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Auto Woes: Toyota Recalls About 92,000 Vehicles in Japan
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO (July 5) -- Toyota started recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles Monday in Japan over defective engines - the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems. Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman Paul Nolasco said recalls in overseas markets will follow soon, totaling about 270,000 vehicles globally. That includes: 138,000 vehicles in the U.S., 15,000 in Europe, 10,000 in the Middle East, 6,000 in China, 4,000 in Canada, and 8,000 in other regions. Toyota told the Japanese government Monday it was recalling 91,903 vehicles for flaws in the valve springs, a ...
Toyota Delayed U.S. Recall, Documents Show
By David Sessions - Politics DailyToyota deliberately withheld information from the government about potential mechanical defects in its automobiles, according to new documents released last week, the New York Times reports. The documents show that Toyota wrangled with government regulators over how to address the problem of accelerator pedals sticking in floor mats, and ultimately issued a safety warning in the United States instead of a recall. The same day the U.S. warning went out, Toyota told dealers in Europe that it would be changing the way it made cars sold there and outlined ways to repair the defective pedals. From ...
Toyota Fined $16.4 Million for Gas Pedal Defect
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has fined Toyota $16.4 million for failing to promptly notify car owners of a defect that caused some vehicles to accelerate uncontrollably, The Washington Post reports. By law, automakers must notify NHTSA within five days of identifying a safety defect. Toyota issued its recall for "sticky pedals" in 2.3 million vehicles in January, but it knew of the flaw in September, according to company documents. "We now have proof that Toyota failed to live up to its legal obligations," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement ...
Toyota Fights 'Runaway Prius' Claim
By Russell Berman - AOL News(March 15) -- After months of apologizing, Toyota is fighting back. Top U.S. executives for the embattled automaker convened a televised press briefing today to dispute the claim of a California man who said his 2008 Prius sped out of control because of the same accelerator problem that has forced the company to recall millions of its vehicles. The driver, James Sikes, said his car had reached 94 mph on a San Diego freeway on March 8 and would not stop even when he jammed on the brakes. After he called 911, a California Highway Patrol officer drove up alongside him, instructing him to ...
Are Today's Cars Too Smart for Their Own Good?
By David Knowles - AOL News(March 4) -- Today's cars are technical wonders largely controlled by complex computer systems. But as Toyota struggles to identify the cause of the sudden acceleration problems that are believed to have contributed to the deaths of dozens of people, some are wondering whether all that technology is really such a good thing. This week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood addressed a Senate Commerce Committee hearing trying to determine how the government can do a better job identifying safety risks in cars. "We're looking at the possibility of recommending the brake override system in all ...
Amid Toyota Crisis, LaHood Rolls Along
By Russell Berman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (March 3) -- Ray LaHood was jabbing the air with his finger, insisting to a roomful of lawmakers that, as Toyota recalled more and more flawed cars from the U.S. market, his department wasn't asleep at the switch. "We haven't been sitting around on our hands," the U.S. transportation secretary told Congress. "When people complain, we investigate." Alex Wong, Getty Images U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood waits for the beginning of a Senate hearing on the Toyota recalls Tuesday in Washington, D.C. To hear LaHood's words and the intensity in his voice, it would be easy to ...
Toyota President: 'I Take Full Responsibility'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAkio Toyoda, the grandson of the founder of Toyota Motor Corp. and the company's current president, told a congressional committee Wednesday he takes full responsibility for the safety problems in its vehicles and promised to make significant changes to quality control procedures. "In the past few months our customers have started to feel uncertain about the safety of Toyota vehicles and I take full responsibility for that," he said in testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. "I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. In the name of the company, its ...
UPDATE: Toyota Executive Tells Congress Recalls Might Not Be Enough
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe head of Toyota's American sales operation told a House committee on Tuesday that the automaker's massive recall might not solve the problem of sudden acceleration in its vehicles. James Lentz testified that there's no hard evidence that a faulty electronics system was to blame for the acceleration issue. But, he added, Toyota continues "to look for potential causes," The New York Times reported. "We need to be vigilant and continue to investigate" all consumer complaints, Lentz told the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He said there is the possibility "of mechanical, human or some ...
Toyota Hearing: Top Grandstanding Moments
By Russell Berman - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 23) -- A top American executive for Toyota faced angry lawmakers Tuesday in the first of three planned congressional hearings into the company's extensive recalls in the United States and around the world. Like any highly anticipated Capitol Hill hearing, the testimony by Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. president James Lentz was ripe for political grandstanding, as lawmakers tried to channel public frustration with the company. Here are the top five moment's from Lentz's appearance: 1) Rep. Bobby Rush: Apologize ... Again Toyota executives have repeatedly apologized for the ...
Lawmakers Sharply Criticize Toyota at Hearing
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 23) -- The president of Toyota's U.S. operations acknowledged to skeptical lawmakers on Tuesday that the company's recalls of millions of its cars may "not totally" solve the problem of sudden and dangerous acceleration. "We are vigilant and we continue to look for potential causes," Toyota's James Lentz told a congressional panel. However, he repeated his company's position that unexpected acceleration in some of the company's most popular cars and trucks was caused by one of two problems - misplaced floor mats and sticking accelerator pedals. He insisted electronic ...
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