David Z wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not confident that Toyota has "found the problem" and "designed the
>>>> fix" in a couple of days. The pressure they are under is more conducive
>>>> to getting it "right away" rather than getting it right.
>>>
>>> ********
>>> We will see. I heard an interview with a dealership owner and Avalon
>>> driver today
>>> and he was asked point blank if he were certain this will be a fix. What
>>> else could
>>> he say but "yes". He had never had an issue with his Avalon.
>>>
>>> Neither have I .
>>>
>>> I am going to assume that this WILL be a fix, but I will not forget how to
>>> shift to
>>> neutral, brake, and punch the button.
>>
>> That's another unanswered question I have. I can understand that the patrol
>> officer was unaware that you need to hold the start button down for at least
>> 3 seconds to shut the engine off. But how could he, or any of the other 3
>> (?) people in the car, not know how to shift the car into neutral? >>
>> Also, you snipped and ignored my main question -- why isn't the ES350
>> included in the recall since it was an ES350 that initially publicized this
>> problem?
>
>it had a different cause of sticking accelerator: The rug. IT was
>covered by a different recall.
My recollection was that after the first reports came out talking about a rug it was determined that the vehicle did not have any mats in it.