Toyota reportedly subpoenaed for steering rod documents

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota

Automotive News reports that a federal grand jury in New York has subpoenaed Toyota for documentation related to a component in the steering mechanism of some of its vehicles. The company announced that the subpoena came on June 29, but isn’t yet saying publicly which vehicles are involved with the [...]

Report: Toyota documents show knowledge of defects in 2006

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota

Documents that were submitted by Toyota to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in March and obtained by Automotive News reportedly show that Toyota knew of dangerous safety defects on its vehicles as early as February, 2006. The first documented issue was of a 2005 Toyota Prius that experienced floor [...]

Report: Toyota ‘whistleblower’ documents trouble House panel

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Safety, Toyota

And the saga continues. According to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Ed Towns (D-N.Y.), documents obtained by the committee under subpoena from Dimitrios Biller – managing counsel in the product liability group of Toyota Motor Sales USA from April 2003 to September 2007 – “indicate Toyota deliberately withheld [...]

Report: House subcommittee petitions Toyota for secret documents

Filed under: Government/Legal, Recalls, Toyota

According to a report by Automotive News, the House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to former Toyota lawyer Dimitrios Biller requiring him to submit secret documents to Congress in advance of a February 24 hearing about the Japanese automaker’s unintended acceleration issues. Biller is required to submit the reported four [...]