Toyota Motor Corp. plans to start sending parts to dealers in the coming days to fix a sticky gas pedal problem that has tarnished its image and led to the recall of 4.2 million cars and trucks on three continents, according to people briefed on the matter.

COROLLA, N.C. Pine Island residents are protesting plans to build a 100-room hotel and residential complex on oceanfront land currently owned by the Audubon Society. Through an electronic petition, 130 signatures were gathered in two days this past week, said Bob Sprague, president of the Pine Island Property Owners Association.

Toyota is "finalizing a program" to replace the gas pedals recalled in the United States, said company spokesman John Hanson on Saturday.

Federal regulators have cleared Toyota's plan to fix millions of sticky gas pedals, and dealers could get parts to make the repairs as early as Thursday or Friday, people briefed on the matter said Saturday.

Manufacturer: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. Summary: TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 HIGHLANDER, MODEL YEAR 2009-2010 COROLLA, VENZA AND MATRIX PASSENGER VEHICLES . THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAN GET STUCK IN THE WIDE OPEN POSITION DUE TO ITS BEING TRAPPED BY AN UNSECURED OR INCOMPATIBLE DRIVER’S FLOOR MAT. THIS RECALL IS AN EXPANSION OF A CAMPAIGN OF 3.8 MILLION OTHER TOYOTA ...

The French auto group PSA said Saturday it would be recalling some models of its vehicles produced in a Czech plant which it shares with Toyota.

NEWBURYPORT and mdash; Police officer Michael Wilichoski was on cruiser patrol at about 4:20 Thursday afternoon in the city's cramped South End when he noticed a brown Toyota Corolla traveling down narrow Union Street at a speed he later described as "greater than reasonable and proper."

Meredyth Waterman, from Burrillville, R.I., and her boyfriend David Whitty, from Attleboro, Mass., stand next to Whitty's 2010 Corolla, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in Providence, R.I. Waterman and Whitty both bought 2010 Corollas as their first new cars late last year. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

By one estimate, Toyota dealers in the U.S. could lose as much as $2.47 billion in combined monthly revenue because of the halt of sales of eight models, including the popular Camry and Corolla sedans.

Agencies New Delhi, Tokyo, Jan 29: A day after Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan decided to suspend sales in the US of eight models-including the Camry, America's best-selling car, and the Corolla-following a massive safety recall, its Indian subsidiary said there would be no such recall of these models in India.