Yeah, the Toyota forums have been going crazy on two fronts; the owners who are going in to hysterics over the fact that their cars are, suddenly, unsafe to drive - vs the ones who thing the government is trying to kill Toyota to save their investment in GM.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that there are two very different things going on. The first was a very accident in which a floormat wedged an accelerator, killing a car full of people. (The same rental car had been previously returned to the dealership by another renter who told the receptionist "This car has the wrong floormat in it, it jammed up the accelerator.")
This incident was in no way a problem of manufacture or TMC.
However, it fanned the flames of a bunch of people who say their Toyotas hit the gas on their own.
Here's where Toyota seems to have made a mistake: They initially denied that clame, blaming the carpets. Then they said "Also, certain gas pedals may be slow to return to home position when they get worn."
Now they seem to be admitting there might be an actual acceleration problem, but I'm unclear if there is any actual evidence of that or if they are trying to CYA and not look like they're ignoring complaints.
Either way, I remember when Dateline did a piece about Grand Cherokees running away from their drivers. Studies were offered up that said drivers panic and stomp on the accelerator.
So, who knows.
There are a bunch of people calling for the removal of all CTS gas pedals - the CTS design seems to be vastly superior to the competition, with metal bearings and a hall-effect position sensor instead of a mechanical potentiometer.
If there is a real problem, my bet is on a bug in the ECM programing; but it has to be something so specific (certain combination of fuel flow, oxygen flow, pedal position, driving mode, etc) that it only shows up in a tiny portion of vehicles.
My 2008 Tundra continues to be perfect.