Toyota Responds to False Reports of Destiny Prius Stop
By Toyota Media reports, citing the Wall Travel Journal article, have wrongly reported which Toyota skeleton to make known the brandnew stop for the 2004-2009 Prius to residence the intensity risk for building pad entrapment of accelerator pedals. There is no brandnew stop being programmed for the Prius to residence this emanate. To be transparent, the 2004-2009 Prius was partial of Toyota’s Nov 2, 2009 announcement of the intentional reserve re call debate to residence floor mat entrapment in certain Toyota as well as Lexus vehicles. This proclamation can be found during the press room during: http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/lexus/toyota-begins-interim-notification-112086.aspx.
Alternative models involved in this previously-announced recall include 2007 to 2010 Camry, 2005 to 2010 Avalon, 2005 to 2010 Tacoma, 2007 to 2010 Tundra, 2007 to 2010 ES350, 2006 to 2010 IS250, as well as 2006 to 2010 IS 350. On January 27, 2010, Toyota expanded the campaign to include a 2008-2010 Highlander, 2009-2010 Corolla, 2009-2010 Venza, 2009-2010 Matrix and 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe. A remedy process for these vehicles began at the end of 2009 as well as is occurring upon the rolling schedule during 2010. Owners of the concerned vehicles which have not yet been remedied have been asked to take out any removable driver’s side floor pad as well as not replace it with any alternative building mat. Owners who have further questions are asked to visit www.toyota.com or www.lexus.com or contact the Toyota Customer Knowledge Core at 1-800-331-4331 or Lexus Customer Benefit at 1-800-255-3987.
