Followup: Toyota says "We're not implying that everything is driver error, absolutely not."
 

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That's the word from <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota/">Toyota</a> spokesperson Mike Michels on the automaker's investigation of some 2,000 vehicles reported to suffer from unintended acceleration.<br />
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Speaking with <em>The</em> <em>New York Times</em>, Michels said that a small amount of Toyota vehicles had issues with sticking accelerators, while a large number of the cases involved the previously recalled floor mats interfering with the pedals. However, he notes, none of these cases have resulted in a crash.<br />
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More importantly, and seemingly in-line with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/13/breaking-wsj-says-crash-data-points-to-pedal-misapplication-in/"><em>The Wall Street Journal's</em> earlier report</a> that human error was likely the cause of most unintended acceleration claims, Michels says "in instances where they reported having their foot on the brake pedal, there is very clear evidence that this is pedal misapplication."<br />
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Toyota says that its investigation into all the cases of unintended acceleration remains ongoing, and for its part, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/15/report-wsj-unintended-acceleration-story-planted-by-toyota/">NHTSA continues to claim</a> that it has reached "no conclusions" about the causes.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/business/global/15toyota.html?partner=rss &emc=rss">The New York Times</a> | Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/15/followup-toyota-says-were-not-implying-that-everything-is-dri/">Followup: Toyota says "We're not implying that everything is driver error, absolutely not."</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/15/followup-toyota-says-were-not-implying-that-everything-is-dri/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19556064/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/15/followup-toyota-says-were-not-implying-that-everything-is-dri/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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