Is Toyota’s Recall Fix Working? (NewsInferno)
Some Toyota owners whose vehicles have already had accelerator pedals modified or floor mats replaced have begun complaining that their vehicles suddenly accelerated, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times. The new complaints are raising fears that Toyota has yet to address the real reason behind its recent problems with sudden [...]
Pre-2007 Toyota Camrys Had Acceleration Complaints, But Not Included in Recalls (NewsInferno)
Toyota Camrys built before 2007 have been the subject of dozens of speed control complaints. Yet according to a report in The New York Times, these vehicles are not among the millions of Toyotas recently recalled because of problems with unintended acceleration. Since last fall, Toyota has recalled 6 million vehicles in the U.S. for [...]
Toyota Withheld Evidence, Lawmaker Charges (NewsInferno)
Toyota has been accused of withholding evidence in lawsuits filed by people injured in crashes that involved Toyota vehicles. The allegations were made by U.S. Representative Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, in a letter to Yoshimi Inaba, President and CEO, Toyota North America. According to the letter, [...]
POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, Montgomery, W. Windsor, Plainsboro (The Princeton Packet)
Princeton Borough On Feb. 19 at 8:31 p.m. Princeton Borough police cited several men for alcohol offenses of Nassau Street. Steven Kryger, 22, of New Haven, Conn., was charged with providing alcoholic beverages to an underage person for serving alcohol to Colin Etnire, 19, of San Francisco, Calif., and Benjamin Smith, 18, of Melrose, Mass. Mr. Etnire and Mr. Smith were charged with underage ...
Toyota Recalls Could Free Jailed Man (NewsInferno)
The ongoing debacle regarding defective Toyotas and related recalls has revealed another issue. The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that one man involved in a fatal crash that landed him in prison is seeking a change of venue. Koua Fong Lee was involved in a fatal accident with his 1996 Toyota Camry when it sped up [...]
Toyota President Faces Questions, Criticism Over Recalls on Capitol Hill (NewsInferno)
Toyota President Akio Toyoda apologized for his company’s recent safety lapses, and promised change was coming to the besieged automaker. But according to the Detroit Free Press, during his testimony yesterday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Toyoda did not explain why the automaker took years to address thousands of sudden [...]