TOYOTA AUSTRALIA HAS today confirmed that Australian-delivered and built models are unaffected by the carmaker's international recalls.

The announcement comes on the heels of massive Toyota recalls in North America, Europe and China, due to sticking accelerator pedals.

In a statement today, Toyota Australia said that accelerator pedals for Toyota vehicles sold in Australia, and those manufactured locally for export, are provided by a different supplier and therefore remain unaffected.

In the US, Toyota has suspended sales of eight models, including the Corolla, Highlander (Kluger), Camry, Avalon, Tundra, Matrix and Sequoia.

Across North America, nearly 2.3 million vehicles have been recalled. Internationally, the number is expected to top four million.

Toyota said that production of its full range - including the eight suspended models - continues, with a new pedal design now being installed in all affected models.

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  Wheelnut says,
  3 years ago

  Even f the locally built Cars were affected by the [latest in a series of] recalls it wouldn't really be that much of a problem because Toyo-oz export approximately 60-70% of production so there wouldn't be that many out of control Cam-rions on our roads..
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  Wheelnut says,
  3 years ago

  The ironic thing is that under the "Lemon Laws" in the USA a car has to be recalled for even the slightest safety related issue [as deemed by the NHTSA]
  
  As a result Toyota are quickly becoming the world's most recalled car manufacturer - if they aren't already!
  
  So they; have fallen victim to the same Lemon Laws that Toyo-philes want introduced in Australia to try and rid our roads of Holdens and Fords that are supposedly unreliable and poorly built
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  Mark says,
  3 years ago

  I believe Australia has the largest proportion of old cars (over 15/20/25/30 years) on the road in the Western world. Introducing the Lemon Laws here would certainly make it safer for everyone.
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  Wheelnut says,
  3 years ago

  There's a difference between Safe and Roadworthy
  
  The US Lemon Laws apply mainly to design and safety problems with brand new cars.. It would be virtually impossible to determine whether or not a 15+yo car is a Lemon or has any such problems.. as the safety standards etc have changed
  
  You can't really compare a 1948 Holden to a VE can you?
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  Alex says,
  3 years ago

  I don't understand how Toyota's in Australia cannot be affected. Firstly, the design of the car is determined by Toyota - suppliers manufacture to Toyota's specfiications. There is no way the design of pedals (if not the entire accelerator unit) is different for Toyota's in Australia vs. US, Europe and China, etc. Secondly, we have an RAV4 and it came to Australia from Japan. It was not assembled in Australia. So why isn't it affected? I think this is a case of the US laws being more stringent and the Aus Government under Rudd being afraid of driving Toyota and other auto manufacturers out of Australia. But are they putting Aussie lives at risk? I'd appreciate if someone far more technical than me can respond to my questions about design/specfications vs. part supplier. Thanks.
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  Ian Montgomery says,
  3 years ago

  Alex
  The accelerator pedal is on the other side of the vehicle so it may be designed differently> It just may be that the problem isn't the pedal but is an interference somewhere along the signal path. With the differences in LHD and RHD looms etc then the cuase of the problem may not be affecting RHD modles. Id the design is inherently the same then this is where Toyota should be looking.
  The Japanese RAV4s have a pedal made by Denso not by CTS and the are differently constructed. I am not sure they work the same as the CTS is a patented system using magnetic induction to produce the signal. This explains how it works
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnFp2yLBnNQ
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  says,
  3 years ago

