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There were problems as you said toyota acknowledged. i think part of -- at the time what was scaring people is nobody could really figure out or pinpoin what the problem was. there was some talk back in this past january, toyota did inform the highway traffic safety administration that they had certain gas pedals that could have had a sticking defect. on top of that as you mentioned the floor mat issue and then a question whether this was an electronic flaw. put that together and the 9 million were recalled. >> they weren't recalled over an electronic flaw. they said there are cases we can't e...

Genuinely in peril here, in this tape and you know, it raises a lot of question, congressman, about the floor mat issue and he was pulling on the accelerator, trying to release it, and the officer on the scene said there appeared to be no issue with a mat involved. and, does this tell us there is some kind of, you know, computer systems issue in this car as well? >> the one thing about a smoking gun, is that nhtsa, toyota and people from our committee, we are sending out there, are going to have a vehicle that, if it can be duplicated we can get to the bottom of it, one of the important things...

And that's what's particularly concerning overall about these latest reports. for the san diego incident, there are questions about whether or not this was a floor mat issue. we understand from the 911 call that he was trying to pull up the accelerator, as well it looked like -- or sounded like he had checked about the floor mat but we don't know until the investigation is done for finally what happened with the car. as far as the new york incident, this is a 2005 prius, according to reports, again, the woman that owns this car had already brought it to a dealer to get it fixed and so one woul...

Specific model that's part of a recall, an is350, according to a man that works for a dealership, he was trying to go through a yellow light, he gets through, tries to lift the foot from the accelerator and slow down but according to him, he wasn't able to slow down. what he did is he shifted the car into neutral, tapped the accelerator a couple of times, then the car was going to slow down or did slow down, he was able to safely come to a stop. this car is not being driven at this time, it's going to be under investigation by lexus march 16th. but again, more questions and more concerns. but ...