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Old 01-27-2010, 10:56 PM   #23 (permalink)
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More grist for the mill :

Toyota temporarily halts sales of eight models - latimes.com
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A month later, Toyota said it would recall seven models of vehicles to prevent sudden-acceleration incidents. In November it said that recall would involve modifying or replacing pedals, swapping out floor mats, changing carpet padding and installing new safety software that overrides the throttle when the brake is depressed.

That recall is underway, but reports of unintended acceleration have continued to mount.

And after insisting for months that the problem was limited to floor mats entrapping pedals, the automaker last week announced that it had identified a separate, mechanical problem.

According to Toyota, pedal assemblies made by CTS Corp., an Elkhart, Ind., supplier, had a tendency to stick or return slowly after being depressed in certain conditions. Toyota last week said it had not found a problem with pedals made by another supplier, Denso Corp.
It *seems* like the mechanical (Pedal) part of the problem could have a culprit in CTS Corp :

Toyota supplier CTS Corp. at center of sales halt - Burns on Business

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