I have a toyota tundra 2008, will leaving the bank, i was slowly approaching a stop sign. there was a car in front of me already waiting at the stop sign. i tried to step on the brake, and the floor mat came up over the brake pedal, restricting me from fully pressing down the pedal. i could not stop, i turned my truck to run into the curb and not hit the car in front of me, i hit the curb and ran up on the side walk. while moving slowly i quickly removed the mat from over the pedal, and brought my vehicle to a complete stop. no one was injured, no damage to any property. now i have received a letter from toyota today coincidently asking me to turn in my truck for recall. *tr
As i arrived at my home and drove up into my driveway i experienced an unexplained acceleration on my 2008 toyota tundra that made me react to slam on the brakes and cause the truck to slide on an unpaved (dirt) surface in my yard and slide into the trunk of a pine tree and damaging the front bumper to my truck. i heard on the news that there was a recall for the floor mats on this vehicle to be removed if it did not have clips to hold the mat in place. my truck does have the clips to hold the mat in place and prevents the acceleration pedal from getting lodged with the mat. i do believe the acceleration problem was caused by an unknown defect and not the floor mat. currently, the floor mat remains in place on its clips without interference to the acceleration pedal. today, i received a recall letter from toyota to remove the floor mat, therefore, i will. again i don't believe the floor mat was the problem. i just want this complaint documented because it caused around $500 worth of damaged to my truck. *tr