On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:19:16 -0600, the infamous "Leon"
scrawled the following:


"dpb" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
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I think the question should be what is CTI, the American maker of the
pedal, doing to do to help resolve the problem.

AFAICT, building to spec on the originals and shipping a redesigned
part...


It would seem odd that the the manufacturers that used CTI and are stopping
production would submit defective spec's to CTI to start with. Perhaps QC
was a problem, from what I understand the pedals wore or broke prematurely.

Condensation (+ rust?) was apparently the culprit.

"Toyota dealers in the U.S. have been swamped with calls from
concerned owners but had few answers as the recalls snowballed.
Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS Corp., which made the parts, is cranking out
redesigned gas pedal assemblies that fix the problem, which is caused
by condensation around an arm attached to the pedal and springs that
send the pedal back to the idle position.Toyota dealers in the U.S.
have been swamped with calls from concerned owners but had few answers
as the recalls snowballed. Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS Corp., which made
the parts, is cranking out redesigned gas pedal assemblies that fix
the problem, which is caused by condensation around an arm attached to
the pedal and springs that send the pedal back to the idle position."

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