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Unintended Acceleration Claims/Toyota Recall for Individuals and Families Injured Due to Sudden Unintended Acceleration

If you or someone you love drives one of the recalled Toyota or Lexus vehicles, no doubt you have serious questions and concerns. The Piering Law Firm is currently investigating claims of sudden unintended acceleration that led to serious car accident injuries and deaths involving Toyota and Lexus vehicles, including those Toyota vehicles affected by the massive ongoing recalls which include certain of the popular Toyota Camry, Corolla, and Avalon models. Toyota has said that it will recall millions of Toyota-brand cars and trucks in the U.S., dating back to some 2005 models, for potentially faulty gas pedal assemblies.

Independent investigations and reports have linked the Toyota sudden unintended acceleration problem to over 800 accidents, involving over 300 injuries and 19 deaths. Since 1999 there have been over 1700 incidents of sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota and Lexus vehicles reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”). These reported events have occurred in substantial numbers of more than 25 different model and model year Toyota vehicles employing an electronic throttle control system.

These complaints have been linked to hundreds of car accidents and multiple fatalities. But not until the high-profile accident killing off-duty California Highway Patrol officer Mark Saylor and three members of his family in August 2009 did Toyota finally acknowledge that there might actually be a problem.

Toyota has, at last, acknowledged serious problems with certain of their vehicles. After initially blaming the issue on faulty floor mats, Toyota now has said that the accelerator pedal could wear down and become difficult to depress, slow to spring back or stuck partly depressed. This can cause sudden unintended acceleration. Sudden unintended acceleration – in which your car races ahead even though you are not pressing the accelerator pedal – is a rare but potentially fatal event.

If you or a loved one were injured in a car accident due to unintended acceleration in a Toyota or Lexus vehicle, contact the Piering Law Firm to discuss your legal rights. We have the resources and experience to handle complex litigation matters such as this and we will gladly answer your questions. Simply call 916-446-1944 or click here, and we will respond to your inquiry as quickly as possible.