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Originally Posted by White Shadow
Actually, that's incorrect. I read a fairly comprehensive technical article on this subject. The design is not Toyota's, although it obviously has to be approved by them. If you looked at the design of each separate pedal assembly, they are completely different in the way that they operate. Yet both were acceptable to Toyota, so I guess some of the blame should be placed on them.
If I can find a link to the article, I'll post it for everyone to read.
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This isn't the same article, but it does go into a little bit of detail on the differences between the two pedals (one is CTS and the other is Denso). It is important to keep in mind that CTS (who manufactures the flawed pedal) made the claim that the pedal is built to Toyota's design specifications. While that may be true, the design is their own and has been used in other make/models of cars. Toyota did approve it though. Anyway, here's the link that I found after just a quick search. It's not the best article, but it's still an interesting read:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...r-denso-pedal/ |
"The products we supply to Toyota, including the pedals covered by the recent recall, have been manufactured to Toyota’s
design specifications,"
Toyota accepted that the problem was "ultimately our responsibility".
http://www.mississauga.com/news/arti...o-blame-toyota read this article.