not to be buying the company line:

CTS, in a statement, took issue with Toyota’s claim that the recall was made in part because partly depressed pedals could become stuck. CTS said that reports of unintended acceleration in some Toyota vehicles went back as far as 1999 but that it did not begin making pedals for Toyota until the 2005 model year.

“CTS believes that the rare slow return pedal phenomenon, which may occur in extreme environmental conditions, should absolutely not be linked with any sudden unintended acceleration incidents,” the statement said. CTS said it was not aware of any crashes or injuries caused by one of its pedals becoming stuck.

Mr. Michels replied that sticking pedals, and pedals that were caught in floor mats, were the two main reasons for accidents. “There’s a combination of things that can be contributing to the complaints. We have had sticking pedals and it’s from one supplier,” he said.

He added: “I don’t want to get into any kind of a disagreement with CTS. Our position on suppliers has always been that Toyota is responsible for the cars.”

As can be said stay tuned.  And 1 / 100 of 1 /100 % of 1% a lot of cars sold is still a big number

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