MyUSTINET News: Parts Company Says Toyota Problem Unsolved

ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. auto parts supplier CTS said Toyota had exonerated its gas pedal components linked to unexpected acceleration that has triggered a massive recall.

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Mitch Walorski, director of investor relations at CTS, an Indiana company, said Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Co. "acknowledged that they (CTS components) did not cause any accidents or injuries related to that condition of the pedal", ABC News reported Friday.

CTS has already begun shipping new gas pedals to Toyota, which said it had developed a new spacer that would take care of the problem in 2.3 million vehicles. Toyota has said the problem involves wear caused by condensation that, in turn, retards the engine's return to idle.

Sean Kane at Safety Research & Strategies in Massachusetts said the problem, which was first attributed to gas pedals sticking to floor mats, "has nothing to do with some kind of acceleration pedal or with the floor mats."

"It has to do with other components in these vehicles, most likely in the electronics", Kane said.

A Philadelphia Toyota owner, Dr. Alan Ostroff, said he was keeping his car parked until the problem was resolved.

His Prius "took off" unexpectedly while he was behind the wheel, although the model is not on the recall lists.

"It's like driving on ice, you hit the brake and you can't stop", said Ostroff, who said he almost hit a truck before getting his Prius under control

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