  TOYOTA KLUGER. AT MELBOURNE AIRPORT 11TH FEBRUARY THIS VEHICLE, WITH FOUR ADULTS ON BOARD ACCELERATED FORWARD TO DRAW CLOSER TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT - A TWENTY METER GAP. THE SPEED WAS EXCESSIVE AND I COULD NOT STOP - HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, WHICH IN TURN HIT THE ONE IN FRONT OF THAT. THERE WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE INSURANCE CLAIM.
  I ASSUMED THAT I MUST HAVE HAD MY FOOT JAMMED BETWEEN BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL.
  HOWEVER, ON CHECKING THE INTERNET I FIND THAT THIS DESCRIPTION IS SIMILAR TO EXPERIENCES OVERSEAS, WHICH HAVE LED TO MASS RECALLS
  I AM ASSURED THAT THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN AUSTRALIA, AS THE PEDAL MANUFACTURER IS NOT THE SAME AS THAT USED IN THE US OR EUROPE.
  THE VEHICLE WAS ON LOAN TO ME FROM A FAMILY MEMBER, AND I AM NOT A REGULAR DRIVER OF IT.
  I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR NOTIFICATION FROM ANYONE IN AUSTRALIA WHO MIGHT HAVE SUFFERED IN A SIMILAR FASHION.
  IF OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IN AUSTRALIA ALSO.
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  says,
  3 years ago

  I would just like to report that 3 hours ago I was travelling north on the Princess H'way when I went to overtake a car towing a caravan. The car and caravan were in the right overtaking lanes so I indicated left and accelerated. I pushed the accelerator down to the floor and when I went to ease off the accelerator didn't come back up. I tapped the accelerator - still stuck totally to the floor. Then I put my foot on the brake which slowed the vehicle a bit and then tapped the accelerator again - still stuck. Once again I eased on the brakes and then tapped the accelerator a third time. This time the pedal released. I pulled over and started to get a bit upset. The whole situation was very scary. The car is a leased vehicle, a Toyota Corolla 4 cyl automatic with 58000ks on the clock. Not sure what year model - either late 08 or early 09. I was travelling at just over 100kms when this happened The car is now in the Toyota dealership. I don't know (or care) why or how the accelerator became stuck to the floor but this was a very dangerous situation that I hope gets rectified. And this incident had nothing to do with the floor mat.
  
  
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    says,
    3 years ago

    I have a Toyota Carolla Sep08 and a few months after I bought it, I was parked on the side of the road and took off on the road pushing the accelerator to the floor. The accelerate got stuck and I hit the brakes which slowed the car , put the ignition in neutral and then took the keys out to stop the ignitiion.While the car was stopped (in the middle of the road on a side street) I got out and had a look at the accelerator and pushed my foot on it a few times and it seemed fine. I thought, maybe I just imagined that there was something wrong because my stereo was blasting as sometimes I do over react to things and all seemed fine now. So, with hands shaking for the next 30 mins I drove carefully home keeping large spaces between myself and the driver in front (which is not easy in Sydney traffic).
    
    That was about a year ago and I have had no further problems until today. I was driving on the freeway and went to overtake a car and put my foot to the floor to move to the left lane and overtake. The acclerator got stuck, I hit the brake a few times to try to slow down and immediately put my indicator on to pull over to the side of the freeway (as I was doing 110km/hr and had traffic behind me). I then put the car in park (dont ask me why) the wheels were screeching which made me quickly put it into neutral and turned the hazzard lights on. I then pumped the accerlerator a few times but it did not unstick. I took the keys out of the ignition and immediately the accelerator become unstuck. This time I had people in the car, and they were completely freaked out. I said to them this had happened before and if I dont put my foot to the floor it should be ok to drive home.
    
    The car is now at Toyota for them to figure out what is wrong. There is clearly an issue with the acceralator sticking in 2008 Carolla (Australia) on some occasisions when the driver hits the accerlerator to the floor.
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  says,
  3 years ago

  hi dear fans i am a toyota lover and i like most of the toyta made vehicles but my latest love is toyota hiace box style style but its too big and expensive for some people , and toyota should look forward to create a mini toyota hiace van for those who cannot afford the bigger one ,
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  says,
  3 years ago

  I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE ACCELERATOR PROBLEMS WITH A TOYOTA IN AUSTRALIA - THANKYOU MARIAN JONES.
  IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO SUCH PROBLEMS TO HAVE OCCURRED?
  DAVID FOX-SMITH.
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    says,
    3 years ago

    Dear David
    
    My thoughts exactly. I had Toyota Sydney come down to inspect the car and they could find nothing wrong with it. I rang NRMA to let them know about the incident but was told that since I wasn't a member (my husband and our car is!) that I was not allowed to access any of their services. I explained that I only wanted to let their technical services division know in case this has happened to other people. NRMA (or at least the stupid woman that I was speaking to) wasn't interested.
    
