More than 2 million Toyota vehicles were recalled in January due to defective accelerator pedals, shutting down one local assembly line. Despite this, a Morehead resident who is an employee at Toyota’s Georgetown plant said jobs there are secure.
According to a press release submitted by the Toyota Corporation Feb. 1, the accelerator pedals are sticking due to an excess amount of friction causing vehicles to accelerate in great amounts of speed. Toyota announced it was recalling 2.3 million select Toyota Division vehicles on Jan. 21. The following models identified as being involved in the recall are:
• Certain 2009-2010 RAV4
• Certain 2009-2010 Corolla
• 2009-2010 Matrix
• 2005 Avalon
• Certain 2007-2010 Camry
• Certain 2010 Highlander
• 2007-2010 Tundra
• 2008-2010 Sequoia
See Friday's edition for more information.
