12-24-2010, 09:53 AM
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Toyota To Pay $10 Million
Toyota To Pay $10 Million In Crash Settlement, Mats Still To Blame
December 23rd, 2010
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Last August Toyota stood before a crested wave of accelerator and floor-mat related recalls, the matter brought to a head by the death of an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer and three members of his family in a dealer-loaned Lexus ES 350. The death was caused by incorrectly fitted all-weather floor mats, according to investigating police.
Toyota had known about the problem for years, having even issued a similar for floor mats trapping gas pedals recall in 2007. The recall for newer models affected by similar problems--and the then-undiscovered (and possibly still mythical) sticky accelerator pedals--would have to wait until Mark Saylor, his wife Chleofe, his daughter Mahala, and his brother-in-law Chris Lastrella died in a runaway dealer-loaned Lexus ES 350.
Within a month of the accident, Toyota had issued a "voluntary safety advisory" for improperly-fitted floor mats, followed
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