Toyota Motor Company announced today a recall of upwards of 4 million vehicles to replace the gas pedals that can become stuck due to their design.  The company will also install a brake override system on select models of vehicles that have been in accidents or have experienced problems.

From their news release:

Toyota issued a consumer safety advisory on September 29 on this issue and, as an interim measure, commenced the mailing of safety notices to owners of certain Toyota and Lexus models on October 30.  The models involved are: 2007 to 2010 MY (model year) "Camry", 2005 to 2010 MY "Avalon", 2004 to 2009 MY "Prius", 2005 to 2010 MY "Tacoma", 2007 to 2010 MY "Tundra", 2007 to 2010 MY "ES350", 2006 to 2010 MY "IS250", and 2006 to 2010 MY "IS 350".

Owners who have further questions are asked to visit www.toyota.com or www.lexus.com or contact (the North America) Toyota Customer Experience Center at 1-800-331-4331 or (the North America) Lexus Customer Assistance at 1-800-295-3987.