News Tagged ‘steering defect’
Grand jury expands Toyota safety investigation
A federal grand jury in New York subpoenaed Toyota Motor Corp. this week seeking documents related to problems involving steering relay rods. The subpoena came as part of an expanded investigation into the safety of Toyota vehicles, which originally was called into question last fall when potential sudden unintended acceleration defects led to a record Toyota vehicle recall.
Toyota investigates new sudden acceleration crash in Wisconsin
Toyota has launched an investigation into a new report of sudden unintended acceleration involving a 2009 Camry. The car’s driver, Myrna Marseilles, 76, of Wisconsin, said that she was parking her car at the YMCA in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. when the car suddenly accelerated forward and crashed into a wall.
NHTSA calls on NASA rocket scientists to study Toyota’s electronics
Sure, many Toyota drivers have found themselves behind the wheel of a vehicle that suddenly and unexpectedly takes off like a rocket, but who could have predicted federal safety regulators would turn to NASA rocket scientists to help find the cause? Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it is enlisting some of the nation’s top space and aeronautics experts to examine Toyota’s electronic throttle controls for signs they are causing some vehicles to accelerate uncontrollably, often at violent speeds.
Driver complaints to NHTSA reveal Toyota recall repairs aren’t working
Quality Control Systems, a statistical analysis and research firm based in Crownsville, Maryland, has been publishing new complaints of sudden, unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles as they are received by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agency has taken a special interest in sudden acceleration incidents that occur after the vehicles involved have been “repaired” under one or more of the safety recalls.
Toyota, NHTSA to investigate engine stall in Corollas
While Toyota Corollas have the potential to accelerate suddenly and unintentionally, now there is mounting concern that they may also do the opposite: stall out while in motion.
Toyota sacrificed quality in its race to become number one
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 number one at the time), Watanabe wanted to be the leader who made Toyota number one, and he succeeded.
Toyota owners describe acceleration incidents after recall repairs
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 the Associated Press, at least 15 owners of Toyota vehicles have filed complaints to the NHTSA saying that their cars and trucks continued to experience sudden unintended acceleration after the recall fixes were made.
NHTSA contacts Toyota drivers who report post-repair sudden acceleration incidents
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 regulators are now contacting owners of Toyota vehicles who reported experiencing sudden acceleration incidents after their cars were repaired under the current floor mat entrapment and sticky accelerator pedal recalls.