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
Toyota owners describe acceleration incidents after recall repairs
Posted: March 4, 2010
Consumer Fraud
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it continues to receive reports from Toyota drivers that their cars are speeding out of control, even after the recall repairs have been performed on the vehicles. According to research conducted by
NHTSA contacts Toyota drivers who report post-repair sudden acceleration incidents
Posted: March 3, 2010
Consumer Fraud
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is finally taking some proactive measures to get to the bottom of an ongoing controversy involving Toyota cars and trucks: can the electronic throttle controls cause sudden unintended acceleration in the recalled vehicles? Federal
congress says Toyota deceptive and NHTSA incompetent
Posted: February 23, 2010
Consumer Fraud
The House Energy and Commerce Committee sharply criticized Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for their handling of the sudden acceleration problems that have afflicted Toyota vehicles for several years. The criticism was expressed in two separate letters
Toyota recalling more Tacomas for drive shaft defect
Posted: February 16, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Toyota Motor Corp. announced another recall Friday of 8,000 Tacoma pickup trucks to inspect the front drive shaft, which may contain cracks in the joint portion. The recall is limited to certain model year 2010 four-wheel-drive Tacomas.
Transportation secretary says people should stop driving recalled Toyotas
Posted: February 3, 2010
Product Liability
Toyota’s recent recall of 2.3 million cars and sport utility vehicles over “sticking” accelerator pedals follows a larger recall last October of 4.2 million vehicles for possible floor mat entrapment. The recalls have created an undercurrent of fear of confusion
Toyota recalls include the Pontiac Vibe
Posted: February 3, 2010
Product Liability
All the news about Toyota’s record-breaking recalls and its week-old production and sales suspension have made it easy to forget about the Pontiac Vibe, the hybrid car that General Motors manufactured for the 2009 and 2010 model years.
Toyota begins repairing “sticky” gas pedals
Posted: February 2, 2010
Product Liability
Indiana-based CTS Corporation is cooperating with Toyota by sending new gas pedal assemblies to replace the ones Toyota claims are potentially defective, but the supplier says that the new pedals won’t solve the sudden acceleration problem that afflicts so many
Federal government ordered Toyota production and sales suspension
Posted: February 1, 2010
Product Liability
Yesterday, Toyota ran full-page advertisements in more than 20 major American newspapers to tell customers that its decision to suspend production and sales of many of its top-selling vehicles is just a “Temporary pause. To put you first,” as the
Toyota adds more vehicles to sudden acceleration recall
Posted: January 30, 2010
Product Liability
Toyota announced that it will recall more than a million other cars and trucks in the United States over concerns that the vehicles could accelerate suddenly and unintentionally.
