reduces the amount of friction that s created internally inside of the pedals during multiple applications while driving. and prevents any type of sticking concern that the customer may have had. also there is a number of things that we also do here. there s another recall where we do we replace what is known as the tibia pad, okay? what it does is increases the clearance between the accelerator pedal and the floor mat to prevent any type of issue of, you know, the pedal actually hitting reporter: getting stuck. and then there s the also the shorter pedals, and ali, i want to show you this, they are replacing the pedals that got stuck ubnder the floor mat with shorter ones. right. to increase the distance between the pedal itself and the floor mat to prevent any kind of sticking concerns. reporter: marvin, we ll let you get back to work. there are a bunch of different recalls, two of the fixes are for the accelerator pedal, ali. the one to do with the brake, that s the comput
thanks for talking to us about toyota. we appreciate it. good luck and everything. let s show you the fix, marvin over here has been working tirelessly and we ve been bothering him all day to show us what he s doing. come on, marvin. reporter: but, marvin, let s take a look here. this is the fix. this is what we re talking about for most of the recalled cars. show us how it works. toyota has provided us the selected shims and what we do is put them in to reduce the amount of friction caused by pedal applications, okay? we ve had another addition to the recall is that we go ahead and we install a new tibia pad here, what it does is reduces the distance between the accelerator pedal and the carpet itself, and i also have examples here reporter: this is another fix. a different recall, tony. good point. reporter: with the accelerator pedal. i have a new accelerator pedal and a new revised version, a shorter pedal to reduce the contact between the pedal and the floor carpet