Toyota acknowledges NHTSA’s record civil penalty
Posted: April 6, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Toyota issued a brief statement on its website today, acknowledging the $16.375 million civil penalty it received from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for violations of federal regulations governing automotive defect alerts and protocol.
NHTSA will hit Toyota with largest possible civil penalty
Posted: April 6, 2010
Consumer Fraud
The U.S. federal government will levy a $16.375 million civil penalty, the maximum allowable under law, against Toyota for failing to promptly inform regulators about sticking accelerator pedals in some 2.3 million vehicles. The fine will be the largest civil
Government finds commercial drivers are buckling up more than ever
Posted: April 3, 2010
Personal Injury
More commercial truck and bus drivers are buckling up than ever before, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The agency compiled the data by observing nearly 21,000 medium- and
NHTSA calls on NASA rocket scientists to study Toyota’s electronics
Posted: March 30, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Sure, many Toyota drivers have found themselves behind the wheel of a vehicle that suddenly and unexpectedly takes off like a rocket, but who could have predicted federal safety regulators would turn to NASA rocket scientists to help find the
Driver complaints to NHTSA reveal Toyota recall repairs aren’t working
Posted: March 26, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Quality Control Systems, a statistical analysis and research firm based in Crownsville, Maryland, has been publishing new complaints of sudden, unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles as they are received by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agency has taken
Toyota, NHTSA to investigate engine stall in Corollas
Posted: March 20, 2010
Consumer Fraud
While Toyota Corollas have the potential to accelerate suddenly and unintentionally, now there is mounting concern that they may also do the opposite: stall out while in motion.
Wyoming the latest state to crack down on distracted drivers
Posted: March 20, 2010
Personal Injury
Wyoming has become the 20th state to ban texting while driving, surprising many opponents given the state’s traditional reluctance to impose restrictions on drivers. Under the new law, which takes effect on July 1 of this year, drivers caught texting
Traffic fatalities fall for fourth consecutive year
Posted: March 17, 2010
Product Liability
At a time when the news is full of reports of cars accelerating out of control and crashing, drivers texting behind the wheel and car roofs crushed in deadly rollovers, here’s some welcome news: the number of people killed in
Toyota sacrificed quality in its race to become number one
Posted: March 16, 2010
Consumer Fraud
When Toyota’s former president Katsuaki Watanabe met with American investors for the first time, he bragged about the accomplishments he made in his three short months with the company. Assuming the reigns of the world’s second-largest car company (GM was
NHTSA wants more states to ban texting while driving
Posted: March 6, 2010
Product Liability
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has developed a legal template that will help states develop legislation banning the act of texting behind the wheel. The sample law is modeled after the Executive Order issued by President Obama in October
