Unintended acceleration…it sounds like a clinical term, but the terror associated with the problem is anything but. There have been no reports of Prius’ running out of control…until today that is.
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Ever since his 1996 Toyota Camry shot up an interstate ramp, plowing into the back of an Oldsmobile in a horrific crash that killed three people, Koua Fong Lee insisted he had done everything he could to stop the car.
A jury didn’t believe him, and a judge sentenced him to eight years in prison. But [...]
What else could go wrong? Isn’t losing millions of dollars per day while your factories sit idle as thousands of dealers repair faulty accelerators bad enough? Now comes word that the feds are investigating the Japanese giant because of numerous consumer complaints of “unintended veering” on 2009-2010 Corollas. 83 complaints have been [...]
Toyota Motor Corp.’s unprecedented decision to halt sales on its most popular models in the U.S. underlines the biggest question dogging the world’s No. 1 car maker: whether it has sacrificed quality in its quest to capture global market share.
The Japanese car maker, which long has been viewed as the leader in automotive quality, told [...]
An update to the runaway Toyota story: Toyota has finally recalled 2.3 million of it’s vehicles for hundreds of “unintended accelaration” reports, after admitting that the problem may not be floor mats getting stuck under the accelerator. Check out the Volkswagen Jetta at 3:19, with “smart throttle” technology, which allows the brake to override the throttle.
Complaints keep piling up from irate Toyota and Lexus owners who claim their cars have rocketed out of control for no apparent reason. Sixteen deaths are currently being investigated, and over 2,000 complaints have been received since 2005 according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Toyota recalled millions of vehicles for faulty [...]
What’s shocking about the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s safest car list isn’t so much which cars made the list as which cars did not. You won’t find any models from the world’s largest manufaturer - Toyota — on the list. Last year Toyota had eleven models, but this year, not even the best-selling Camry made the grade. [...]
