Report: 100 cases of death caused by Toyota unintended acceleration
Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota
The Los Angeles Times scoured public records and discovered that the number of deaths possibly linked to Toyota’s unintended acceleration issue could top more than 100 – twice the amount previously reported earlier this year.
With recalled vehicles reaching record numbers, complaints have poured in to the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]
Report: 100 cases of death caused by Toyota unintended acceleration
Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota
The Los Angeles Times scoured public records and discovered that the number of deaths possibly linked to Toyota’s unintended acceleration issue could top more than 100 – twice the amount previously reported earlier this year.
With recalled vehicles reaching record numbers, complaints have poured in to the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]
Toyota reportedly knew about unintended acceleration issues caused by electronics in 2002
Filed under: Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Technology, Toyota
Throughout all of the recent Toyota recall talk, the automaker has stated on numerous occasions that it has never found any sort of electronic defect that would cause unintended acceleration. Instead, Toyota insists that only floor mats and sticky accelerator pedals were to blame for the problems that owners [...]
Report: Feds probing Prius’ unintended acceleration incident, no new recall issued
March 10, 2010 by admin
Filed under Green Auto
Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota
The fall-out of yesterday’s Toyota Prius unintended acceleration incident in California – a car got up to speeds of over 90 miles per hour in a 20-minute event – now includes an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA has dispatched two investigators to look into what happened, while Toyota [...]
Video: Smoking Gun? ABC News expert recreates sudden acceleration without CPU error code
Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Videos, Toyota
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Earlier today, ABC News released a report asserting that the cause of Toyota’s unintended accelerations issues might not be a faulty accelerator mechanism, but an electronic flaw in the automaker’s engine control unit – something that’s been suspected, although never confirmed, for [...]
Toyota issues fresh 2010 Camry recall, reexamining Tacoma unintended acceleration as alleged death toll mounts
Filed under: Sedan, Truck, Recalls, Safety, Toyota
2010 Toyota Camry – Click above for high-res image gallery
With its upcoming Capitol Hill hearings only about a week away, Toyota appears to be attempting to tie up any loose ends with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The government agency has just announced a new recall for the [...]
