Maertens

OMG I just noticed that the gas pedal and its lever are made of plastic (2010 RX350 Ultra Premium). Is it "standard"? Never seen such thing before before on any other car I had. Even on my kid's bicycle it is metal.

RXSF

...very few cars have pedals that are not rubber. Most are, unless you get some sort of sport package or sports car which then come with aluminum. Even then, they need to put plastic on top of them to prevent slip. Rubber is great because of its non slip application

RickC5

Your kid's bicycle has a gas pedal? Fascinating....

Plastics are the new metal.

corradoMR2

So yes, the pedal is plastic with rubber coated layer on top like RXSF stated while the top rubber layer is replaced by aluminum + round rubber inserts in the F-Sport (shown).

However, the lever or rod is not plastic but metal while the housing is tough ABS plastic like your home plumbing - very tough. Same metal rod for the brake pedal. No issues or concerns here on strength.

Maertens

Thanks corradoMR2 for taking time and posting the pictures. My accelerator is different and is made of plastic that is hollow inside - see below.
Any comments?

jgr7

iTrader: (1)

Saving weight for better gas mileage?

RXSF

It also looks like your gas pedal has been shaved smaller to conform with the toyota gas pedal fiasco

JDR76

For what it is or isn't worth, my '13 RX350 has a plastic one.

dwlink

And uncircumcised too - be careful with that thing and get it checked out by a doctor (err dealer) soon. How is it that MY2013 Toyota vehicles don't have a new pedal design?

corradoMR2

Wow, interesting discovery Maertens and JDR76! Plastic lever on the 2010 and '13. It looks solid though and it will never rust!

Now I'm curious. Perhaps the metal rod is for the F-Sport pedal only... Anyone else can confirm a non-F-Sport (plastic) and and F-Sport RX (metal)?

Or perhaps where the RX is built may have something to do with it? Mine is in Canada...

JDR76

No, there are no open recalls against this one. It's up to date, serviced as recently as 2 weeks ago.

CorradoMR2, perhaps it is an F Sport thing? Mine was assembled in Japan, if it makes a difference.

jgr7

iTrader: (1)

So my 14 RX350 Fsport has the metal and the loaner 14 RX450H I have for my IS350C has the plastic.

corradoMR2

^^^ Thanks for the replies.

Metal lever = F-Sport; Plastic lever = non-F-Sport.

I know, this is a moot point, but still an interesting find IMO and glad Maertens noticed this - You learn something everyday!

Maertens

Glad I was able to "give back" to the forum