by Associated Press Published: March 24,2010
Tags: automakers, automobile industry, lawsuit, product recall, product safety, Toyota
OXFORD — U.S. District Judge Michael Mills has put a Union County woman’s lawsuit against Toyota on hold until questions are answered about where such lawsuits will finally be heard. Attorneys for Belva Simmons and Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. had asked for the decision. The venue issue is being considered by a national judicial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 21,2010
Tags: automakers, automobile industry, investments, publicly traded company, stocks and bonds, Toyota
MIAMI — Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker’s stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles. At least three proposed class-action lawsuits filed by Toyota investors say the company gave [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 17,2010
Tags: automobile industry, product recall, product safety, Toyota
EL CAJON, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol says an officer who helped guide the driver of a speeding Toyota Prius to safety arrived to find the car’s brake lights flashing intermittently and a Border Patrol agent trying to help. The CHP incident report released Wednesday offers some new details on what happened after Jim [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 16,2010
Tags: automaker, automobile industry, lawsuit, product recall, product safety, Toyota
SEATTLE — A Seattle couple has sued Toyota, seeking to have the company take back the vehicle they just bought or reimburse them for lost value. Dana and Douglas Eller filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court, seeking class action status on behalf of others who recently bought Toyotas. The lawsuit claims the Ellers bought [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 16,2010
Tags: automobile industry, auutomaker, product recall, product safety, sales, Toyota
BRUSSELS — Toyota’s sales in Europe slipped 20 percent in February from a year ago after the company launched a massive recall to fix faulty gas pedals, according to EU car makers’ sales figures released today. The company sold 42,234 cars in the 27-nation bloc in February, down from 53,233 the same month a year [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 15,2010
Tags: automobile industry, product recall, product safety, Toyota, traffic accident
The U.S. government said today it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, California, freeway last week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement that it continues to investigate but “we may never know exactly what happened with this car.” The agency [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2010
Tags: lawsuit, prius, product recall, product safety, Toyota
HARRISON, N.Y. — Toyota is sending an engineer to help with the investigation of an accident in which a driver said her Prius accelerated on its own and slammed into a stone wall. Harrison police Capt. Anthony Marraccini said today that Toyota told him a “technical analyst engineer” would come to the New York City [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2010
Tags: automobile industry, NHTSA, product recall, product safety, Toyota
WASHINGTON — The government may require automakers to include brake systems that can override the gas pedal in response to Toyota’s massive recalls, auto safety officials told Congress on Thursday. David Strickland, the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said in prepared remarks to a House panel that his agency may require the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 11,2010
Tags: automakers, automobile industry, product recall, product safety, Toyota
NEW YORK — Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn’t mean there’s an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid. Experts on consumer psychology say the relentless negative media attention Toyota has received since the fall makes it much more likely that drivers will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 10,2010
Tags: automakers, automobile industry, law enforcement, product recall, product safety, Toyota
HARRISON, N.Y. — A New York police official says Toyota wants a Prius that was involved in a crash — but his department is “not prepared to release it just yet.” Harrison police Capt. Anthony Marraccini said Wednesday that he had spoken to someone from Toyota’s regional headquarters. The Department of Transportation also says federal [...] [...]
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