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The latest Toyota car recall in America. Does it affect us?

The latest Toyota car recall in America. Does it affect us?

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Employee Raul Quecada places a 'No Sale' sign on a used Toyota vehicle at a Toyota dealership Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 in Alhambra, California. Toyota Motor Corp. announced late Tuesday it would halt sales of some of its top-selling models to fix accelerator pedals that could stick and cause unintended acceleration.

(AP Photo/Nick Ut)

 

And over in a country called the United States of America, Toyotas are being recalled by the millions and production of certain new Toyotas halted. The models recalled are the 2009-2010 RAV4, 2009-2010 Corolla, 2009-2010 Matrix, 2005-2010 Avalon, Certain 2007-2010 Camry, 2010 Highlander, 2007-2010 Tundra and 2008-2010 Sequoia. Toyota has instructed all its dealers to temporarily suspend sales of the models involved in the recall for


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"accelerator pedals that could stick and cause unintended acceleration" is that Cruise Control in our context? [:/]

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