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Elkra -- elkhart, indiana, they have diviced this rod that will go into the accelerator mechanism to prevent the fiction they -- the friction they have. bill: a lot of this is backtracking, trying to figure out the origination of the issue, how far back did it go, how far did it extend in terms of sales, different countries. >> reporter: first, let me give you advice if you have this problem. protecta says if you have an accelerator that sticks or takes time to come back, that could be an indication you have a problem. they say do not pump the brakes. use your steady pressure on the brake. don...

Dealer as soon as possible. if that's not taking place, go to the toyota web site at toyota.com, and it will explain which vehicles are affected by this recall. >> there's the advice. in fact, toyota's taken out big ads in 20 newspapers yesterday saying they are taking action, but, jon, critics say they haven't done enough, problems were reported going back at least 11 years like this, and they fault toyota, in their view, for not moving fast enough. jon: so if you drive a toy toyoa and want to get this thing the fixed, what are you supposed to do 124. >> well, the advice is this, if you think...

>> in the fatal crash of the lexus, the brakes caught fire, likely because of the high rate of speed they were traveling. >> put the car into neutral, the engine revs, pull over to the side of the road, and n. a safe place. >> put it in neutral, it will keep you from propelling forward, you pull over to the side of the road and then shut the engine down. >> by keeping the engine running you still have the power steering to still maneuver the vehicle. let the engine rev and it will go against the rev limiter and it will stay there and pull over to the side of the road and some where safe put th...

>> in the fatal crash of the lexus, the brakes caught fire, likely because of the high rate of speed they were traveling. >> put the car into neutral, the engine revs, pull over to the side of the road, and n. a safe place. >> put it in neutral, it will keep you from propelling forward, you pull over to the side of the road and then shut the engine down. >> by keeping the engine running you still have the power steering to still maneuver the vehicle. let the engine rev and it will go against the rev limiter and it will stay there and pull over to the side of the road and some where safe put th...

>> in the fatal crash of the lexus, the brakes caught fire, likely because of the high rate of speed they were traveling. >> put the car into neutral, the engine revs, pull over to the side of the road, and n. a safe place. >> put it in neutral, it will keep you from propelling forward, you pull over to the side of the road and then shut the engine down. >> by keeping the engine running you still have the power steering to still maneuver the vehicle. let the engine rev and it will go against the rev limiter and it will stay there and pull over to the side of the road and some where safe put th...