Toyotal Recall

That's the title of the Fox News piece detailing the major woes being experienced by car sales leader Toyota:

The faulty gas pedals that prompted Toyota to suspend U.S. sales of eight of its most popular models — including the Camry, America's best-selling car — are also in its vehicles sold in Europe, an official with the automaker said Wednesday.

Toyota Motor Corp. announced late Tuesday the unprecedented sales suspension to fix gas pedals that could stick and cause acceleration without warning. Last week, Toyota issued a recall for the same eight models involving 2.3 million vehicles.

Toyota is also halting production at six North American car-assembly plants, beginning the week of Feb. 1, and gave no date on when production could restart.

The problem could spread to Europe, where a similar accelerator part is being used, said Toyota spokeswoman Ririko Takeuchi, while declining to give the number of vehicles affected. The company was studying possible responses, including a recall, she said.

I put 130,000 miles on a 2003 Camry and never had the slightest problem with the accelerator (except for the fact I tended to stand too hard on it). Lucky for them they can still sell the hybrids because everyone knows those things can't accelerate fast enough to get out of their own way.