search this in Youtube: Death by Floor Mat? Toyota Investigates

**thebat** · September 18th, 2009 06:21 PM

Tsikoteers, please see this very important matter on youtube. This may explain some incidents and accidents that happened to us.

It reminds me of the Ateneo incident and the APV incident as well here in our threads. This floor mat thing also happened to me personally pero buti walang masamang nangyari sa akin.

Search this on youtube:

Death by Floor Mat? Toyota Investigates

**ghosthunter** · September 18th, 2009 06:25 PM

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ippnztg3A_o&feature=fvhl&hd=1"]YouTube - Death by Floor Mat? Toyota Investigates[/ame]

**_Cathy_** · September 18th, 2009 06:30 PM

I haven't seen the video but I am assuming that this has something to do with the matting sumasabit with the pedals? It happened to me once and I couldn't depress the brake pedal. Good thing I didn't get into an accident as I was able to pull the matting back.

**thebat** · September 18th, 2009 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by Cathy_for_you

I haven't seen the video but I am assuming that this has something to do with the matting sumasabit with the pedals? It happened to me once and I couldn't depress the brake pedal. Good thing I didn't get into an accident as I was able to pull the matting back.

Yes, what happened to you happened to me as well exactly. Swerte tayo walang nangyari sa atin na masama.

**Monseratto** · September 18th, 2009 07:22 PM

On the video, the 911 operator asked if they tried turning the engine off... apparently it wasn't relayed to the driver cuz they were about to crash. They could have shifted to neutral too. I guess the occupants of the car were already panicking...

**kulotz** · September 18th, 2009 08:15 PM

nangyari na sa akin sumabit tsinelas ko sa brakes hehe muntek ako bumunggo sa l300 tapos nung isang beses ung ruber mat dumikit sa clutch ko naman hehe

pero ang nangyari sa akin na muntek ako mabanga ng matindi eh nung nagstuck sa mismong karburador yung throttle pumalo ako ng 80 sa vilalge at dahil nung time na yun nagaaral palang ako nagpanic ako at d ko naisip magneutral hehe

**p_borj** · September 18th, 2009 08:34 PM

This happens because of the design flaw. (yung sa ilalim ng floor mat eh hindi kumakapit sa floor ng sasakyan) Dati sa akin naman hindi ko ma-press ng maigi yung clutch dahil napunta sa pedal press part na yung mat.

solution is pinapalitan na namin yung ilalim ng floor mat, ayun ngayon hindi na siya gumagalaw sa paanan.

dapat rubber ang ilalim ng mat hindi plastic.

**Mile2** · September 18th, 2009 11:31 PM

Delikado talaga yang loose floor mat kaya lahat ng floor mat ko naka velcro straps sa ilalim kaya di gumagalaw.

**OldSchoolHack** · September 19th, 2009 12:57 AM

If the pedal is way below rather than raised up it would be easily caught by a moving floor mat. Otherwise it would slip under the pedal and prevent the driver from pressing the gas pedal rather than press the pedal by itself. Even if a floor mat is stuck to velcro, in time it will loosen and move or drift slowly towards the front. Unless pasaway at pinatong patong floor mat sa driver area, this is a design flaw.

Dapat pala check natin pedals for this low design.

**roninblade** · September 19th, 2009 02:53 AM

get one of those aftermarket pedals set. this will make your pedals wider, thereby lessening the risk of your pedals getting stuck under the mats.

... and if youre gonna be wearing flip flops, sandals, or any other loose footwear, do what my friend does - she drives barefoot para walang sumasabit sa pedals or loose floor mats.