News tagged with 'Floor Mats'

437,000 Prius and some models of Lexus worldwide are being recalled because of a braking problem. Toyota's executives apologize, but say the recall is unecessary because the vehicles are safe.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, a man who doesn't own a car, blames a lack of U.S. leadership, full disclosure by Toyota, and computer electronics for the problems plaguing the world's largest car company, and ultimately consumers.

Dimitrios Biller used to work for Toyota as a corporate attorney. His is sitting on thousands of pages of documents he says will show that the company has a pattern of fraud and secrecy.

Stop driving your recalled Toyotas says Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood after testifying before House Appropriations panel over the recalled Toyotas. Owners of Prius vehicles, not included in the recall, have lodged 96 complaints over sudden acceleration too.

Toyota has announced a fix to the sudden acceleration which many believe does not pinpoint the problem and will not work. Meanwhile, at least 12 lawsuits seeking class-action status have been filed and 19 deaths attributed to sudden acceleration are cited.

Toyota is beginning the big fix over concerns it may not fully understand what the big fix involves. Not only sudden acceleration, but brake pedal reconfiguration will be addressed in 2.3 million vehicles.

Toyota North America president as well as the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will be before a congressional committee February 25, to answer just how long the company has known about the accelerator problem that led to 19 reported deaths, and what the company has done to try to resolve the defect.

The growing problems for Toyota have now expanded into Europe and China where a recall now of the RAV4 and other models are now included over the mysterious faulty accelerator pedal.

Toyota will stop selling eight popular models after a series of recalls the most recent announced last week and an uncertainty about the fix. Assembly lines at five North American plants will be idled in this unprecedented move by a major automaker.

San Diego Sheriff's Deputies, issuing a 61-page investigation into the crash that led to a massive Toyota recall over sudden acceleration, say that mechanical problems cannot be ruled out.

Toyota has the most complaints for sudden acceleration among 6,000 models reports Consumer Reports looking at 6,000 NHTSA reports. Ford came in second and GM had the fewest. Do you know what to do if your car suddenly accelerates?

Toyota says it has a fix to the unintended acceleration problem that has caused some cars to race out of control. The company has also announced a recall of some Tundra trucks, to fix the potential for corrosion to the underside from salt-use on the roads in the winter.

Toyota say floor mats may obstruct the accelerator pedal in some 4 million Toyotas, but a government report of a horrific crash that killed a Southern California family last August reveals more problems than floor mats.