The warnings come as a part of the consumer-directed report on the floor mat problem in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles in the U.S.
Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, announced a massive U.S. recall last month that affects over four million vehicles that calls for the replacement of gas pedals that can get stuck in floor mats and cause sudden acceleration.
Although the company initially told owners to simply remove the floor mat until a replacement was issued, a public uproar incited Toyota to replace the gas pedal in order to address the floor mat fault. The problem floor mats in the U.S. are not used in vehicles sold in Japan.
Japanese government official Makoto Nakajima said there have been roughly 10 reports of floor mats getting stuck in accelerators and brakes from 1999 through the end of last month, including Toyota models. None of the accidents were fatal, and there were six other reports of different kinds of problems with floor mats, he said.
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