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Toyota has recalled over eight million of its newer cars in order to restore faulty gas pedals and floor mats. The gas pedals appeared to be sticking and this was reported to the company by consumers. The recall was a complete global recall to attempt to fix Toyota's tarnished reputation. Toyota has promised to "beef up quality control" with a team headed by Akio Toyoda himself. Toyota is expected to lose $8 billion due to this gas pedal failure. They also say that all that is needed to correct the problem is a new steel part. Toyota has also had trouble with its very popular Prius having a sticky brake pedal. This has resulted in 3 reported accidents and even more complaints.

AlJazeera: http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2010/02/2010253345063414.html BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8501832.stm

These articles had very similar standpoints on the matter, neither article seemed to really take sides. But the BBC article seemed to have more pictures about different Toyota cars, whereas AlJazeera had more pictures showing the investigation of the cars. The BBC article also had a lot more very technical talk, but the AlJazeera article seemed to put it into terms the normal man could understand.

I believe that Toyota needs to recall all of its models that even have the slightest chance of having this drastic failure. Not only could it result in injury, death, and other expenses, but it could result in a massive law suit that the customer would most likely win due to having the accident be a cause of their injury, death, or other expenses.