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That, of course, was before the automaker's sticky accelerator pedals and floor mat problems were discovered this year.

A spokesman for Toyota, Irv Miller, said the company had "no indication" that acceleration problems were caused by anything other than floor mats jamming gas pedals.

A federal investigation found no evidence of an electronic problem, mirroring Toyota's assertion that the problems were limited to defective accelerator pedals and ill-fitting floor mats.

First, at the beginning of the campaign last fall to address the floor mat problem, Canadian officials were puzzled by and concerned about Toyota's apparent attempt to play down the problem on its Web site in Canada, in sharp contrast to the company's approach in the United States.

Last November, one of the executives, Robert S. Carter, tried to halt the crisis by saying that Toyota's only safety problem was floor mats in its cars that could interfere with the accelerator pedal.

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"We've never wavered from our belief that our problem is electronic, and not from wandering floor mats," she said.

Another common problem is that framed photos that stick to the glass when not properly mounted on mats.

Toyota said the problem was limited to the US, where the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes five people have died in crashes caused by accelerator pedals stuck in mats.

Toyota said the problem with the floor mats included optional or aftermarket mats that were placed on top of the standard mats; aftermarket mats that were too big for the vehicle or mats that were not connected to the two retaining hooks designed to keep the mats from moving forward, toward the brake and accelerator pedals.

MAT, despite being the "gold standard" has its own problems.