Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 at 15:43
Timbo,
From what I've heard today on news reports the problem appears to have have been isolated to the seizing cables as you mentions and has possibly been isolated to one outsourced manufacturer, (BTW this manufacturer also supplies some manufacturing plants overseas in Asia and Europe)
It must be a design flaw as it effects new cars and trucks as
well as models up to 4 years old.
It has caused a huge ripple effect over here in the USA as Toyota has been forced to pull all their ads from TV throughout the USA.
The NTSB is now involved and is investigating fatal accidents for all the Toyota models mentioned. There was one in Texas on Boxing Day where a 2008
Avalon appears to have accellerated, left the road, hit a tree and ended up in a frozen pond with 4 people killed.
Hope they get it sorted out soon.
Bruce
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