NATIONAL – According to Automotive News, Toyota may have another safety headache on it hands, this time involving the popular Corolla model. According to various media reports, the. U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reviewing a number of complaints involving steering on the 2009-2010 Toyota Corolla, and may open a formal probe. The…
NATIONAL – State Farm told NHTSA about sticky accelerators in 2007. In continuing coverage, the AP (2/10, Thomas) reports that State Farm insurance announced yesterday that it “alerted” NHTSA “in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the latest warning sign to emerge about the massive recall. NHTSA officials…
NATIONAL – According to The Detroit News (11/20, Tierney) reports, “After a highly publicized crash in August that killed four people when the driver lost control of a Lexus sedan, Toyota has come under intense pressure to reduce the risk of unintended acceleration. The Japanese automaker and U.S. safety regulators are discussing changes to the…
NATIONAL – According to the Los Angeles Times, Toyota’s problems may extend beyond floor mats. “Auto safety experts believe there may be a bigger problem with Toyota vehicles than simply the floor mats.” They believe “that Toyota’s ignition, transmission and braking systems may make it difficult for drivers to combat sudden or unintended accelerations and…
NATIONAL – In the “Wheels” blog at the New York Times, Christopher Jensen wrote, “Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a warning on Tuesday about floor mats possibly jamming accelerators on 3.8 million Toyotas. But the company and the agency have known about the problem for more than two years.” A 2007…
NATIONAL – According to Bloomberg News, “Toyota Motor Corp., its units, lawyers and any other employees were ordered by a U.S. judge to preserve all documents about the ‘crashworthiness’ of its vehicles after the carmaker was accused of destroying lawsuit evidence.” The order stems from a lawsuit in which a former in-house attorney for Toyota,…
NATIONAL – NHTSA said it “had received reports of 102 incidents in which the accelerator may have become stuck on the Toyota vehicles involved.” According to FORBES – “The impending U.S. recall, the largest in Toyota’s history, followed a horrific crash last month in San Diego in which a mat was suspected of snagging a…
NATIONWIDE – Toyota is in the process of recalling 3.8 million vehicles in the United States. The problem is a removable floor mat. The floor mat could interfere with the vehicle’s accelerator and cause a crash. The company says it will be the largest recall in its history. Toyota owners could learn about the safety…
NATIONAL – Toyota Motor Corp.’s request to seal a U.S. lawsuit by a former in-house attorney claiming the carmaker destroyed crash data was denied yesterday by a judge who said the suit was already ‘irreversibly’ public. The suit, filed in July by Dimitrios Biller, a former Toyota in-house lawyer, claims the world’s largest automaker hid…
NATIONAL – According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, “Toyota said Tuesday it will order all dealers to inspect their cars for mismatched floor mats after a mat was suspected of snagging a gas pedal on a runaway Lexus, ending with a fiery crash that killed four family members in San Diego County.” The piece notes…