Toyota Motor Corp. Tagged Articles

Toyota recalls 82,000 hybrid SUVs for potential control-system defect

Posted: June 30, 2011 Consumer Fraud

Toyota announced Wednesday it will recall about 82,000 hybrid Highlander and Lexus SUVs with faulty computer-board wiring that could cause the vehicles to lose power.

Toyota faces consumer backlash for repossessing slain woman’s car

Posted: June 21, 2011 Consumer Fraud

Scores of people lashed out at Toyota on its Facebook fan page after hearing that the company repossessed a murdered woman’s 2003 Camry, even though it was current on all of its payments. The repossession made life even more difficult

Faulty steering mechanism prompts Toyota Prius recall

Posted: June 2, 2011 Consumer Fraud

A potential power steering flaw that can cause steering difficulty is behind the global recall of 106,000 Toyota Prius cars, including about 52,000 in the United States. The recall affects model-year 2001-03 Priuses only. Toyota announced the recall on Wednesday.

Keyless ignitions: How Toyota’s sudden-acceleration problem might standardize them

Posted: May 4, 2011 Consumer Fraud

When Mark Saylor called 911 from behind the wheel of a Lexus ES350 in 2009, he frantically yelled that nothing he did would stop or even slow the vehicle from speeding out of control on the California freeway. Mr. Saylor

Minneapolis man seeks additional damages from Toyota for sudden acceleration crash

Posted: April 25, 2011 Personal Injury

A man who was imprisoned and subsequently released after his 1996 Camry sped out of control and crashed into another vehicle, killing three people, is seeking additional damages against Toyota.

Lawyers plan to prove NASA’s sudden acceleration report wrong

Posted: March 22, 2011 Consumer Fraud

Lawyers representing hundreds of plaintiffs suing Toyota over sudden acceleration incidents are challenging a NASA report that concluded electronic defects aren’t responsible for causing Toyota and Lexus vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly. Toyota has argued the defects that triggered a global

Judge asks lawyers settle Toyota electronic source code issues

Posted: March 1, 2011 Consumer Fraud

Santa Ana, California — U.S. District Judge James Selna, who is presiding over hundreds of Toyota sudden unintended acceleration cases coordinated in multidistrict litigation, has told plaintiffs’ lawyers to resolve an evidence dispute so that the first cases can go

Toyota announces yet another giant recall for sudden acceleration defects

Posted: February 24, 2011 Consumer Fraud

Toyota Motor Corp. announced today a three-pronged recall of 2.17 million vehicles for sudden-acceleration related defects, warning drivers of nearly a dozen different models that their gas pedals could become entrapped by floor mats or jammed in an open position

Guilty to the max: Toyota closes 2010 with 2 more maximum federal fines

Posted: December 22, 2010 Consumer Fraud

Once again, Toyota is pushing the limits and surpassing other car manufacturers, but not in a good way. The company has agreed to pay an additional $32.425 million in civil penalties after two separate investigations into its handling of auto

Man freed in Toyota sudden acceleration crash sues automaker

Posted: November 18, 2010 Personal Injury

Koua Fong Lee, the Minnesota father who spent more than two and a half years in a Minnesota prison on vehicular homicide charges for a 2006 crash, is suing Toyota Motor Corp., alleging the company knew its cars could accelerate