NHTSA Complaint #10317324 — 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY

ALMOST EVERYONE KNOWS THAT TOYOTA HAD RECALLED 4M CARS, AND ONE OF THE CARS IS THE LATEST MODEL OF CAMRY, I OWN 2009 CAMRY, SENT TO DEALER. THEY RESET THE COMPUTER, INSTALLED A BRAKE OVERRIDE SYSTEM, INSERTED A STEEL BAR INTO THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY, AND CUT 1 IN. OF THE PLASTIC SHOE PEDAL AND ROUNDED IT AT THE END. NOW THE PLASTIC SHOE PEDAL IS NOT ONLY SHORTER BUT ALSO SLIPPERY BECAUSE THEY ROUNDED IT. BEFORE MODIFICATION, THE SHOE PEDAL MEASUREMENT IS AROUND 4.5 IN X 1.5 IN. SQUARE WITH 2 HORIZONTAL LINES AT THE END OF THE SHOE PEDAL. (2 HORIZONTAL LINES AT THE BOTTOM PREVENT FOOT FROM SLIPPING AND SQUARE SHAPE TO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE FOOT TO STEP ON). NOW, THEY CUT SHORT THE SHOE PEDAL, THE MEASUREMENT IS 3.5 IN X 1.5 IN (ROUNDED, ELIMINATED THE 2 HORIZONTAL LINES), IT NOT SQUARE ANYMORE. I LOOKED AT OTHERS CARS, HONDA, NISSAN, FORD, VOLKS, ...NONE OF THEM HAVE A SHORTER AND ROUNDED SHOE PEDALS...THE SHOE PEDAL IS DESIGN TO HAVE A CERTAIN LENGTH AND SQUARE AT THE END. THIS IS NOT A GOOD CALL FORM TOYOTA. THIS IS NOT A SAFE. TOYOTA IS TRYING TO DESIGN IT TO PREVENT INTERFERE W/ THE MAT, UNFORTUNATELY ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MAT IS INTACT AND CLIP ON. I CALLED ON THE DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT IT...THEY ADVISED ME TO CALL THE TOYOTA HOTLINE, WHICH I DID. THEY SAID THEY WILL LOOK INTO IT. I AM ONLY ONE VOICE. OTHERS MIGHT NOT NOTICE IT. UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. THIS IS A CONCERN THAT I THINK SHOULD BE LOOKED UPON. MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST ALREADY ...WE DO NOT WANT TO ADD MORE PEOPLE IN THE LIST OF DEATHS OR INJURIES. PLEASE HEAR THIS MESSAGE. THANK YOU. *TR