Toyota has told its North American dealerships to attach driver’s side floor mats to metal seat rails with self-locking wire ties, better known as zip ties, as what the automaker calls a “semi-permanent” fix.
The Japanese automaker recalled more than 3.8 million vehicles in response to a floor mat that wedged itself against a gas pedal in a Lexus ES 350 , killing four in a gruesome wreck.
“We have reviewed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration what we’re calling a semi-permanent floor mat installation process, and we’re providing these instructions to our dealers,†Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons told Automotive News.
“This allows dealers to continue selling and delivering both new and used vehicles.â€
Dealers are instructed to attach a warning label to the mats instructing drivers not to stack two floor mats on top of each other.
