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Memos from a former Toyota lawyer describe failure to produce evidence in vehicle rollover lawsuits, says the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Toyota Motor Corp. "deliberately withheld" evidence in lawsuits related to vehicle safety, exhibiting a "systematic disregard for the law Read More »
The Canadian government has called for an investigation into the recall of 270,000 vehicles made by Toyota Canada over safety concerns. Read More »
From the moment the witnesses raised their rights hands and bowed their heads, through the halting mistranslations and the offerings of "konnichiwa" -- good afternoon -- it was clear that the normal rituals of a congressional hearing would be bent, if not broken. Read More »
As he drove home to Braintree from Florida in 2003, Peter Boddaert’s black Lexus LS400 suddenly raced forward and rear-ended a van as he was switching lanes in Virginia. It was the third time his car had accelerated without warning, long before major safety concerns with Toyota -made cars had surfaced. Read More »
Japanese stocks fell for a third-straight day Thursday as investors sold exporters on a climbing yen, while beleaguered Toyota Motor Corp. lost 0.2 percent despite testimony by its president before U.S. lawmakers. Read More »
Two House hearings this week to probe Toyota's handling of sudden, unintended acceleration in its vehicles also included sharp criticism of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA, responsible for overseeing auto safety, was faulted for failing in its duties in more than 60 stat... Read More »
An executive told a House committee Toyota’s recall might “not totally” solve the problem of unintended acceleration in its vehicles. Read More »
New documents shared with congressional investigators show that Toyota officials boasted saving $100 million by successfully negotiating with the government on a limited recall over complaints of sudden acceleration. Read More »
A company document touts successes in limiting regulators' safety actions -- months before the sudden-acceleration problem was widely known outside of Toyota and the federal highway regulatory agency. Toyota Motor Corp. officials took credit for saving hundreds of millions of dollars by persuading federal regul Read More »
Jean Bookout couldn't control her revving car, even after she pulled the emergency brake. It slammed into an embankment beside an Oklahoma interstate, killing her best friend. Read More »
Dealers have begun software updates on recalled Priuses. Toyota dealers have fixed 600,000 sticky pedals and have begun making software updates to recalled Prius vehicles amid signs that they may have to wrestle with another recall, this time involving steering problems with the popular Corolla. Read More »
After indicating at first he would not appear, Akio Toyoda gets a personal invitation from the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and agrees to testify next week. The head of Toyota Motor Corp. skirted a transpacific row Thursday by agreeing to testify before a congressional comm Read More »
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has received about 150 complaints about the car's steering system. The probe would be its fifth open investigation of a Toyota vehicle. Adding to its growing woes, Toyota Motor Corp. said it was considering recalling the popular Corolla because of poten Read More »
Company President Akio Toyoda says the automaker is 'ready to respond' to Corolla power-steering complaints. Toyota's chief of U.S. operations prepares for congressional hearings. Announcing that Toyota was considering a recall of its popular Corolla subcompact model, company President Akio Toyoda on Wednesday Read More »
Complaints citing the defect in at least 13 fatalities have poured in to federal regulators since recalls were first announced, bringing the total to 34. At least 34 people have died in accidents involving Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles that allegedly accelerated out of control in the past decade, federal safety r Read More »
Toyota Motor Corp. may offer incentives or increase the length of its warranties as it tries to recover from an embarrassing string of safety-related recalls. Read More »
Legal expenses and damages could add billions to Toyota's recall costs, with dozens of suits pending over injuries and deaths and at least 30 seeking class-action status over lost use of vehicles. Toyota Motor Corp.'s massive recalls for acceleration and braking problems are creating a huge legal liability for Read More »
Toyota Motor Corp. offered concessions yesterday to congressional investigators ahead of planned hearings later this month on the company’s safety woes, saying it would reexamine some customer complaints and weigh new safety measures. Read More »
The United Auto Workers union launches a campaign to pressure the automaker into keeping the NUMMI facility in Fremont open. National labor union officials, community leaders and politicians stepped up their efforts to pressure embattled Toyota Motor Corp. to reverse its decision to stop making cars in Northern Read More »
Dealers work around the clock and report that the effort is going relatively smoothly. Toyota says that of the 2.4 million vehicles recalled for the problem in the U.S., 400,000 have been fixed. It's a monster of a problem, with more than 2.4 million recalled vehicles in the U.S. alone needing repairs. Read More »
As the piles of snow started to thaw Thursday morning, the phones gradually started ringing at Fitzgerald Auto Mall on Rockville Pike in Gaithersburg, with customers trying to make or reschedule appointments to get their recalled Toyotas fixed. Read More »
WHAT's HAPPENING: A group of law firms is seeking to consolidate their lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. into a national class action, alleging vehicle recalls have cost owners of the affected vehicles billions of dollars. Read More »
To win back confidence in its vehicles' safety as worries grow of further bad news, the automaker must embrace a rapidly evolving strategy and reach out boldly to consumers, crisis experts say. Toyota has begun the painful and difficult task of trying to convince consumers that they should buy the beleaguered c Read More »
TOKYO -- Toyota on Tuesday announced another global recall -- this time, more than 400,000 Prius and other hybrid cars with braking problems, as a quality crisis continues to curse the carmaker that built its global reputation on quality. Read More »
Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Read More »

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