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Old 11-28-2012, 10:20 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by White Shadow View Post
Actually, they were using two different suppliers for the gas pedal assemblies. One supplier was discovered to have been the source of ALL Toyota's problems and the other supplier had zero issues. FWIW, Toyota does not manufacture their own accelerator pedals....they are supplied as a complete unit and installed at the factory. So even if you blame it on a design flaw, it wasn't Toyota's design flaw.
Not quite. The manufacturer provides the supplier with a technical drawing from which the supplier develops the part. The design is the fully manufacturers not suppliers.
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