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What? to reduce what? >> it reduces the friction inside the pedal. >> reporter: and why don't you want the friction? >> friction causes wear. >> reporter: wear, which in this case -- >> when the parts wore, that's when they were having the sticking issue. >> reporter: starting to stick. now, this whole repair should take you, with practice and time, how long? >> half hour per vehicle. >> reporter: got it. and what do you think the days and weeks are going to be like for you? >> oh, we'll be working some overtime. >> reporter: a lot of overtime. >> yep. >> reporter: i mean, is it tough to try t...

Doing the november recall for the floor mat and also the break override, which i think it shows it's an eex -- electronic problem. >> so what is happening here? why wouldn't the job -- why wasn't the job done properly on behalf -- we might understand the pr nightmare for toyota, but it seems like the government truly failed us? is this about money? is this about the economy? saving face? why wouldn't the public -- why wasn't the public more protected when this first became a serious problem? >> well, you know, it's a very curious thing. when the firestone explorer debacle occurred in 2000, the...

Transportation department and american regulators have been doing in all of this? >> well, i think that they let toyota unfortunately delay endlessly for four or five years really confronting and addressing this problem. i think that's why they're in the trouble that they are now. under ray lahood, it's been much tougher. i think that they've really pushed the company to do the right thing and to do these recalls. i'm more concerned about the initial recall, the one in november, dealing with the so-called floor mat recall because there the accelerator sticks, not just sticks, but it smashes to...

They won't comment. this comes as safety regulators in washington announce the investigation into the issue saying they've gotten more than 120 complaint from drivers who ran into trouble after driving over bumps or potholes. we're getting word over the wires from toyota saying no recall yet or at least we're nothing going to talk about them. >> they said 270,000 in the u.s. and japan. toyota in the u.s. has not made comments or proclamations. what they are saying is this issue is separate and definitive from from -- different from the other two recalls, one where the floor mat causes the acce...