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Toyota Recalls 2.17 Million Vehicles in US
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 2.17 million vehicles in the United States on Thursday to address accelerator pedals that could become entrapped in floor mats or jammed in driver's side carpeting. The world's No. 1 auto company said more than half of the vehicles under recall are being added to a massive 2009 recall that fixed gas pedals getting trapped in the floor mat. Toyota has now recalled more than 14 million vehicles globally over safety problems since 2009. U.S. regulators said earlier this month that electronic flaws were not to blame for reports of sudden, unintended ...
Toyota to Pay $32.4M in Extra Fines
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay the U.S. government a record $32.4 million in additional fines to settle an investigation into its handling of two recalls at the heart of its safety crisis. The civil penalties will settle investigations into how Toyota dealt with recalls over accelerator pedals that could get trapped in floor mats and steering relay rods that could break and lead to drivers losing control. The latest settlement, on top of a $16.4 million fine Toyota paid earlier in a related investigation, brings the total penalties levied on the company to $48.8 million. It ...
Toyota Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles Worldwide
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(Oct. 21) -- Toyota Motor (TM) is recalling 740,000 cars and sports-utility vehicles in the U.S. and nearly 600,000 units in Japan to repair a seal on the vehicles' brake master cylinder that may leak fluid and impair braking performance. U.S. models involved include 2005 to 2006 Toyota Avalon sedans and 2004 to 2006 Toyota Highlander (non-hybrid) SUVs as well as 2004 to 2006 Lexus RX330 SUVs, and 2006 Lexus GS300, IS250, and IS350 sedans sold in the U.S., Toyota said in a statement posted late Wednesday on its website. ...
Toyota Driver Somber About Release After Deadly Crash
By Kathryn Yao - AOL News(Aug. 9) -- Koua Fong Lee offered a somber reminder today about his release from prison after serving only 2 1/2 years of an eight-year sentence for a crash in his 1996 Toyota Camry that killed three people. "Today, I'm free now. So, I feel really good to reunion with my family and to be with my family, but it's still in my mind this accident's cost to life," Lee, a father of four, told CNN. "And even though I'm returned to my family, I'm free, but three people that died on that day cannot return to their families." The 32-year-old Laotian immigrant has never wavered in his innocence in the ...
Koua Fong Lee, Imprisoned for Toyota Crash, Is Set Free
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 5) -- Free at last. Koua Fong Lee, a Laotian immigrant who served 2˝ years of an eight-year prison sentence following a crash in his 1996 Toyota Camry that killed three people, was released from prison today after a judge granted him a new trial and a Minnesota prosecutor announced she would not pursue one. As AOL News reported back in March, Koua, who is now 32 years old, says that a problem with his Toyota's brakes caused the car to accelerate rather than slow down as he exited an interstate highway in St. Paul, Minn., on his way home from church. Lee's car slammed into one that ...
Toyota Recalls 412,000 Cars in US, Mostly Avalons
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO (July 29) -- Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S. for steering problems in which three accidents have been reported, the automaker said Thursday. The 373,000 Avalons being recalled range from the 2000 model year through to 2004 and have improper casting of the steering lock bar - a component for the steering system - causing cracks to develop on the surface. In some cases, the crack can cause the lock bar to break, potentially leading to a crash if the steering wheel locks, the world's No. 1 automaker by car sales said. No injuries have been ...
The Lexus Recall, a Harrowing Crash, and Suggestions for Toyota
By Jeanne Bowen - Politics DailyI see Toyota is back in the news, this time because the company is recalling the Lexus over three-year-old reports that these cars sometimes stop at random. Which is the opposite of what happened to me and my Lexus. In November 2008, my car nearly killed me. I was almost home when my almost-new Lexus hybrid SUV went off the road, as if it had a mind of its own. When I told my friends and others about what happened, no one believed me. Of course, that was before all the headlines about the recall of millions of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Also before company president Akio Toyoda's contrite ...
Toyota Learned of Lexus Engine Problems Years Ago
By not in system - AOL News(July 6) -- Toyota Motor (TM) is once again fending off accusations that it dragged its feet in issuing a recall, this time regarding its latest one, which involves 138,000 Lexus cars in the U.S. The company knew about a problem part in V-6 and V-8 engines used by its luxury division that could cause stalling, but didn't think a recall was warranted until recently, the world's largest automaker said Monday. Toyota received its first complaint about the problem in Japan in March 2007, a spokeswoman told Bloomberg News. ...
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 Starts Recall in Japan Over Engine Defect
By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO (July 4) - Toyota has started recalling Lexus and Crown luxury vehicles in Japan over an engine defect in the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems. Toyota Motor Corp. said actions in overseas markets will follow soon. The world's top automaker told the government Monday it is recalling 91,903 vehicles in Japan for flaws in the valve springs. The defect could make the vehicle stall while it is moving. Toyota disclosed the problem last week and said it planned action. It affects some 270,000 vehicles around the world. About 138,000 of the Lexus vehicles are in ...
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