Toyota has told drivers to remove the floor mats; its fix for the sticky pedal requires a free 30-min. shop repair.

丰田建议司机们移走脚垫，汽车修理店修复棘手的踏板需要司机腾出30分钟空余时间。

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Sticking foot-pedals and floor mats accounted for some of the mishaps, but most were caused by “pedal misapplication”, or motorists mistaking the accelerator for the brake.

迟钝的脚踏板和汽车中的地毯是引起一些灾祸的原因，但大部分是由“错误使用踏板”引起的，或者说是驾驶员误将油门踏板当做了刹车踏板。

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Yet one thing has not changed: the Federal Reserve’s monetary pedal remains firmly pressed to the floor.

然而有一件没有改变的事情是：美联储的货币基础依然稳如泰山。

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The company has blamed problems with the accelerator pedal and badly positioned floor mats.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

"I think it's a good thing, they probably should have done it a few weeks ago when they were saying it was the gas pedal and the floor mats."

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Toyota previously issued recalls on two specific problems it acknowledged, a mechanism that might lead to a sticky gas pedal and floor mats that might interfere with its action.

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It had a massive recall crisis from late 2009 through 2010, affecting various regions, but especially in the U.S., that resulted in millions of vehicles being recalled for braking, gas pedal, floor mat and other problems.

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One thing seems more certain: In an automobile, when you put the accelerator pedal to the floor, something is going to happen.

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