The company has blamed problems with the accelerator pedal and badly positioned floor mats.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

Toyota says the problem is rare and caused by accelerator pedals becoming stuck open.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

But the problem is expected to spread to Europe, where a similar accelerator part is used.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

The Large Hadron Collider, of course,is the world's largest particle accelerator located near Geneva.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

We've never seen anything like this before," Toyota announced the recall last Thursday following reports that the accelerator mechanism in some models can wear down and cause the gas pedal to stick.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28