Floor Mat Service Bulletin

I made an online appointment for the 10k service, fuel line SB, and the parking brake SB. When I got the email acknowledgement they added a SB for the floor mats. I tried searching on here but only got threads about recommendations for floor mats.

A google search shows it was 2007-2010 Tundras. Anyone else have this pop up on a dealer service for their Gen 3?

https://www.cars.com/articles/recall-alert-toyota-tacoma-and-tundra-floor-mat-safety-issue-452862/

 

Thank you @ryanwgregg

 

This has been around for a while. I believe it started with Toyota (could be wrong) a decade ago? maybe more? where a floor mat had creeped forward and got lodged in the pedals and caused a high-profile collision. Since then, we have had "floor mat inspections." It is also why most - if not all - new vehicles have floor mats that clip in to the floor carpet to keep them from moving.

 

Yup, I think it jammed the accelerator of a Prius driver on the interstate

 

I had these old weaved fabric Matt’s in my Honda Prelude. They got wet one winter and froze. I jumped. In next morning and same thing, jammed the accelerator and I couldn’t pull the Matt back so I just turned the car off and slowed it that way

thew those Matt’s away the same day

 

That’ll make you pucker up!

 

The scenario that caused all the hullabaloo was a Lexus loaner car with universal sized aftermarket floor mats that got lodged in the accelerator pedal causing the car to accelerate to high speed (~120 mph), the ultimate issue that caused the crash was that the Lexus had a push to start button and the driver did not know how to turn the car off when this happened.