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This isn't going to help, that's for sure. >> it won't help their sales. it will definitely give some people pause. one thing is, i'm looking through the consumer reports' liability. we haven't seen fuel problems with any of these models. it hasn't been something that plagued people ul to this point. there have been enough complaints for the database. people should check out the complaints database at ntsa.gov. they should wait for the recall information so they know when they can get into the dealership and get it fixed. >> jon linkov, thanks so much for calling. the day after the state of ...

Accelerator which jon linkov is explaining, lightens up the back end and it spins out. >> they're concerned about that. they tried it on two different vehicles. they say -- i want to point out that toyota and lexus have not responded to this yet. we do not know what the company is saying quite yet about this. but what they're saying -- right, they're saying oh, boy. if you have this car, take it to the dealer and demand, demand that you want a company fix for this. >> all right. they're talking about a 2010 model. interesting. you said that the prior models have not been affected. >> that's ri...

Operating systems or softwares that pop-up once the products are on the market and then are fixed. i suspect that that's what this is. this is a stability control system is a computer system. and there may be some glitch in the software that they can very easily update. i mean anybody who has one of these things can get it fixed. but they're very, very complex products now, much more complex than they were in the past. >> what about that, jon? is that simply this electronic stability unit and it could be updated with new software, new programming to overcome this problem? >> that's one of the ...

Cutting, quality control. you're going to have big problems on your hands. there's also been some documents that surfaced in canada. lexus facing a threat in 2004 because of acceleration problems. what's going on with this company? >> well, former executives have spoken out and say they lost their way. they got to this -- the beginning of this decade and the people at the top of the company were really pushing financial performance. they wanted profits to go up. they wanted to become the world's largest automaker. and they achieved that. and i think along the way they took their eye off the ba...