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En mi\u00a0opini\u00f3n\u00a0una de las mejores marcas a nivel mundial esta pasando por un serio problema. Al parecer existe una falla de fabrica y tiene que ver con el pedal de\u00a0aceleraci\u00f3n, al acelerar el\u00a0veh\u00edculo\u00a0el pedal se queda presionado lo cual puede provocar millones de\u00a0accidentes\u00a0a nivel mundial. Lo peor de todo es que el problema no es en un modelo en especial sino en sus 3 mejores modelos el Camry, 4runner y corola.<\/p>\n
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will recall an additional 1.09 million vehicles in the United States over problems with floor mats -- a fresh blow to the world\u2019s top automaker as it struggles to salvage its safety reputation.<\/p>\n
The new recall would affect five models \u2013 2008-2010 Highlander, 2009-2010 Corolla, 2009-2010 Venza, 2009-2010 Matrix, and 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe, Toyota said.<\/p>\n
The announcement came just a day after Toyota said it would suspend U.S. sales of eight models {mdash} including the Camry, America\u2019s top-selling car -- to fix faulty gas pedals that could stick and cause acceleration without warning.<\/p>\n
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Last week, Toyota issued a recall for the same eight models, affecting 2.3 million vehicles. In late 2009, Toyota recalled 4.2 million vehicles over concerns that floor mats could bend across gas pedals, causing sudden acceleration.<\/p>\n
The sales suspension in the U.S. -- Toyota\u2019s biggest market -- could endanger the company\u2019s fledgling earnings recovery. For the July-September quarter, Toyota posted net income of 21.8 billion yen ($241 million) after three straight losing quarters.<\/p>\n
Investors continued to dump shares in the global auto giant Thursday. Toyota lost 1.8 per cent to 3,640 yen in the morning session even though the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gained. Toyota tumbled 4.3 per cent Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is still uncertain how this recall problem will affect Toyota\u2019s profits. But investors are worried it could really pressure the company\u2019s overall earnings,\u201d said Masatoshi Sato, market analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n
Toyota spokesman Hideaki Homma said Toyota decided to recall more vehicles due to the risk of accelerator pedals becoming stuck in the mats. Toyota has already recalled a total of 4.26 million vehicles in the U.S. over such problems.<\/p>\n
Toyota said in a statement it will fix or replace the accelerator pedals for the recalled vehicles to avoid the risk of floor mat entrapment. The company said it will replace floor mats as well for the latest recalled vehicles.<\/p>\n
In March of 2007, Toyota started getting reports of gas pedals being slow to rise after being depressed for acceleration. Engineers fixed the problem in the Tundra pickup early in 2008.<\/p>\n
But troubles persisted in other models, eventually leading to last week\u2019s recall and the plans to suspend sales and shut down of six factories while Toyota tries to fix the problems.<\/p>\n
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