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PedalGate: Toyota PR “planted” DOT findings?

Published on July 15, 2010 in Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

In a report from Just-Auto that AutoBlog then further investigated, it seems like Toyota’s own Public Relations arm was the source for The Wall Street Journal‘s report earlier this week, which said that the DOT’s investigation found drivers at fault for incidents of unintended acceleration.  Remember that “grain of salt” I was taking with the original report?  Looks like something was fishy after all.  Keep in mind that the NHTSA said that it was still months away from finishing its own investigation.  Stay tuned for updates as they become available.

by John Suit

Source: Just-Auto via AutoBlog

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PedalGate: Trumped Up Charges?

Published on July 14, 2010 in Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

A report from The Wall Street Journal has reported about the results of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) investigation into the claims of unintended acceleration involving Toyota’s vehicles.  The WSJ’s report says that the recalls, which have tarnished Toyota’s reputation for quality, not to mention missed sales opportunities and the outlay of cash to fix over 8 million cars, were not caused by faulty electronics: driver error, not stuck gas pedals, are to blame in almost every case.

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Update: NHTSA Investigation into Toyota hampered by ex-employee?

Published on February 6, 2010 in Industry Update and Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

We reported on news last week alleging that ex-NHTSA employee Chris Santucci interfered with an investigation into Toyota’s unintended acceleration issues.  Since then, ABC News did its best digging and found some interesting information, which they reported on Friday.

The ABC News report explains that ex-NHTSA employees, including the previously-mentioned Chris Santucci, used their clout at the NHTSA to severely limit the number of reported incidents to lessen the impact on Toyota, to the point where it was highly ignored.

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Toyota Updates for February 3rd, 2010

Published on February 3, 2010 in Fun Stuff, Industry Update, Manufacturer Update and Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Rather than inundate you with a thousand Toyota posts a day, I’m going to condense today’s Toyota news into one post.  Bear with me, as a lot has been said today, although not much has been done.  Toyota is still in trouble, and it’s getting worse by the minute.  Now the NHTSA and the House of Representatives is on their case, as are several groups of consumers.  Between the investigations and class-action law suits, Toyota’s got a pretty full plate right now.  Read on for the play-by-play from today.

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Update: Toyota announces PedalGate solution!

Published on February 1, 2010 in Manufacturer Update and Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Toyota announced this morning that they had devised a solution to the second recall, where sticky gas pedals cause unintended acceleration. They say their solution has been rigorously tested, and from the picture above, it looks like it angles the gas pedal towards the driver just a bit, which pulls apart a connection at the top of the assembly.  According to Toyota, this friction connection, which gives the pedal a “proper feel,”  is the source of the problem.

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