Toyota Lexus SUV fix floor mat recall

CNBC's Phil LeBeau has the latest details on Toyota recall.

By Paul A. Eisenstein, the Detroit Bureau
Recalling his embarrassing unintended acceleration scandal behind it put, is Lexus now on two other models due to the possibility that jam accelerators can add to loose floor mats pedals leading vehicles out of control growth hoped.

The two models of the latest recall are covered the Lexus RX 350 and RX 450 h hybrid, with a total of nearly 134,000 vehicles involved. The new service actions are problems, relatively modest when compared to the millions of vehicles previously sudden acceleration but the latest recall is Toyota back in the spotlight, spent the last years of trying to rebuild its reputation for high quality and reliability.

"It was just from people's memories, fade," said analyst Rebecca Lindland, IHS automotive. "This is like an old wound scratch."

Probably the worst public relations crisis in Toyota Motor Co. history began mid-2009 when a California Highway Patrol officer and several family members were killed, when they get out of control a Lexus, rose borrowed had a highway crash and burst into flames.

While Toyota had exposed allegations of unintended acceleration for some time led the event of the vehicle manufacturer, the recall of 3.80 million Lexus and Toyota to order brand vehicles, because loose mats under the accelerator was able to catch. Two months later, it has a second callback, this one with millions more vehicles with potentially sticky accelerator of assemblies.

Then early 2010 announced it would Toyota temporary hold the accelerator units to replace production of some of its most popular vehicles.

Further complicate, the manufacturer was hit a number of independent problems, from steering problems with the corolla or mini-vans, the serious corrosion problems experienced. All in all Toyota was forced more than 10 million vehicle recall - a company which was long known for bullet-proof reliability ended the year with more recalls than any other manufacturer in the business.

Critics claimed that allegedly caused the two callbacks not all Toyota products out of control race problems. This possibility grew in the Toyota President Akio Toyoda, under fierce criticism came angry hearings on Capitol Hill.

Federal safety regulators were targeted for allegedly secret documents suggesting that Toyota had found ways to make the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on a previous exploit, back down go soft on the manufacturer, millions of dollars save the company.

The Government authorized one from NASA which electronic engine controller malfunction could cause others of the National Science Academy, looking at the possibility of unknown goblins, the Toyota, two separate independent studies. Both studies deleted maker – driver error, where the bulk of the blame.

But investigators also suggested that it was possible that she had not simply in a position to isolate random electronic problems. This claim was at the heart of extensive legal work to the Toyota of those entitled to unintended acceleration experienced have.

The latest remember urged back to the first Toyota question, potential carpet entrapment ordered to the "UA" it forces repair of 131.800 2010 model RX 350 crossover and an another 22,200 RX 450 hybrid to order.

"It will be interesting to see whether the efforts to effect ongoing legal issues, focusing on", analyst said Lindland.

Owners of the affected vehicles receive a security reminder notification via first class mail in early August 2012. Lexus dealers will fix the involved vehicles free of charge for the customer.

Information and answers to questions are at or www.lexus.com/recall and Lexus customer satisfaction (1-800-255-3987).