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Also what we also do is we also replace what is known as the tibia pad inside of the vehicle. what it does is redues the distance between the pedal and the carpet, and the floor mat. >> reporter: we're also dealing with another part of the recall, that is the doesn't of the pedals. you can see it clearly here. they are replacing one of the shorter pedals for the longer one. >> no, it's the opposite irks. o >> reporter: no, i'm wrong, marvin is right. >> that reduces the stance between the carpet. >> reporter: that's why you do this and i don't do it so get back to it. >> you didn't take shop c...

Floor mat that got entangled in the accelerator pedal. >> i have in my hand a story you co-authored on the front page of "the times" saying toyota has a growing problem with recalls that is sullying its carefully honed image. that story didn't seem to be widely picked up, didn't resonate. maybe "the times" should have followed up more. you say the problem supp sided. >> the problem seemed to subside. we have data on their recalls worldwide. they actually dropped substantially. but there have always been problems. i want to just say this sudden acceleration issue is a problem for many automaker...

Take that floor mat out. >> go to consumerreports.org if you want to see that. they have great information there. check it out. thank you for helping us out today. >> my pleasure. love is in the air this weekend. valentine's day got us thinking about couples and money. it's the biggest source of tension in just about every relationship. next, how to talk money with your honey.

Them i've experienced this problem. they will probably bring you in or even have field reps talk to you. if you haven't had that but you still fall under the recall, check your vin number. you can wait for the letter to come in the mail but that's going to be slow. right now i've heard reports that dealers are backed up into march doing the various recalls. just showing up if they're doing 50 car or 60 cars a day means you're going to be on a crowded lot and they're going to schedule an appointment and go home. >> 50,000 cars a day are getting a fix but there are 8 million of them out there. >...

"consumer reports" recommendations when it comes to cars. is this permanent or temporary? >> what we have done for the models is when the manufacture is saying they're not confident and selling them and putting a stop sell on them peer stopping the recommendation as well. after they put them back on sale we're going to see what happens and play it by ear at that point. we don't have a plan to say immediately they're going to take it off, we're going to take it off. we want to see what the fix is and what's gag on with toing on models. >> we're talking floor mats and gas pedals. you name it. we...