    Hopefully, ours are isolated events but who knows? Is there any central independant body that collects this type of information?
    
    If I had run up the back of the caravan and died, it would have been thought that I was a crazy driver just going too fast. It has really made me start to wonder about other accidents that have occurred.
    Marianne
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  says,
  3 years ago

  Well, Marianne, I think we should continue to investigate the matter. RACV seemed not to want to pursue the report from me: they commented that the overseas manufacturers only sent their worst products to Australia - which I hope is not true. Perhaps the way forward is to continue to search for a record of similar problem reported over the internet.
  Toyota Australia have asserted that the incident is likely to have been related to non Toyota floormats - but this has been rejected as a reason in the investigation of similar incidents overseas.
  David Fox-Smith, df605282@bigpond.net.au
  
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  says,
  3 years ago

  There is a cover up in Australia that is for sure. My Toyota Kluger has now stuck twice. How many people need to have accidents or die before Toyota stop burying their heads in the sand.
  
  My car has been back four times - they don't know why but they keep saying there is no problem in Australia. I have factory fitted floormats which are always tethered. I have escalated within Toyota with no impact. There most recent correspondence says "we can only conclude that some type of interference may have occured, such as a vehicle floor mat or other such item not restrained".
  
  I was seconds from a major accident on the M5 when my pedal stuck. Clearly from above other people have had the problem.
  
  Toyota - time to be honest and open and start taking your responsibilities seriously. We only need to look in the US where it took months and many deaths before they acknowledged the problem. Finally they said Europe is impacted and then China. Funny that Australia has no problems!
  
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  says,
  3 years ago

  i have been researching the sticking accelerator for my mum, of which has a company car that happens to be a toyota carolla. 3 times in the last month her accelerator has been stuck while she has been on very remote dangerous country roads. The sticking accelerator could be absolutely fatal if it occured during a sharp bend where roads are lined with massive gum trees. She has been to 2 seperate toyota dealers and they have said nothing is wrong they removed the floor mat and said it was fixed we do not think it is fixed but have to wait until it happens again to prove it wasnt the mat!.all i can say is god help toyota if she crashes the next time it does occur, There will be hell to pay!!!
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    says,
    3 years ago

    Does anyone know of any central authority who records car complaints. Tried the NRMA and their customer service is crap - and I have been a member for over 20 years. I can't believe, that in Australia, we have all resorted to this method of communication. Do you know how long it took for me to find a place to write what happened to me in the Corolla that I was driving? I stil have the VIN but have no idea who to report it to. The car I was driving was a leased vehicle. The lease was due to expire and I even told the leasing company about the accelerator sticking. They couldn't care less. No one cares. I have my family and my friends on the road and no one cares about this problem. This is not like the old days. I have had many an 'incident' in a car - wet distributer cap, snapping accelerator cable, broken king pin, overheating radiator, snapped wishbone, etc etc. None of these things ever leaves you in a car that is out of control and going faster. There isn't even a cable under the accelerator. It just stuck, flat to the floor. This is bull***.
    
    Nothing happened to me. I am fine. The car was fine. Everyone else on the road was fine. So now the car has gone back to the leasing company with a clean bill of health. I can only pray that the problem never occurs again. But what if it does?
    
    Once again this is bull***. If anyone has any idea of where and how I can report the VIN of the vehicle and the council incident reports I would be very grateful.